Calvariopsis, Ruta, 2019

Ruta, Rafał, 2019, Calvariopsis gen. nov., a new genus of Neotropical Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), Zootaxa 4604 (1), pp. 1-41 : 35

Calvariopsis sp., female, Ecuador, Sucumbios

( Figs 2C , 27H )

Material examined. Female (SEMC): “ ECUADOR: Sucumbios \ Sacha Lodge, 0.5°S, \ 76.5°W, 270m, 14–24-III \ 1994, Hibbs, ex: malaise”.

Notes on morphology. Body of moderate size (TL 2.7 mm), dark brown with red humeral portions of elytra and yellowish suture in apical portion, excitators absent. Gonocoxites wide, subtriangular, with subapical gonostyli ( Fig. 27H ). Bursal sclerite elongate, with denticle in central portion.

Remarks. Size and morphology of gonocoxites suggest this is a member of group I although it lacks a foveate elytral excitator. On a map ( Fig. 28 ) marked as a female of unknown group.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Calvariopsis gen. nov., females, dorsal view.A) C. sp., Colombia; B) C. sp., Costa Rica; C) C. sp., Ecuador; D) C. sp., Ecuador; E) C. sp., French Guiana; F) C. sp., Panama; G) C. sp., Paraguay; H) C. sp., Peru. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 27. Calvariopsis gen. nov., females. A–B) C. sp., Bolivia; C–D) C. sp., Colombia; E–G) C. sp., Costa Rica; H) C. sp., Ecuador; I) C. sp., Ecuador; J) C. sp., French Guiana; K) C. sp., Panama; L) C. sp., Paraguay; M) C. sp., Peru. A, H, I–M) genital tract; B, G) bursal sclerite; C), E) ovipositor; D, F) sternite VIII.

FIGURE 28. Distribution of Calvariopsis gen. nov.