Tarsostenus bicolor OPITZ, 2016

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 615

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5417172
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1DAECF4D-BF16-4E97-AC0C-D2EF2CFEED57
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1387F2-035C-9C31-37D9-4260A61D1F16
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Tarsostenus bicolor OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

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Tarsostenus bicolor OPITZ , nov.sp. ( Figs 3 View Figs 2-21 , 38 View Figs 22-40 , 66 View Figs 63-66 , 86 View Figs 83-88 , 93 View Fig )

Holotype: Ƌ. NEW CALEDONIA 12074, 22°19' Sx 166°65'E, 480 m, Fored Nord, site 1, malaise,

22Dec2004 - 9Jan2005, Burwell, Wright ( MNHN). Paratypes: Two. New Caledonia: 22°19'Sx166°65'E, 480 m, Fored Nord, site 1, malaise,

22Dec2004 - 9Jan2005, Burwell, Wright ( QMBA, 2).

D i a g n o s i s: The pronotal disc is black, but the pronotal arch and collar are testaceous. Also, the basal 1/3 rd of the elytra are black and the distal 2/3 rds is testaceous. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description: Size: Length 3.0 mm; width 0.7 mm. Form: As in Fig. 66 View Figs 63-66 . Integument: Cranium bicolored, upper frons and post genae black remainder testaceous, pronotum mostly brown, pronotal arch and collar testaceous, legs testaceous, abdomen testaceous, elytron bicolored, anterior third black testaceous in remainder. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than width of eye (FW/EW-21/11); antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform, 9 th and 10 th antennomeres long triagonal, 11 th long oval ( Fig. 3 View Figs 2-21 ). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate at sides, with slightly developed lateral tubercle ( Fig. 38 View Figs 22-40 ). ( PL /PW- 46/39); elytral disc with prominent asetiferous punctations extend to elytral posterior 1/3 rd, with 1° setae, 2° setae present along epipleural margin and near elytral apex ( EL /EW- 125/27). Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at middle of anterior margin; phallobase slightly sclerotized ventrally, lobes very small, fimbriate, phallobasic rod short, phallobasic struts not contiguous with phallobasic apodeme, phallic apex triagonal, phallic plates narrow, spicular apodemes not fused ( Fig. 86 View Figs 83-88 ).

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: Specimens were collected in December at 480 meters, in a rain forest with a Malaise trap.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 93 View Fig ): Known only from New Caledonia.

E t y m o l o g y:Thetrivialname tricolor refers to the coloration of these beetles.