Akamboja caparaoensis, Roza & Quintino & Mermudes & Silveira, 2017

Roza, André Silva, Quintino, Hingrid Yara Souza, Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras & Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da, 2017, Akamboja gen. nov., a new genus of railroad-worm beetle endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest, with five new species (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae), Zootaxa 4306 (4), pp. 501-523 : 516-518

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6025186

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E0ADEF1F-3D16-4047-8590-53E5BE11D27B

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Akamboja caparaoensis
status

sp. nov.

Akamboja caparaoensis sp. nov. Roza, Quintino, Mermudes & Silveira

( Figs 36–40 View FIGURES 31 – 40 and 45 View FIGURES 44 – 45 )

Etymology. The name is in reference to the Serra do Caparaó, location of occurrence of the species. Name in apposition.

Diagnosis. Pronotum dark brown. Eyes occupying half of head width, in lateral view ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Vertex occupying ½ of head in dorsal view ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Apical maxillary palpomere 3.5x longer than subapical ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Elytron reaching the anterior margin of the third abdominal segment ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ).

Description, male.

Measurements (n=1): Total length: 4.7 mm. Head length: 0.65 mm. Head width: 0.61 mm. Pronotum length: 0.63 mm. Pronotum maximum width: 0.6 mm. Elytron length: 1.7 mm. Elytron maximum width: 0.4 mm. Elytral spot length: 0.3 mm.

Morphology: Eyes occupying half of head width, in lateral view ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Lateral region of the head sparsely setose posterior to eyes ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Vertex occupying ½ of head in dorsal view ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Apical maxillary palpomere 3.5x longer than subapical ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ). Head longer than wide. Elytron 4x longer than wide ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ), Elytron reaching the anterior margin of the third abdominal segment ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ), apical spot occupying a fifth of the elytron ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 31 – 40 ).

Coloration. Body overall dark brown. Pronotum dark brown. Elytron dark brown, apex pale yellow. Wing venation black.

Immatures and females. Unknown

Biology and distribution. Akamboja caparaoensis sp. nov. seems to occur only on summer, although this can be an artifact due to the low number of specimens. It inhabits high altitudinal areas of Dores do Rio Preto, on the Serra do Caparaó, in the Serra da Mantiqueira mountain range, around 1500 m. It is found on dense ombrophilous high montane forest.

Remarks. This species resembles Akamboja tenebrae sp. nov., but can be distinguished mainly due to its bigger size and elytron (the elytron of Akamboja tenebrae sp. nov. reaches the anterior margin of the second abdominal segment, while in Akamboja caparaoensis sp. nov. it reaches the anterior margin of the third), head more densely setose behind the eyes (sparsely setose in Akamboja caparaoensis sp. nov.), smaller vertex (bigger in Akamboja caparaoensis sp. nov.) and its higher altitude occurrence (lower altitude occurrence in Akamboja tenebrae sp. nov.).

Type material. Holotype (male): BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Dores do Rio Preto. Parque Nacional do Caparaó, afluente do Rio Preto ( Laje ), 20°29’26,2’’S, 41°49’17,1’’W, 1567m, Malaise, 1 male, 11–15.I.2015, J. L. Nessimian, A. L. H. Oliveira, S. P. Gomes and C. P. Souza col ( DZRJ). GoogleMaps

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Phengodidae

Genus

Akamboja

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