Zeadolopus nesiotes Peck and Cook, 2014

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 33-34

Zeadolopus nesiotes Peck and Cook , new species

Figure 66

Diagnostic description. Body strongly convex. Length 1.3–1.6 mm; greatest width 0.9–1.2 mm. Reddish brown, shining, microsculpture absent. Head punctation moderately fine, moderately dense. Antennal club moderately robust. Eye large. Pronotum finely, sparsely punctate; sides rounded, posterior angles roundly obtuse. Elytral striae weakly impressed; strial punctures large and closely spaced; interstrial punctures minute, sparse. Flight wings fully developed. Vertical face of mesosternum convex, not medially carinate. Metasternum densely punctate; punctures coarse laterally, smaller medially. In both sexes, mesofemur with broad toothlike expansion of apical half of posterior margin. Male metafemur with toothlike expansion at apex of posterior margin. In both sexes, mesotibia broad and spinose; metatibia narrower, spinose. Male pro- and mesotarsi bearing conspicuous pale setae ventrally. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 66 ) elongate, broad, parallel-sided, dorsoventrally curved with inwardly curved paired apices. Parameres slender, extending just beyond apex of median lobe, each bearing 2 apical setae. Inverted internal sac with two consecutive median tubular structures; anteriorly, small median sclerite with lateral and basal extensions. Spermatheca of 2 connected spheres.

Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “LESSER ANTILLES: St. Lucia / Mon Repos , 6.5 km W Fox Grove Inn / 10–28.VII.07, submontane forest FITs/ N13°52.5’ W60°56.4’, 300m / S.&J. Peck, 07-53B” ( SBPC) . Paratypes (32) have the following label data: same data as holotype (18, SBPC) ; same data as holotype except: 16.VII.07, submontane forest litter, 07-70 (3, SBPC) ; ST. LUCIA: Barre de L’Isle , 13.9341°N, 60.9586°W, 18MAY2009, litter Berlese, A.R. Cline (1, WIBF) ; ST. LUCIA: Quielles Forest Res., Piton St. Esprit site, 13.84937°N, 60.97956°W, 05–11MAY 2009, 571m, FIT, R.C. Winton and I.A. Foley (1, WIBF) ; same data as previous except: LaPorte Cabin , 272m, 13,84041°N, 60.97408°W, 10–15May2009 (2, WIBF) ; same data as previous except 04–10May2009 (1, WIBF) ; ST. LUCIA: Millet Dam , 13.9006°N, 60.9888°W, 07JULY2009, 379’, C. Maier, M. Gimmel, K. Hopp, E.A. Ivie, uv light (1, WIBF) ; ST. LUCIA: Grand Anse trap site, 38m, 14.0052°N, 60.8973°W, 04JUNE2009, ex passion fruit, R.C. Winton (1, WIBF) ; MARTINIQUE: 5kmSE LeMarin , Foret Creve Coeur, N14°27.05’, W60°50.91’, 35m, 10-28.VII.2012, dry forest FIT, S. Peck, 12-50 (2, SBPC) ; MARTINIQUE: 1kmE Diamant , N14°28.7’, W61°00.6’, 7–23.VII.2010, 10m, thorn forest, flight intercept, Peck, 10-51 (2, SBPC) .

Distribution. Known only from the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique.

Etymology. The epithet nesiotes (Greek, islander) refers to the restricted range of this species on islands of the Lesser Antilles.

Figures

Figures 65–69. Aedeagi of Zeadolopus. 65) Z. dominica, dorsal view. 66) Z. nesiotes, dorsal view. 67) Z. conicitarsus, dorsal view. 68, 69) Z. angulatus, dorsal and lateral view. Scale line = 0.30 mm.