Artoadenus regina OPITZ, 2015

Opitz, Weston, 2015, Systematics of the checkered beetle subfamily Platynopterinae SPINOLA (Coleoptera Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1513-1572 : 1527

Artoadenus regina OPITZ nov. sp.

( Figs 65 , 115, 116 , 148 , 175 )

Holotype: ♂. Guyane (Régina) ( French Guiana), Montagne de Kaw Pk. , 37.5, 5.XII.2004, J. A. Cerda. A second label reads: á vue en forět ( FSCA). Paratypes: Two specimens. Guyana, Regina, Kaw Mountain Park, 2-IX-1999, J. A. Cerda ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, 10-X-2001, J. A. Cerda ( WOPC, 1) .

Diagnosis: The elytral color pattern, as depicted in Fig. 148 , will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description: Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 148 . Color: Cranium bicolorous, cranial venter and region behind eyes flavotestaceous, remainder black; pronotum mostly black, sides flavotestaceous; mesoscutellum brown; elytral disc mostly black, with flavotestaceous fascia. Head: Antennal capitulum very long ( Fig. 65 ), each capitular antennomeres longer than combined length of funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 18/18. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin not projected at middle; side margin of disc slightly rounded; PW/PL 60/55; elytra moderately flared; EL/EW 230/50. Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at distal margin; aedeagus as in Figs. 115, 116.

Variation: Size: length 10.0-12.0 mm; width 4.0-5.0 mm. The pronotal disc may show a narrow flavotestaceous line that may extend to the cranial vertex.

Natural history: Specimens were collected during October, November, and December.

Distribution ( Fig. 175 ): Known from French Guiana.

Etymology: The trivial name regina constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 62-69: Antennae. (62) Ambonoides retinoides, male; (63) A. caraguata, female; (64) Artoadenus dius, male; (65) A. regina, male; (66) Aspitonis alarutinis, male; (67) A. graminis, female; (68) A. undulicornis, male; (69) Isoforma biguttula, male.

Figs 109-132: Aedeagi. (109) Ambonoides retinoides phallus; (110) A. retinoides tegmen; (111) A. caraguata phallus; (112) A. caraguata tegmen; (113) Artoadenus dius phallus; (114) A. dius tegmen; (115) A. regina phallus; (116) A. regina tegmen; (117) Aspitonis alarutinis phallus; (118) A. alarutinis tegmen; (119) A. chiapas phallus; (120) A. chiapas tegmen; (121) A. undulicornis phallus; (122) A. undulicornis tegmen; (123) Isoforma biguttula phallus; (124) I. biguttula tegmen; (125) Platynoptera carti phallus; (126) P. carti tegmen; (127) P. flavohumeralis phallus; (128) P. flavohumeralis tegmen; (129) P.humeralis phallus; (130) P. humeralis tegmen;(131)P.lyciformis phallus;(132)P.lyciformis tegmen.

Figs 145-148: Habitus illustrations of (145) Ambonoides retinoides, holotype; (146) A. caraguata, holotype; (147) Artoadenus dius, holotype; (148) A. regina, holotype.

Fig. 175: Geographic distribution of species as noted.