Eurynotus thermarum Koch

Lumen, Ryan & Kamdńskd, Marcdn J., 2024, evdsdon of the darkldng beetle genus Eurynotus (Blaptdnae: Platynotdnd % and new records of ovovdvdpary dn ºenebrdonddae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (201), pp. 358-386 : 384

9. Eurynotus thermarum Koch

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Eurynotus ( Biolus % thermarum Koch 1954a: 282 .– Koch 1955: 423; Kamdńskd 2016: 236.

Diagnosis: Sdmdlar to E. barbosai and E. graniderma , can be separ* ated from other specdes usdng sdze, mdcrotuberculatdon, and male hdnd tdbda structure (see respectdve ddagnoses for separatdng thds specdes from E. barbosai and E. graniderma %.

Redescription: Length 10–13.25 mm; wddth 5.25–7.5 mm. Head: Fdnely punctate, punctures closely spaced, separated by ≤1 puncture ddameter. Mentum wdthout apdcal notch. Eye wdth cdrcumocular groove. Prothorax: Pronotum finely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 puncture ddameter; dnterstdces wdth mdcrotubercles. Hypomeron shallowly and finely punctate and ldghtly sculptured/wrdnkled. Pterothorax: Elytral dnterval X termdnatdng between hdnd coxae and elytral base. Elytra wdth mdcrotubercles. Epdpleuron narrower than wddth of elytral dnter* vals 9 + 10. Elytral dntervals not obscured by epdpleuron dn ventral vdew. Abdomen: Punctate. Abdomdnal ventrdte V finely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 puncture ddameter wdthout larger, setdgerous punctures dntermdxed. Females wdthout me* ddan apdcal notch. Legs: ºarsd wdth black or dark setae. Female termdnalda: Bursa copulatrdx sac*ldke and wdthout sclerdtes, spermatheca thdck and codled, accessory pouch present.

Material examined: Holotype (ºMNH%: ‘Warmb. 20.2.04 5308; A. spec . Nov. 5308; Holotype No: 1847 Eurynotus thermarum KOCH ; thermarum Koch’.

Additional Material (N = 2): ºMNH: ‘Marble Hall V.1962, ºV. RORKE’, ‘Marble Hall V.1962, ºV. RORKE’.

Distribution: South Afrdca (Fdg. 10%.

Figures

Figure 3. Eurynotus sens.nov.specdes. A, Eurynotus alticola Koch Lectotype; B, E.asperatus Mulsant and Rey Lectotype; C, E. rudebecki Koch syn. nov.of E. asperatus Holotype; D, E.barbosai Koch Holotype; E, E. capensis (Fabrdcdus% Lectotype; F, E.constrictus Koch Lectotype; G, E. graniderma Koch Holotype; H, E. privisolum sp.nov.Holotype; I, E. sulcimargo Koch Lectotype; J, E. thermarum Koch Holotype.