Miloderes panamintensis Van Dam and O’Brien, 2015

Van Dam, Matthew H. & O’Brien, Charles W., 2015, Review of the genus Miloderes Casey, 1888 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with desciptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4006 (2), pp. 247-284 : 272-273

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B7A45EAC-D817-47BF-A284-731FEF2B8F8C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661866
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C15787EF-E93C-FFF5-FF08-FA7682A0FDC0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Miloderes panamintensis Van Dam and O’Brien
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Miloderes panamintensis Van Dam and O’Brien View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–5 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 C, 11A, C)

Description. Body clothed in long dense setae. Head with scales on frons convex. Pronotum with one central band, lateral margins relatively convex. Elytra with color blue pattern to gray and brown pattern. Legs with front tibia shape flat expanded, tibial brush relatively elongate; hind tibia apex truncate. Median lobe curved. Endophallus with basal lobe not recurved and distended, dorsal lobe absent, distal projection absent, endophallus terminal recurved, median ventral lobe absent, middle thick, ventral apical lobe present position of apex high not pointed ventrally shape round, subapical lobe resting on posterior dorsal surface, transfer apparatus strongly sclerotized. Spermatheca with basal lobes of relatively equal lengths.

HOLOTYPE, (male): CA: Inyo Co. 14 mi. S, 4 mi. E Ballarat, 1400ft., sand dunes, 4 April 1983, Derham Giuliani coll. ( CDFA).

Specimens examined. PARATYPES: CA: Inyo Co.: 14 mi. S, 4 mi. E Ballarat, 1400ft., sand dunes, 4 April 1983, Derham Giuliani coll. (28 CDFA, 2 CMNC, 2 CWOB) [N35.850696, W-117.155604]. San Bernardino Co.: 14 mi. S, 24 mi. E Trona, 2600ft., sand dunes, April 3 1983, Derham Giuliani coll. (20 CDFA); Wingate Pass, 2 mi. S, 16 mi. E Trona, sand dunes, 1800ft., April 3 1983, Derham Giuliani coll. (8 CDFA) [N35.749476, W- 117.080835]; Panamint Valley, 1 mi. W., Wingate Pass, 13 March 1984, Derham Giuliani coll. (3 CDFA); Panamint Valley, 0.25 mi. N, 1.5 mi. W., Wingate Pass 1800ft. sand dunes, 30 March 1985, Derham Giuliani coll. (14 CDFA, 2 CWOB) [N35.737261, W-117.099431]; same location information: 1 April 1995, (9 CDFA).

Distribution. ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 ) This species is endemic to sand dunes of the southern Panamint Valley. Distribution is partially sympatric with M. setosus .

Etymology. This epithet is designated to reflect the geographic location of this species found only in the Panamint Valley.

Intra- and interspecific morphological variation. Miloderes panamintensis is similar to M. setosus but differs in having only a single dark vitta on the pronotum with no lateral vittae. Also the shape of the endophallus is different, with the region distal to the ventral apical lobe, being more expanded ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 A). Individuals vary in color from a blue to a gray and brown pattern.