Sapotes puncticollis Casey, 1888

Gotoh, Hiroki & Lavine, Laura C., 2007, Fig. 3 in Genetic Control of Color Polymorphism in the Stag Beetle Cyclommatus metallifer Boisduval (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 24 (2), pp. 208-223 : 215

Sapotes puncticollis Casey

Figs. 2B , 3G, 3H , 5E

Specimens examined. USA: Arizona, Cochise Co., 3 mi. W. Fairbank, 4,000’, IX-7-1965, Atriplex canescens , L. & C.W. O’Brien (6 females) ; New Mexico, 17 mi NE Las Cruces Jornada Exp. , x-3-1970, Larrea tridentata at night, C. W. O’Brien (2 females) ; Dona Ana Co., Jornada Range , 15–20 mi. N. Las Cruces, 4,200 – 4,400 ft., creosote bush– Mesquite scrub on gravel piedmont slopes, G. S. Forbes, 4-1991 (1 female) . Texas, Brewster Co., Big Bend Nat. Park, K-Bar Ranch , 1,000 m., 5-7-ix-88, R. Anderson, PM- Larrea divaricata (1 female) ; 11 mi. N. Van Horn, Culberson Co., VII-26-1970, C. W. O’Brien (1 female) ; Brewster Co., 57 mi S. Alpine , VI-6-1970, L. & C. W. O’Brien (1 female) . MEXICO: Coahuila, Municipio Hwy. 40, 12 mi. SE Saltillo , 4,300’, 12 Sept.1982, C. & L. O’Brien (5 females, 1 compared with type 1983, C. W. O’Brien) ; 23 mi W. Saltillo , 4,000’, Aug. 21, 1974, C. W. & L. O’Brien & Marshall (1 female) .

Additional data not in original description. Body length 5.0–6.0 mm, width in dorsal view 2.1–2.7 mm. Female genitalia Spermatheca C-shaped, enlarged portion with two ducts connected to tapered extension ( Fig. 5E ), length from extension to ducts 0.27 mm.

Figures

Fig. 2. A–E. Size and arrangement of teeth on inner margin of protibia of species of Sapotes: A. S. longipilis; B. S. puncticollis; C. S. caseyi; D. S. setosus; E. S. sordidus.

Fig. 3. A–J, habitus of species of Sapotes. A. lateral view of male S. sordidus (4.46 mm); B. dorsal view of male S. sordidus; C. lateral view of male S. setosus (3.36 mm); D. dorsal view of male S. setosus; E. lateral view of female S. caseyi (4.32 mm); F. dorsal view of female S. caseyi; G. lateral view of female S. puncticollis (5.09 mm); H. dorsal view of female S. puncticollis; I. lateral view of female S. longipilis (5.04 mm); J. dorsal view of female S. longipilis.

Fig. 5. A–I, male and female genitalia of Sapotes. Reference line to the right of figures equal to 0.5 mm. A–B. apical portion of male median lobe of S. longipilis; A. dorsal and B. lateral view. C. ovipositor of S. caseyi. D. sternum 8 of S. caseyi. E–I, spermathecae of Sapotes species, with length from tip of arm to ducts: E. S. puncticollis (0.27 mm); F. S. longipilis (0.35 mm); G. S. caseyi (0.30 mm); H. S. sordidus (0.28 mm); I. S setosus (0.23 mm).