Multiple origins of moss-inhabiting flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): molecular phylogeny, overview of genera and a new genus from Africa
Author
Damaška, Albert František
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander
Author
Fikáček, Martin
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-02-07
196
647
676
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab112
eb68c3ad-c51a-4828-8a1f-314ed0ba6454
0024-4082
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1C9A93CC-F5BE-427B-95B4-B2B9A1F51B46
BENEDICTOIDES MUNCLINGERI
SP. NOV.
(
FIG. 5
)
Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n:
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EFFFD238-A15A-49BB-870B-7CE4EC04690C
Type
locality:
Mount
Cameroon
(Fako)
,
Cameroon
.
Type material:
Holotype
(male,
NMPC
).
Label
data: (1)
CAMEROON
:
Fako
reg.,
Mount Cameroon
;
4°08′27″N
,
9°11′02″E
; sifting moss;
3. xii. 2019
;
Pavel Munclinger
lgt.; (2) VOUCHER SPECIMEN ex coll.
A. F. DamaŠka
, no. AFD-281; (3)
HOLOTYPE
Benedictoides munclingeri
Albert F. DamaŠka
des. 2021.
Description:
Body (
Fig. 5
)
1.4 mm
long,
0.75 mm
wide in dorsal view,
0.5 mm
high in lateral view. Dorsal surfaces brown; ventral surfaces dark blackish brown. Antennae long, reaching to one-half of the elytra. Antennomeres 1–2 and 11 light yellowish brown, antennomeres 3–5 and 10 brown, antennomeres 6–9 dark blackish brown. Basal half of femora darkened, apical half of femora, tibiae and tarsi brown. Pronotum convex, elevated anteriorly in lateral view; anterior angles of pronotum with a long seta reaching basal elytral margin. Elytra with nine regular rows of large, deep punctures; interspace between rows 8 and 9 slightly elevated, forming a longitudinal ridge. Basal elytral margin surrounded by a deep groove reaching to a quarter of the lateral elytral margin. Aedeagus (
Fig. 5
) long, slender in ventral, bow-like in lateral view. Basal orifice slightly widened basally, basal two-thirds of aedeagus parallel-sided, apical third narrowed in ventral view. Apex of aedeagus dull, with a small, pointed tip in ventral view, forming an apical edge-like tip sharply curved ventrally in lateral view. Tegmen slender. Female unknown.
Etymology:
The species is named in honour of Pavel Munclinger who collected the only known specimen while sifting for the first time in his life. The species name is a noun in the genitive case.
DNA material:
The sequences of
Benedictoides munclingeri
are available under the following GenBank accession numbers: cox 1 barcode (
OK561527
),
wingless
(
OK500042
).