New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-04-02
2010
123
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352832
1942-1354
5352832
0C509A80-EAFC-4F4A-9075-53A6D84FC4BB
Madoniella aspera
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 5
,
53
.
Holotype
.
Female.
Colombia
,
Boyaca
SFF
Iquaque Canana
,
Mamaramus
2855 m
. A second label reads,
5
o
25’N
73
o
27’W
Malaise
8-25-vi-2000
M. Reina
, leg. M-184 (
IAVH
). (Specimen pin mounted, support card, antenna and gender label affixed to support card; locality label; collection date label, IAVH acronymic label;
Holotype
label.)
Paratypes
.
None.
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 53
): In the key of the madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the
Holotype
extends to couplet 31(27'), which leads to
Madoniella ignis
Opitz
and
M
.
maxicornis
Opitz. From
the latter,
M
.
aspera
specimens may be distinguished by the spotted condition of the legs.
Description.
Size
: Length
5.8 mm
; width
1.8 mm
.
Integumental Color
: Cranium and pronotum dark brown; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block present.
Head
: Vertex wider than eyes in head dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 5.
Thorax
: Pronotal side margins very sinuous, anterior margin slightly projected at middle; disc very roughened; elytral punctations large, not serially arranged near sutural margin; elytral disc roughened; anterior margin of protibia with 4 spines.
Abdomen
: Aedeagus not available for study.
Variation.
One specimen examined.
Natural History.
The primary
type
was collected in a Malaise trap at
2855 m
, temporally between the 8
th
and 25
th
of June.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology.
The generic name
Madoniella
Pic
is feminine and the specific epithet
aspera
stems from the Latin
asper
(= rough). I refer to rough contour on the pronotum and elytra.