The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies Author Anderson, Robert S. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-10 4497 3 301 345 journal article 29174 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1 55770274-cac7-4dde-871a-6c4cf42522c5 1175-5326 1454868 FED8ED2E-510F-4596-A31B-59E6DF73919C Sicoderus bipunctiventris Anderson , n. sp. ( Figures 13–14, 14a , 21 . Map 1) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EE5360CF-2945-4FC5-8FFD-28686738F54E Description: Length male, 3.0– 3.5 mm ; female, 2.8–3.0 mm. Integument black, shining. Eyes rather widely separated by a distance slightly less than width of rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 1.09–1.15x length elytra in male; 1.09–1.28x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion at about apical 2/ 5 in male, slightly before middle in female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about middle; punctures dense, large and deep, subcontiguous, forming striolae on disc and laterally on flanks; erect setae absent. Elytra in dorsal view widest at about midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; setae absent. Strial punctures evident, large, deep; striae deeply impressed throughout length. Membranous wings absent. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male flat basally, in middle near posterior margin with two very small, approximate swellings, each with minute patch of setosity at tip; of female, uniformly convex in middle near posterior margin. Ventrite 2 of both sexes with two large, deep pits on steeply declivious posterior face (fig. 14a). Ventrite 5 of male with rounded very shallow impression in apical one-half; of female, uniformly convex. Legs with all femora simple, ventral margin lacking any trace of tooth; tarsal claws simple, no basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 21) subequal in width towards apex and base, internal sac with pair of elongate basal sclerites subparallel, joined anteriorly as a fine arch, each with distinct basal projection. Female not dissected. Material examined: 11 males , 8 females . Holotype male ( CMNC ), labelled CUBA : Cienfuegos Province , Parque Nacional Pico San Juan , road, 21.98542 -80.14873, 1026m , 19.v.2013 , A. Deler Hernandez , 2013-025, hardwood forest litter . Paratypes. Data as holotype (2 males, 1 female; CMNC). Parque Nacional Pico San Juan , road, 21.98542 -80.14873, 1026m , 19.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-023, hardwood forest litter ( 3 males , 1 female ; CMNC , WIBF ) . Parque Nacional Pico San Juan , road, 21.98495 -80.15188, 934m , 19.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013- 0 21, hardwood forest litter ( 1 male , 1 female ; CMNC ) . Parque Nacional Pico San Juan , road, 21.98812 -80.14632, 1086m , 19.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-022X, hand collections ( 1 female ; CMNC ) . Parque Nacional Pico San Juan , road, 21.98812 -80.14632, 1086m , 19.v.2013 , F. Cala Riquelme , 2013-024, elfin forest litter ( 2 females ; CMNC ) . Mayari , 4 km E., 21.95754 -80.09966, 912m , 18.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-019, hardwood forest litter ( 1 male ; CMNC ) . Mayari , 2 km E., 21.96651 -80.11497, 842m , 18.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-017, hardwood forest litter ( 1 male ; CMNC ) . Mayari , 1 km E., 21.97114 -80.12172, 866m , 18.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-018, karst forest litter ( 1 male ; BMNH ) . Mayari , 1.5 km E., 21.97100 -80.11644, 866m , 18.v.2013 , R.Anderson , 2013-020x, hardwood forest, hand collections ( 2 females ; CMNC , FSCA ) . Mayari , 2.5 km E., 21°58’15.6”N , 80°07’05.81”W , 860m , 18.v.2013 , G. Zhang , CB-13, L-20 ( 1 male ; ASUHIC ) . Derivation of species name: This species is named ‘bipunctiventris’ after the two large, deep pits on the posterior face of abdominal ventrite 2 (fig. 14a). Natural History: Adults were collected in elfin and hardwood forest litter ( 842–1086 m ) and beating vegetation. Comments: The two large, deep pits on the posterior face of abdominal ventrite 2 of both sexes (fig. 14a) is distinctive for this species.