Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species
Author
Bartlett, Justin S.
Author
Lambkin, Christine L.
justin.bartlett@daf.qld.gov.au
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-15
5220
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5220.1.1
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Notopilo obesus
sp. nov.
ZooBank registration:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
FF303390-F098-4E0C-9296-60CED2C88888
(
Figs 5
,
16
,
60
,
96
,
132
,
175
; Map 4)
HOLOTYPE
:
Queensland
:
Coopers Plains
, 768
Boundary Road
, grounds of CSR Ltd.;
30.ix.-3.x.2014
;
S. Collingwood
;
panel trap
(alpha-pinene & ethanol lure) in
Pinus
sp.
(
QM
, type reg. T258555)
.
PARATYPES
(3):
Queensland
:
Camp Hill
, carpark of
White’s Hill Shopping Village
,
Samuel Street
,
1.xii.2003
,
J.S. Bartlett
, under lights at night (
1 ♀
,
JSBC
);
-23.83738
,
151.26048
,
Port of Gladstone
,
Barney Point
,
Gate
LPG1075;
24.i.-7.ii.2017
;
J. Logan
,
Panel Trap
, α-pinene+EtOH lure (1 ♁,
QDPC
)
.
New South Wales
:
11 March 2019
;
Blaxland Ridge
,
Blaxland Ridge Rd.
at light; 3328′13.0″S, 15048′01.4″E;
Vr.R.
Bejšák-Colloredo-Mansfeld lgt. (1,
VRBC
)
.
Diagnosis.
Pronotum round laterally, disc punctate-rugulose,either side of central impression strongly tumescent; elytra notably broader than pronotum, each elytron dark with a large slightly angulate transverse fascia which meets at the suture and an obscure basal macula; punctation with small nodules; 8
th
stria beginning near base; striae 3-7 terminating at apical slope (other striae shorter); femora entirely brown; tarsi with three ventral tarsal pads.
Description.
Habitus
:
Fig. 175
.
Total length
:
7.9 mm
.
Head
: Cranium black, clypeus and supra-antennal elevations with reddish hue, anteclypeus, labrum and palpi orange-brown, antennae brown; eyes separated by about 0.92 eye widths; upper part of frons punctate-rugulose, lower part with weak transverse wrinkles; genae and submentum wrinkled; exterior margins of terminal palpomeres about 1.5 times (maxillae) and 2.5 times (labium) the length of inside edges; antennae almost reaching base of pronotum; eyes and most of cranium vested with long erect setae, frons and vertex with shorter medially-directed setae.
Prothorax
: Black, reddish-black in parts; pronotum about 1.11 times longer than wide, sides rounded, widest in middle; subapical depression deeply v-shaped; central impression deeply excavated, weakly sulcate; either side of central impression strongly tumescent; disc unevenly punctate-rugulose, pronotal arch smoother, spaces between individual punctures sub-nitid; numerous fine short multi-directional setae plus fewer long erect setae.
Pterothorax
: Sternites reddish-brown, with fine pale posteriorlydirected setae; elytra (
Fig. 16
) about 1.4 times wider than pronotum, blackish brown with orange markings (each elytron with a large, slightly angulate, transverse fascia which meets at the suture plus an obscure brown triangular maculation its outer-most margin extending from the humerus to inner corner of fascia; apices lacking maculae); length to width ratio 2:1; 8
th
stria beginning near base; striae 3–7 reaching apical slope, other striae shorter; punctures with small lateral nodules (most clearly visible in basal punctures), relatively well-spaced; basal intervals at least one puncture width, wider towards apex (punctures gradually smaller towards apex); epipleurae terminating within apical curve; intervals with many short fine, and less frequent longer, setae (much of the discal setae rubbed off
holotype
), intrafoveal setae short; hindwing with CuA
3+4
and CuA
1
cross-veins complete, MP
3+4
absent basad of CuA
1
cross-vein.
Legs
: Femora, tibiae and tarsi brown, ventral tarsal pads brownish yellow; profemora slightly more swollen than other femora; front and middle legs stout, hind legs more elongate.
Abdomen
: Orange-brown.
Male genitalia
: Tegmen (
Fig. 60
) subparallel, heavily sclerotised structural H-shaped ‘frame’ more apparent than in congeners, parameroid lobes with relatively thick terminal sub-digitiform processes, dorsal sinus deep and wide, about one-third tegmen length, internally with preapical membrane (potentially sensory in function), ventral sinus almost two-thirds as long as dorsal sinus, apodeme very short, spatulate, about one-tenth tegmen length; median lobe as in
Fig. 96
; pygidium as in
Fig. 132
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet,
obesus
(Latin, meaning fat) refers to the barrel-shaped form of this species which makes it instantly recognisable amongst its congeners.
Biology.
Specimens were captured in a static panel trap containing an alpha-pinene+ethanol lure, or collected at light.
Distribution
(Map 4). The four known specimens were collected in
Queensland
(Gladstone and Brisbane) and
New South Wales
(Blaxlands Ridge).