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 darlingtoni
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 14
,
54
.
Holotype
.
Gender
not known.
Maricao
Forest
(
Puerto Rico
),
2-3,000 ft.
P. R. May
30-
June
2, ’38
Darlington
(
MCZC
). (Specimen point mounted; support card, locality label; MCZC acronymic label;
Holotype
label.)
Paratypes
.
None.
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 54
): In the key of madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the
Holotype
extends to couplet 24(22'), however, there are no setal aggregates on the elytral disc, but the pronotum is vested profusely with small recumbent pale setae.
Description.
Size
: Length
3.5 mm
; width 1.0 mm.
Integumental Color
: Cranium and pronotum dark red-brown; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block bifurcated posteriorly.
Head
: Vertex about as wide as eye in dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 14.
Thorax
: Pronotal side margins slightly sinuous, anterior margin evenly arcuate; elytral form oblong; elytral punctations large, punctation organized into 10 well-defined rows; anterior margin of protibia with 4 spines.
Abdomen
: Aedeagal information not available.
Variation.
One specimen examined.
Natural History.
The primary
type
was collected a point between
610-
915 m
.
400 m
, temporally between the 30
th
of May and 2
nd
of June.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology.
The specific epithet
darlingtoni
honors P. J.
Darlington
, Jr, for his outstanding contributions to zoological systematics.