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 spilota
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 11
,
56
.
Holotype
.
Male.
COLOMBIA
Norte de Santander
ANU
Los Estoraques Bosque Piritama
8
o
14' N
73
o
15’S
1815 m
Malaise
29.x-18.xi. 2003
J. Vargas
&
E. Bayona Leg.
M. 4603. A second label reads, IavH-E 70315. A third label reads,
Instituto
Humbolt
COLOMBIA
(
IAVH
). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender label affixed to paper point; locality label; specimen number label; repository label; IAVH acronymic label;
Holotype
label.)
Paratypes
.
None.
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 56
): In the key of madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the
Holotype
extends to couplet 11(4'), which accommodates
Madoniella rubida
Opitz. From
the latter,
M
.
spilota
specimens may be distinguished by the spotted condition of the legs.
Description.
Size
: Length
4.8 mm
; width
1.6 mm
.
Integumental Color
: Cranium dark reddish-brown; pronotal disc dark brown, more reddish at sides; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block missing, posterocentral extension of posterior block broadly confluent with yellow macula on elytral apex.
Head
: Vertex narrower than eyes in head dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 11.
Thorax
: Pronotal side margins very sinuous, anterior margin arcuate plane; elytral form oblong; elytral punctations large; anterior margin of protibia with 5 spines.
Abdomen
: Aedeagus not available for study.
Variation.
One specimen examined.
Natural History.
The primary
type
was collected at
1850 m
sometime between October 29
th
and September 18
th
.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology.
The specific epithet
spilota
stems from the Greek
spilos
(= fleck). I refer to the spotty infuscations on the legs.