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
Amboakis ampla
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 1
,
25
,
47
.
Holotype
.
Female.
ECUADOR
:
Orellana
:
Reserva Ethnica Waorani
,
1 km
S Onkone Gare Camp
,
00
o
39’10S
76
o
26’W
30-VI-
1995
, 220 m,
Fogging
terre firme
T.L. Erwin
(
USNM
). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender label affixed to paper point; locality label; second locality label; USNM acronymic label;
Holotype
label; plastic vial with abdomen and aedeagus.)
Paratypes
.
Two
specimens.
Ecuador
:
Orellana
:
Reserva Ethnica Waorani
,
1 km
S of Onkone Gare Camp
,
76
o
27’W
00
o
39’S
,
9-II-
1995
, 216 m,
T.L. Erwin
(
WOPC
, 1)
;
Tiputini Biodiversity Station
, near
Yasuni National Forest
,
76
o
08’W
00
o
37’S
,
8-II-1999
, 220-
250 m
,
T.L. Erwin
(
USNM
, 1)
.
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 47
). The members of this species most closely resemble those of
Amboakis capitata
(Gorham)
. However, in members of
A
.
ampla
, the funicular antennomeres are considerably more expanded (compare
Figure 1, 2
). Moreover, the aedeagus is much longer in
A
.
ampla
, than it is in
A
.
capitata
(compare
Figure 25, 28
).
Description.
Size
: Length 6.0 mm: width 2.0 mm.
Integument
: Cranium reddish-yellow; pronotum black; elytra dark brown, with slight paleness at humerus and at middle; front pair of legs mostly yellow, infuscated, middle and hind pair of legs yellow.
Head
: Wider than pronotum (38:36); vertex narrower than eye (9:15); funicular antennomeres considerably expanded (
Fig. 1
).
Thorax
: Pronotum, transverse (71:51), side margins behind anterior transverse depression more convex than tuberculate, punctations minute, discal trichobothrium set in deep, transverse shallow, and spheroid depression; elytra, form broad rectangular, ratio of elytral length to elytral width 2:5, ratio of elytral length to pronotal length 4:9, punctations small, somewhat aseriate near sutural margin, shallowly impressed, and not wider than width of interstitial spaces, distal margin of epipleuron not spinous, disc vested profusely with dark setae; protibial anterior margin with 6 spines.
Abdomen
: Aedeagus as in figure 25.
Variation.
Size
: Length 3.5-6.0 mm: width 1.2-2.0 mm. The small
paratype
does not show the pale regions of the elytra.
Natural History.
Specimens were collected during February and June, at
216-
250 m
.
Distribution
. From the Reserva Ethnica Waorani and the environs of the Yasuni National Forest of eastern
Ecuador
.
Etymology
. The generic name
Amboakis
is feminine. The specific epithet
ampla
is an adjective derived from
amplus
(= large). I refer to the large size of the terminal antennomere (
Fig. 1
).
Figure 1-15.
Antennae.
1)
Amboakis ampla
.
2)
Amboakis capitata
.
3)
A
.
stenosis
.
4)
A
.
waodani
.
5)
Madoniella aspera
.
6)
M
.
divida
.
7)
Plocamocera quadrula
.
8)
P
.
clinata
.
9)
Amboakis antegalba
.
10)
A
.
diffusa
.
11)
Madoniella spilota
.
12)
Amboakis demagna
.
13)
Epiphloeus erwini
.
14)
Madoniella darlingtoni
.
15)
Plocamocera lena
.
Taxonomic Notes.
Among the
Amboakis
species
keyed in
Opitz (2006: 119)
A
.
ampla
Opitz
,
new species
, is most closely related to the Brazilian
A
.
capitata
. The following changes are made to the aforementioned key:
12'. Pronotum black ...........................................................................................................................
13
13(12'). Funicular antennomeres slightly expanded (
Fig. 2
) (
Brazil
: Amazonas;
Mato Grosso
) ................. ...............................................................................................
Amboakis capitata
(Gorham)
– Funicular antennomeres very expanded (
Fig.1
) (
Ecuador
:
Orellana
) ............................................ ..............................................................................................
Amboakis ampla
Opitz
,
n. sp.
Figure 16-24.
Antennae.
16)
Pyticeroides latisentis
.
17)
P
.
inexilis
.
18)
P
.
parvoporis
.
19)
P
.
pinnacerinis
.
20)
P
.
turbosiris
.
21)
P
.
moraguesi
.
22)
P
.
pullis
.
23)
P
.
ustulatis
.
24)
Chaetosoma colossa
.