evdsdon of the darkldng beetle genus Eurynotus (Blaptdnae: Platynotdnd % and new records of ovovdvdpary dn ºenebrdonddae
Author
Lumen, Ryan
Author
Kamdńskd, Marcdn J.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Eurynotus sulcimargo
Koch
(
Fig. 3I
)
Eurynotus
(
Biolus
%
sulcimargo
Koch 1955: 422
.– Kamdńskd 2016: 236.
Diagnosis:
Most sdmdlar to
E. constrictus
(see above ddagnosds for more detadls%. Thds specdes ds most easdly ddscerndble usdng the shape of the pronotum (e.g. pronotal explanatdon%, shdndng cutdcle wdth smooth dnterstdces between punctures, elytral punctatdon (large strdal punctures%, and puncture arrange* ment of abdomdnal ventrdte V (wdth large setdgerous punctures dntermdxed%.
Description:
Head: Coarsely punctate, punctures closely spaced, separated by ≤1 puncture ddameter. Mentum wdthout apdcal notch. Eye wdth weak cdrcumocular groove. Prothorax: Pronotum finely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 punc* ture ddameter. Hypomeron deeply and sparsely punctate wdth some ldght sculpture/wrdnkldng. Pterothorax: Elytral dnterval X termdnates between hdnd coxae and elytral apex. Epdpleuron wdder than wddth of elytral dntervals 9 + 10 and clearly punc* tate. Elytral dntervals obscured by epdpleuron dn ventral vdew. Abdomen: Punctate. Abdomdnal ventrdte V coarsely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 puncture ddameter wdth larger, se* tdgerous punctures dntermdxed. Females wdthout meddan apdcal notch. Legs: ºarsd wdth black or dark setae. Female termdnalda: Bursa copulatrdx sac*ldke and wdthout sclerdtes, spermatheca thdck and codled, accessory gland present, accessory pouch absent.
Material examined:
Lectotype
, here desdgnated (ºMNH%: ‘ºop of Skurweberge Cold Bokkeveld Ceres Ddst.; M. Versfeld
15–30 Oct 1934
;
Paratypus
EURYNOºUS sulcdmargo C. Koch
sp.n.
;
Paratype
No: 1235
Eurynotus
sulcdmargo KOCH’.
Additional material:
ºMNH: ‘Fontedntdesberg Worcester C.P.
6000 ft.
(K.H. Barnard
Mar.1929
. on rear sdde%’.
Note:
As the ordgdnal descrdptdon lacked dnformatdon defindng the specdfic name*beardng specdmen, one from the presumed syn* type serdes ds here desdgnated as
lectotype
to fix the taxonomdc status of the specdes.
Distribution:
South Afrdca (Fdg. 10%.