A New Click Beetle Genus from Chilean Temperate Forests, ALYMA (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pomachiliini)
Author
Arias, Elizabeth T.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2004
2004-09-30
58
3
413
427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/523
journal article
10.1649/523
1938-4394
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Alyma ariasvillegasai
Arias
,
new species
(
Figs. 4
,
7
,
15
,
23
,
34
)
Description.
Body: Elongate; brown; integument shiny; vestiture yellowish pale, decumbent,
sides parallel-sided; length
6.3 mm
, width
1.9 mm
; PEI: 2.6.
Head
: convex; frontoclypeal carina region extended forward; clypeus and labrum with setae
semi-decumbent; labrum slightly convex, 2
3
as long as wide; antennomera 2 through 8 serrate,
antennomere 9 exceeding pronotal posterior angles, [AP: 7-6-10-10-11-13-12-9-10-12], (
Fig. 7
).
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Fig. 3.
Scanning electron micrograph of head of
Alyma lawlerae
.
Prothorax
: convex medially; areolate, sides parallel; base curved; pronotal posterior angles straight; prosternal lobe bent; prosternum convex; pronotosternal lobe marginate broadly curved; pronotosternal suture sinuate; hypomeron punctate, sinuate basally, antennal groove present (
Fig. 15
); prosternum at procoxae marginate, and slightly elevated; procoxal distance 2.0
3
procoxal diameter, pronotosternal spine length 0.7
3
procoxal diameter.
Scutellum
: U-shaped, vestiture semi-decumbent, long, yellow; mesocoxae separated by 0.3
3
mesocoxal diameter; posterior margin of mesosternal cavity extending posteriorly 0.4
3
mesocoxal diameter.
Elytra
: interstria rugulose, slightly convex; striae pitted, pits regular; interstria convex; elytral apex rounded and explanate.
Leg
: yellowish brown; tarsomere 4 almost similar in length to tarsomere 1, [TP: 25-19-18-23-15], (
Fig. 23
).
Type Material.
Holotype
: female, Petorca, Palo Colorado,
27.X.1991
,
CHILE
,
6.3 mm
in length,
J. Solervicens.
Distribution.
Petorca, V Region,
Chile
, (
Fig. 34
).
Remarks.
Alyma ariasvillegasai
can be recognized by its shiny integument, brownish color, yellowish pale vestiture semi-decumbent and straight posterior pronotal angles.
Etymology.
The name of this species honors Professor Patricio Arias Villegas (Universidad de Concepción) my uncle, who dedicated his life to students’ education.