Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Orthopleurinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VI. The New Genera Coadnatus Opitz, Furcadia Opitz, and Latupusillus Opitz, One New Species of Funicula Opitz, and Four New Species of Romanaeclerus Winkler
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2017
2017-09-18
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3
421
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Romanaeclerus vitellinus
Opitz
,
new species
(
Figs. 7, 19, 20
,
24
,
36
)
Type Material.
Holotype
:
Ƌ.
UGANDA
,
Kabarole
,
Kibale
Nat. Park
,
25 km
se
Fort Portal
,
U. Kanyawara
(
MUBFS
)
,
26.VII–22.VIII 1998
,
1600 m
, leg.
Schmidt
(
RGCM
)
.
Paratypes
:
One
specimen
.
CAMEROON
,
N. Kolbisson
,
XI-1969
, N.
Berti
(
MNHN
, 1)
.
Diagnosis.
The members of this species are very similar to those of
Romanaeclerus rufus
Kraaz
, but
in specimens of
R. vitellinus
the body is much more depressed and the phallic plates are not denticulated laterally.
Description. Size:
Length 3.0 mm; width 1.0 mm.
Form:
As in
Fig. 36
.
Color:
Testaceous, except capitulum and funicular antennomeres 5–8 brown.
Head:
Antennal capitulum well-developed (
Fig. 7
), capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 transverse, antennomere 11 suboval, funicular antennomeres progressively more serrate; maxillary and labial terminal palpomeres acuminate; eyes much narrower than frons (EW/FW = 10/25).
Thorax:
Pronotum (
Fig. 24
) transverse (PW/PL = 65/55), lateral margins evenly arcuate; asetiferous elytral punctation small and extending to elytral subapex, punctation subseriate, interstitial spaces smooth and shiny; sutural margin narrows to elytral apex.
Abdomen:
Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus (
Figs. 19, 20
) with phallobasic lobes minute, phallobasic rod linear, short; phallic plates slender, long.
Variation.
Size: Length 3.0–4.0 mm; width 1.0- 1.8 mm. Other than body size, the
type
specimens are quite homogeneous.
Natural History.
The
holotype
was collected in July at
1,600 m
, whereas the
paratype
was collected during November.
Distribution.
This species is known from
Uganda
and
Cameroon
(
Fig. 38
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet
vitellinus
(= yellow) refers to the color of this beetle.