Figs. 16 – 17. 16 in A Description of the First Instar of Hoperius planatus Fall, 1927 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae: Colymbetini), with Phylogenetic Implications
Author
Barman, E. H.
Author
Michat, M. C.
Author
Alarie, Y.
Author
Wolfe, G. W.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2007
24
3
334
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325880
journal article
4547
10.1649/0010
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1938-4394
Leiopleura cupeyali
Zayas
(
Fig. 5
)
Leiopleura cupeyali
Zayas 1988: 44
.
Neotrachys cupeyali
(Zayas)
. Current valid name.
Type locality:
CUBA
:
Oriente Province
, Cupeyal. The photographed specimen, of undetermined sex, is probably a
holotype
, but no number of specimens was given by Zayas
.
Following a suggestion by
Ivie (1991)
,
Hespenheide (2006: 239)
correctly placed this and the following species in the genus
Neotrachys
Obenberger. The
one sentence original description of this species stated that the head and pronotum are golden, and the elytra metallic green, with the venter black. However, the
holotype
has a dark bronzy or coppery pronotum and dark bluish elytra (
Fig. 5
). It is possible that the colors have gradually changed with time, but more likely the description was innacurate. The habitus illustration provided by
Zayas (1988
: fig. 36) is inaccurate in some details, showing antennae that are too large and a more rounded form to the elytral apices.