Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae) 3077 Author Peck, Stewart B. Author Cook, Joyce text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3077 1 1 118 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3077.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3077.1.1 1175­5334 5243536 Pinodytes monterey Peck & Cook , new species ( Figs. 20 , 184 , 193–200 ) Type material. Holotype : male ( CSCA ). UNITED STATES . California : Monterey Co., 2.2mi W Bottchers Gap, XII–8–1983 , A. Gilbert, berlese redwood duff. Paratypes (49). UNITED STATES . California : same data as holotype , 11 ( CSCA ); Monterey Co., 1.1miW Bottchers Gap, 8.XII.1983 , A. Gilbert, Ber. oak duff, 1 ( CSCA ); Monterey Co., 25.4miSE Carmel Valley, 19.II.1981 , F.G. Andrews, A.J. Gilbert, Ber. Neotoma nest at base of oak, 1 ( CSCA ); Monterey Co., 4miSE Notleys Landing, 9.II.1982 , F.G. Andrews, Ber. Neotoma nest u Quercus , 20 ( CSCA ); Monterey Co., Los Padres NF, Skinner Ridge Trail at Mill Ck., 36°21.5’N 121°48.7’W , 19.III. 1995 , 725m, A. Newton, M. Thayer, Quercus-Arbutus menziesii woodland, Ber. leaf & log litter, 2 ( FMNH ); Monterey Co. , Palo Colorado Rd. , 2.5miWNW Bottchers Gap , Turner Ck. , 15.XII. 1991 , 450m, A. Newton , M. Thayer , redwood–oak–maple for., ber. leaf & log litter, 4 ( FMNH ) ; Monterey Co. , Wiley Ranch , 6miW Greenfield , 3.V.1975 , 1200’, H. Real , under mouse nest, 1 ( EMEC ) ; San Luis Obispo Co. , 8miSE Santa Margarita , 2.II.1984 , A. Gilbert & D. Griffin , Chamise-Caenothus duff, 2 ( CSCA ) ; San Luis Obispo Co. , Atascadero , 2.XII.1945 , ex. gopher burrow, 1 ( USNM ) ; Atascadero , 7.XII.1945 , ex gopher burrow, 6 ( USNM ) . Material examined . We have examined 50 specimens . Distribution. Specimens ( Fig. 184 ) are known from Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, in the Santa Lucia Mountains of coastal southern California. Diagnostic description . Total length 1.50–1.64 mm ; greatest width 0.70–0.80 mm . Reddish brown; elongateoval in shape ( Fig. 20 ). Head . Finely punctate, punctures separated by 1–5 diameters; a larger puncture on each side of apex of stem of epistomal suture; shining; weak substriate microsculpture on vertex and laterally. Eyes absent. Antenna ( Fig. 193 ) with antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length; antennomere 5 larger than 4 and 6; antennomere 7 longer but not wider than 8; antennomeres 9 and 10 each with a single sensory vesicle indicated apically by a protruding flange. Pronotum . Punctures similar in size to head punctation, separated by 2–4 diameters; shining, with weak transverse substriate microsculpture. Widest before base, sides weakly rounded, narrowing to apex; apical margin weakly emarginate, basal margin nearly straight; apical angles rounded, basal angles rectangular. Elytra . Moderately strongly punctate, punctures in longitudinal rows and joined by fine transverse strioles. Joined elytra slightly wider than pronotum; widest in basal one-half, roundly narrowing to apex. Legs . Protibia ( Fig. 194 ) moderately slender, width increases evenly from base to apex; spinose on apical one-half of outer margin and apically; fine, dense spines on apical three-fifths of inner margin. Mesotibia ( Fig. 195 ) moderately slender; strongly spinose on outer margin and apically; inner margin with smaller spines near base. Metatibia ( Fig. 196 ) slender, weakly outwardly curved in male; outer margin with a strong spine near middle; apex spinose; small spines on apical one-half of inner margin. Metafemur ( Fig. 197 ) moderately broad in both sexes. Male protarsomeres ( Fig. 194 ) expanded, bearing elongate setae laterally and broad, thin, colorless phanerae ventrally. Mesotarsomeres without phanerae. Venter . Mesoventrite ( Fig. 200 ) carinate; longitudinal carina with large toothlike expansion near middle; not excavated behind transverse carina. Male genitalia . Median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs. 197, 198 ) elongate, broad, with shallow dorsal depressed area before apex; apex flattened, narrowly rounded at tip. Everted internal sac ( Fig. 198 ) with a bifurcated sclerite. Parameres ( Figs. 197, 198 ) elongate, broad, straight, with flattened apices; extending beyond apex of median lobe; each bearing two well-spaced setae before apex. Spermatheca . Elongate ( Fig. 199 ), tubular, coiled before duct. Etymology. The name monterey , a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality of this species in Monterey Co., California .