Integrative taxonomy of the genus Dyscolus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynini) in Ecuadorian Andes Author Moret, Pierre 2E194645-D255-438B-819E-A2B6C39AD699 Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608), CNRS, Université Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès, Toulouse 31058, France. pierre.moret@univ-tlse2.fr&pierre.moret@univ-tlse2.fr Author Murienne, Jérôme 3A6964D4-A7D6-46DB-8129-B762D14BC8F9 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, IRD, Toulouse 31062, France. jerome.murienne@univ-tlse3.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-05-15 646 1 55 journal article 22092 10.5852/ejt.2020.646 c5cf0da1-13e3-4bf4-844c-9b5a9d4f6d5b 3829682 4C9F63B2-DB17-4EDB-ADEE-13AC9EFB921B Dyscolus verecundior Moret sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DAB1A22E-25D1-438C-AE2E-25542AF7E50F Figs 54 , 58 Dyscolus verecundus Moret, 1998: 20 , pro parte. Dyscolus ( Dyscolus ) verecundus – Moret 2005: 142 , pro parte. Etymology Comparative form of the Latin adjective ‘ verecundus ’, which is the name of a closely related species. Type material Holotype ECUADOR • ♂ ; Pichincha Province , Volcán Illiniza , ENE slope, Waypoint 136 ; 0.644404º S , 78.703469º W ; 4335 m a.s.l. ; 15 Jul. 2016 ; P. Moret and A. Barragán leg.; COI voucher in ethanol PM136-04, BOLD sequence SUM062-18; MNHN . Paratypes (2 ♂♂) ECUADOR – Pichincha Province • 1 ♂ (red printed label: “ Dyscolus verecundus Moret, 1998 , Paratype”); Volcán Illiniza , NE slope; 4080 m a.s.l.; 7 Aug. 1985 ; P. Moret leg.; Polylepis forest ; CPM • 1 ♂ (red printed label: “ Dyscolus verecundus Moret, 1998 , Paratype”); E slope of Volcán Corazón; 4450 m a.s.l.; 24 Jan. 1986 ; P. Moret leg.; CPM . Diagnostic description Habitus: Fig. 54 . Wingless. Body length: 10.8–11.0 mm. Body colour variable, from reddish brown to piceous black, the vertex and the sutural zone of the elytra reddish; legs, antennae and mouthparts reddish. Elytral microsculpture isodiametric, distinctly impressed. Head robust, convex, neck strongly constricted, eyes moderately bulging, genae almost flat in dorsal view; antennae short. Pronotum transverse, subquadrate; sides moderately arcuate distally, weakly sinuate in basal third; hind angles variable, obtuse or almost quadrate, but always blunt; two pairs of lateral setae. Elytra subparallel, disc almost depressed; humeri rounded but not effaced, subapical sinuation obsolete; striae thin, shallowly impressed; intervals flat; third elytral interval with 3–5 discal setae. Fourth metatarsomere triangular, with one pair of lateroapical setae and without subapical dorsolateral setae; apical lobes very short, the inner one not extending beyond the insertion point of the lateroapical seta; fifth metatarsomere asetose ventrally. Last visible abdominal ventrite of the male with one pair of setae along its apical margin (♂). Male genitalia : Fig. 58 . Median lobe weakly arcuate; apical blade bluntly triangular in dorsal view; endophallus with two sclerotized squamose areas, ovoid in shape, median and subapical. Female genitalia : unknown. Comparisons This species closely resembles D. verecundus , now restricted to Mt Pichincha , its type locality. Dyscolus verecundior Moret sp. nov. differs from D. verecundus in a few external and genital characters: genae almost flat (convex in D. verecundus ); antennae slightly thicker, the second antennomere of the male 1.41 to 1.49 times as long as wide (1.50 to 1.65 times in D. verecundus ); fourth metatarsomere thinner, 1.16 to 1.20 times as long as wide (1.07 to 1.13 times in D. verecundus ); apical blade of the median lobe thinner in lateral view (compare Figs 56–57 and 58 ); sclerotized areas of the endophallus bigger. Habitat Lower superpáramo from 4080 to 4450 m a.s.l. Geographic distribution Microendemic species, restricted to the Illiniza and Corazón volcanoes in the Western Cordillera.