The New World whirligig beetles of the genus Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae, Dineutini)
Author
Gustafson, Grey T.
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
gtgustafson@gmail.com
Author
Miller, Kelly B.
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis Ochs, 1938
Figures 22
, 23
, 55
Dineutus
(Dineutus) longimanus jamaicensis
Ochs 1938
: 88,
Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis
:
Blackwelder 1944
: 81,
Dineutus (Rhombodineutus) longimanus
:
Guignot 1950
: 127,
Dineutus (Cyclinus) longimanus
:
Brinck 1955
: 106.
Type locality.
Blue Mountains, Jamaica, near 4500 ft. MCZ Type No. 23058.
Specimens examined.
4
Type material examined.
Holotype (♂, pinned) "Blue Mts./ nr 4500 ft./ Aug. 13-20 [white label, typed black ink]// Jamaica/ 1934/ Darlington [white label, typed black ink]// 23058/ M.C.Z./ HoloType/
jamaicus
/ ochs [red label, 23058, Holo, and
jamaicus
Ochs, handwritten in black ink, rest typed black ink]//
Dineutus longimanus ssp. jamaicus
/ Ochs/ 1937/ Type! [white label handwritten in black ink, handwriting appears to be
Ochs'
]//
Dineutus longimanus
/
jamaicus
/ Ochs/ 1937/ type no. 23058 [white label handwritten in black ink and type no. 23058 in pencil, handwriting appears to be
Ochs']//"
deposited in the MCZ.
Material examined.
JAMAICA:
St. Andrew Parish:
Maryland, Mamme River, 1.viii.1985, leg. M. Barrett, in clear stream (3 ex. FSCA).
Diagnosis.
Male (Fig.
22C-D
). Size: 12.1-13.3 mm. Body form regularly elongate oval; elytral apices spinose, with sutural angle produce to a spine, and a second parasutural spine, with thorn-like serrations and irregularities present apically and apicolaterally, apicolateral sinuation mostly absent, elytra with reticulation strong laterally and apically, producing a bronzy appearance, medial disc with reticulation very weakly impressed and composed of smaller irregularly more transversely shaped cells accompanied by very shallowly impressed punctation, striae mostly effaced by reticulation, if evident at all faintly apparent medially on disc, lateral marginal depression of elytra absent; profemora with very small sub-apicoventral tooth; protibiae club-shaped; mesotarsal claws (Fig.
23C
) with ventral margin regularly rounded and evenly narrowed apically; metacoxae with a decent covering of shallow punctures over most their ventral face, laterally only present on posterior half; venter lightly colored: reddish brown to reddish orange. Aedeagus (Figs
23A, B, D
) with median lobe in dorsal view shorter than parameres, parallel sided, in apical 1/4 shallowly narrowed towards apex, apex regularly rounded, dorsally without narrow carina, ventrally sperm-groove narrow and parallel sided for most its length, apically briefly widened, in lateral view median lobe with dorsal margin straight, apex broadly rounded; parameres in dorsal view with lateral margins not noticeably laterally expanded, but very weakly sinuate medially, apically narrowly rounded.
Female (Fig.
22A-B
). Size: 12.05 mm. Body form regularly elongate oval; elytral apices spinose, with sutural angle produce to a spine, and a second parasutural spine, with thorn-like serrations and irregularities present apically and apicolaterally, apicolateral sinuation mostly absent, elytra with reticulation strong laterally and apically, producing a bronzy appearance, medial disc with reticulation very weakly impressed and composed of smaller irregularly more transversely shaped cells accompanied by very shallowly impressed punctation, striae mostly effaced by reticulation, if evident at all faintly apparent medially on disc, lateral marginal depression of elytra absent; protibiae club-shaped; profemora without sub-apicoventral tooth; metacoxae with a decent covering of shallow punctures over most their ventral face, laterally only present on posterior half; venter lightly colored: reddish brown to reddish orange.
Figure 22.
Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis
.
A
♀ dorsal habitus
B
♀ ventral habitus
C
♂ dorsal habitus
D
♂ ventral habitus. All scale bars ≈ 2 mm.
Figure 23.
Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis
.
A
aedeagus dorsal view
B
aedeagus ventral view
C
♂ mesotarsal claws
D
aedeagus lateral view. Scale bar for
C
≈ 0.10 mm all others ≈ 1 mm.
Differential diagnosis.
Dineutus
longimanus jamaicensis
is unique among the other subspecies of
Dineutus longimanus
in being larger in size (12.05-13.3 mm) and elongate oval in shape without apicolateral sinuation, and having the metacoxae with numerous shallow punctures covering most of their surface. The subspecies most similar to
Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis
is
Dineutus longimanus cubensis
and can be distinguished by the differences in dorsal punctation and metacoxal punctation provided in the key.
Distribution
(Fig.
55B
).
Jamaica (
Leng and Mutchler 1914b
;
Ochs 1938
)
Habitat.
Specimen label data indicate this is a lotic subspecies, with specimens collected from the Mammee river in St. Andrew, Jamaica (FSCA).
Discussion.
Similar to
Dineutus longimanus cubensis
not much is known about
Dineutus longimanus jamaicensis
aside from its taxonomy. It is currently only known from Jamaica.