New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-04-02
2010
123
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352832
1942-1354
5352832
0C509A80-EAFC-4F4A-9075-53A6D84FC4BB
Madoniella divida
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 6
,
33
,
55
.
Holotype
.
Male.
COLOMBIA
Bolivar
SFF
Los Colorados Alto de Mirador
9
o
54' N
73
o
07’S
400m
Malaise
6-21.iv.2001
E. Deulufeut Leg.
M. 1602. A second label reads, IavH-E 70310. A third label reads,
Instituto Humbolt
COLOMBIA
(
IAVH
). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender label affixed to paper point; locality label; specimen identification number label; repository label; IAVH acronymic label;
Holotype
label; Plastic vial with abdomen and aedeagus.)
Paratypes
.
None.
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 55
): In the key of madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the
Holotype
extends to couplet 13(12), which accommodates
Madoniella melina
Opitz
and
M
.
zonula
Opitz.
Specimens of
M
.
divida
differ by the absence of the posterocental extension of the posterior block of the elytral insignia. Moreover, in specimens of
M
.
divida
the posterior block of the insignia is deeply incised posteriorly.
Description.
Size
: Length 4.0 mm; width
1.2 mm
.
Integumental Color
: Cranium dark reddish- brown; pronotal disc brown, arch red; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block missing, posterocentral extension of posterior block missing, insignial posterior block broadly incised posteriorly at middle.
Head
: Vertex narrower than eyes in head dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 6.
Thorax
: Pronotal side margins very sinuous, anterior margin somewhat projecting at middle; elytral form oblong; elytral punctations large; anterior margin of protibia with 4 spines.
Abdomen
: Aedeagus as in figure 33; phallobasic rod extensive.
Variation.
One specimen examined.
Natural History.
The primary
type
was collected at
400 m
in a Malaise trap sometime between the 6
th
and 21
st
of May.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology.
The specific epithet
divida
stems from the Latin divido (= divided). I refer to division of the posterior region of the posterior block of the elytral insignia.