ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex
Author
Opitz, Weston
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
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Amphelissus meieri
(
SCHENKLING
1900)
(
Figs 2
,
29
,
55-58
,
61, 62
,
65-68
,
70
,
73
,
97
)
Amphelissus meieri
(SCHENKLING) 1900: 408.
Type material: Holotype.
♀
. Herein restricted to
Colombia
, Departamento de
Magdalena
(
SDEI
).
SCHENKLING 1910: 128
(
Galeruclerus
).
CORPORAAL 1941: 361
(
Galeruclerus
); 1950: 282 (
Cregya
).
OPITZ 2017a: 35
.
Diagnosis: This is the only species within the
Labasiella
complex that has the castaneous elytral disc slightly infuscated at the middle, just anterior the elytral apex.
Redescription: Size: Length 4.0 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in
Fig. 73
. Integument: Castaneous, except elytral disc with infuscation at middle and just in front of elytral apex. Head: Cranium (
Figs 57
,
59
) coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (
Figs 2
,
60
), capitulum lax, antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovate; eyes slightly narrower that width of frons (EW/FW 15/20); last maxillary and labial palpomere securiform. Thorax: Pronotum (
Fig. 29
) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, without discal knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures arranged into 10 punctiform striae (
Figs 63
,
65-68
), punctation binodal, punctation extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin serrulate in posterior fourth; legs, ungues as in
Fig. 64
. Abdomen: Aedeagus (
Fig. 97
), distal region of phallobase slightly lobed, tegmen very reduced, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod spatulate, bifid distally; phallic plates broad, phallic apex small triangular. Male Mesodermal Reproductive Organs: Testes comprised of 4 follicles; one pair of accessory glands (
Fig. 56
). Female Mesodermal Reproductive Organs: Spermathecal capsule slightly sclerotized, spermathecal gland attached to apex of spermatheca; with saccular bursa copulatrix (
Fig. 55
).
Figs 57-58:
Head and mouthparts of
Amphelissus meieri
. (
57
) Head, frontal view. (
58
) Mouthparts.
Variation: The available specimens are quite homogeneous.
Natural history: Specimens were collected from February to May; from
5 to
30 m
. According to label data, these checkered beetles have been associated with the plant
Caesalpinia coriaria
(JACQ.) WILLD. (
Fabaceae
) and the beetle
Xylotheca meieri
REITT. (
Anobiidae
).
Distribution (
Fig. 70
): In addition to the
holotype
, I examined
16 specimens
from:
Colombia
: Departamento de
Magdalena
,
12 miles
W Santa Marta,
28-IV-1973
, Campbell & Howden; Departamento de
Magdalena
, Tayrona Palangana,
11°20'N
74°2'W
,
21-III-5-IV-
2001
, 30 m, Malaise, R. Henriquez; Departamento de
Magdalena
, PNN Tayrona Gairaca,
5-21-III-
2001
, 5 m, Malaise, R. Henriquez; Departamento de
Magdalena
,
12 mi
W Santa Marta,
16-V-1973
, Campbell & Howden.
Venezuela
: No other information available. Specimens are deposited in CNCI; IAVH, SDEI, and WOPC.