The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini)
Author
Ratcliffe, Brett C.
Author
Cave, Ronald D.
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-09-24
2010
139
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5164903
1942-1354
5164903
Tomarus adoceteus
Ratcliffe and Cave
,
new species
(Fig. 10-12)
Type Material.
Holotype
male, labeled “Roy Soc-
CIG Expdn./Little Cayman, BWI/Pirates’ Point/
house light/
31.7.1975
. R. R. Askew//BM 1981/342”
(hand written)/ our red
holotype
label.
Allotype
fe-
male with same data but date of
9.8.1975
and our
red
allotype
label. Single male
paratype
and single
female
paratype
with same data as
allotype
and
with our yellow
paratype
labels. Female
paratype
labeled “WEST INDIES: Cayman Is./Grand Cay-
man/
VI-1992
coll. P. Fitzgerald/blacklight trap”
and with our yellow
paratype
label. Female
paratype
labeled “Grand Cayman Is. B. W. I./
Georgetown
/
16 Sept. 1973
/E. J. Gerberg//at black
light” and with our yellow
paratype
label. Holo-
type and
allotype
deposited at The Natural His-
tory Museum, London (
BMNH
).
Paratypes
depos-
ited in the
Florida State
Collection of Arthropods,
Gainesville, FL (
FSCA
) and the B. C. Ratcliffe col-
lection, Lincoln,
Nebraska
(
BCRC
).
Holotype
.
Male. Length
22.1 mm
; width
12.1 mm
.
Color black.
Head
:
Frons coarsely rugose, rugae
Figure 10-12.
Tomarus adoceteus
Ratcliffe and Cave
, new transversely curved; vertex at center with small, species.
10)
Habitus.
11-12)
Parameres.
subtriangular, smooth, shining area. Frontoclypeal
region with low, transverse tubercle either side of
middle, tubercles broadly separated, laterad of
clypeal teeth. Clypeus with surface sparsely, trans-
versely rugose; apex broadly truncate, with 2 small
teeth, teeth weakly reflexed. Interocular width
equals 3.5 transverse eye diameters. Antenna 10-
segmented, club subequal in length to segments
2-7. Mandibles with 2 apical teeth and a rounded
lobe at base.
Pronotum
:
Surface on disc with
sparse, small punctures; punctures becoming mod-
erate in size and density on sides and anterior
fourth. Anterior margin with small, median tu-
bercle. A small, longitudinally oblong fovea present
behind tubercle, fovea about as wide as distance
between frontoclypeal tubercles, surface within
fovea rugose. Base lacking marginal bead.
Elytra
:
Surface shagreened, with moderate to large, weakly
ocellate punctures, punctures becoming larger lat-
erally; 3 pairs of double rows of punctures poorly
defined.
Pygidium
:
Surface
on center third nearly
smooth, with small, sparse punctures; surface else-
where densely rugopunctate. In lateral view, sur-
face convex.
Legs
:
Protibia tridentate, basal tooth
slightly removed from others. Protarsus simple,
not enlarged. Apex of metatibia subtruncate, with
10 stout, short spinules (some broken off, sockets
visible). Apex of first tarsomere of metatarsus
subtruncate.
Venter
:
Prosternal process long,
thick, columnar, setigerous at apex, apex longitu-
dinally oval; setae long, reddish brown.
Parameres
:
Fig. 11-12. The combination of nar-
row form, a long tooth projecting laterally at the
Figure 13.
Tomarus cuniculus
(Fabricius)
, habitus. midpoint of the shaft, and a narrowly elongate apex
is unique among
Tomarus
species.
Allotype
.
Female. Length
21.7 mm
; width
11.7 mm
. Color dark reddish brown. As
holotype
, except in the following respects:
Head
:
Entire surface transversely rugose. Occiput at center lacking smooth, shiny area.
Pronotum
:
Fovea reduced to a shallow, short, longitudinal depression.
Pygidium
:
Surface
on center third with sparse, large punctures. In lateral view, surface nearly flat.
Legs
:
Protibia with trace of fourth, basal tooth. Left posterior leg missing.
Variation.
Males (
1 paratype
). Length
22.5 mm
; width
12.4 mm
. The male
paratype
does not differ significantly from the
holotype
.
Females (
3 paratypes
). Length 20.0-
22.4 mm
; width
10.3-12.2 mm
. The female
paratypes
do not differ significantly from the
allotype
.
Etymology.
From the Greek
adoketus
, meaning surprising or unusual. Used here as a noun in apposition, hence,
Tomarus
, the surprising one.