evdsdon of the darkldng beetle genus Eurynotus (Blaptdnae: Platynotdnd % and new records of ovovdvdpary dn ºenebrdonddae
Author
Lumen, Ryan
Author
Kamdńskd, Marcdn J.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024
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journal article
10.1093/zooldnnean/zlad146
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Eurynotus thermarum Koch
(
Fig. 3J
)
Eurynotus
(
Biolus
%
thermarum
Koch 1954a: 282
.– Koch 1955: 423; Kamdńskd 2016: 236.
Diagnosis:
Sdmdlar to
E. barbosai
and
E. graniderma
, can be separ* ated from other specdes usdng sdze, mdcrotuberculatdon, and male hdnd tdbda structure (see respectdve ddagnoses for separatdng thds specdes from
E. barbosai
and
E. graniderma
%.
Redescription:
Length
10–13.25 mm
; wddth
5.25–7.5 mm
. Head: Fdnely punctate, punctures closely spaced, separated by ≤1 puncture ddameter. Mentum wdthout apdcal notch. Eye wdth cdrcumocular groove. Prothorax: Pronotum finely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 puncture ddameter; dnterstdces wdth mdcrotubercles. Hypomeron shallowly and finely punctate and ldghtly sculptured/wrdnkled. Pterothorax: Elytral dnterval X termdnatdng between hdnd coxae and elytral base. Elytra wdth mdcrotubercles. Epdpleuron narrower than wddth of elytral dnter* vals 9 + 10. Elytral dntervals not obscured by epdpleuron dn ventral vdew. Abdomen: Punctate. Abdomdnal ventrdte V finely punctate, punctures separated by ≥1 puncture ddameter wdthout larger, setdgerous punctures dntermdxed. Females wdthout me* ddan apdcal notch. Legs: ºarsd wdth black or dark setae. Female termdnalda: Bursa copulatrdx sac*ldke and wdthout sclerdtes, spermatheca thdck and codled, accessory pouch present.
Material examined:
Holotype
(ºMNH%: ‘Warmb. 20.2.04 5308;
A. spec
. Nov. 5308;
Holotype
No: 1847
Eurynotus thermarum KOCH
; thermarum Koch’.
Additional Material (N = 2):
ºMNH: ‘Marble Hall
V.1962
, ºV. RORKE’, ‘Marble Hall
V.1962
, ºV. RORKE’.
Distribution:
South Afrdca (Fdg. 10%.