Integrative taxonomy of the genus Dyscolus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynini) in Ecuadorian Andes Author Moret, Pierre 2E194645-D255-438B-819E-A2B6C39AD699 Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608), CNRS, Université Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès, Toulouse 31058, France. pierre.moret@univ-tlse2.fr&pierre.moret@univ-tlse2.fr Author Murienne, Jérôme 3A6964D4-A7D6-46DB-8129-B762D14BC8F9 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR 5174), CNRS, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, IRD, Toulouse 31062, France. jerome.murienne@univ-tlse3.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-05-15 646 1 55 journal article 22092 10.5852/ejt.2020.646 c5cf0da1-13e3-4bf4-844c-9b5a9d4f6d5b 3829682 4C9F63B2-DB17-4EDB-ADEE-13AC9EFB921B Dyscolus silvestris Moret sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 8DA5B9B7-F332-4D75-AC2D-CEBBD34ADA3C Figs 52–53 Etymology Latin adjective meaning ‘forest related’. Type material Holotype ECUADOR • ♂ ; Napo Province , Termas de Papallacta ; 3300 m a.s.l. ; 1 Jul. 2001 ; P. Moret leg.; “sousbois”; QCAZ . Paratypes (5 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀ ) ECUADOR – Napo Province • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for holotype; CPM • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; Papallacta , Termas Jamanco , Waypoint 41 ; 0°22′24.6″ S , 78°10′5.5″ W ; 3410 m a.s.l. ; 25 Oct. 2015 ; P. Moret leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; QCAZ • 1 ♂ , 3 ♀♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; CPM • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; COI voucher PM041-02, BOLD sequence SUM103-18; CPM • 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; COI voucher in ethanol PM041-06, BOLD sequence SUM104-18; CPM • 2 ♀♀ ; Lago Papallacta ; 3370 m a.s.l. ; 9 Apr. 1986 ; A. Vigna ; CPM • 1 ♀ ; Papallacta ; 2700 m a.s.l. ; 6–8 Apr. 1979 ; H. Frania leg.; UASM • 1 ♂ ; Lago Papallacta ; 0°20′29″ S , 78°10′23″ W ; 3400 m a.s.l. ; 6 Nov. 1999 ; R. Anderson leg.; CMNC . Diagnostic description Habitus: Fig. 52 . Wingless. Body length: 9.1–10.0 mm. Body colour variable, predominantly dark brown with reddish brown areas in some specimens; legs, antennae and mouthparts reddish brown. Elytral microsculpture isodiametric. Head broad and convex, neck slightly constricted, eyes moderately bulging. Pronotum subcordiform, the base much narrower than the apex; sides arcuate anterad, markedly sinuate posterad; hind angles obtuse, sharp; two pairs of lateral setae. Elytra subovate, moderately convex; striae entire, well impressed; intervals flat. Third elytral interval with 3–4 discal setae. Legs: protarsi of the male much broader than those of the female. Fifth metatarsomere asetose ventrally. Last visible abdominal ventrite with one pair (♂) or two pairs ( ♀ ) of setae along its apical margin. Male genitalia : Fig. 53 . Median lobe arcuate, shortly and bluntly triangular at apex, endophallus unarmed. Female genitalia : unstudied. Figs 52–53. Dyscolus silvestris Moret sp. nov. , male holotype (QCAZ). 52 . Habitus. 53 . Male aedeagus, median lobe in lateral view. Comparisons Dyscolus silvestris Moret sp. nov. is similar to the shorter and broader individuals of Dyscolus denigratus . The main differences are: head slightly bigger and broader; sides of the pronotum sinuate basally, hind angles sharply obtuse (completely rounded in D. denigratus ); femora of the male not swollen as in D. denigratus . The apex of the median lobe of the male genitalia has a shorter apex, and the endophallus is entirely unarmed (with a heavily sclerotized area in D. denigratus ). Habitat Upper montane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Andes , from 2700 to 3400 m a.s.l. This species lives in the leaf litter. Geographic distribution Only known from the type locality around Papallacta in Northern Ecuador , probably microendemic.