A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species. Author Peck, Stewart B. Author Cook, Joyce text Insecta Mundi 2014 2014-10-31 2014 397 1 76 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5184089 1942-1354 5184089 84BA7373-8A5C-4E98-B132-8DDC2607CD48 Eucatops ( Eucatops ) annulus Peck and Cook , new species Figure 2 Diagnostic description. Total length 2.5 mm ; greatest width 1.4–1.5 mm . Reddish brown to dark reddish brown, shining; antennae and mouthparts paler. Antennomeres II and III subequal in length; club shorter than 6 basal antennomeres combined; width of antennomere VIII nearly twice length; apical antennomere shorter than antennomeres IX + X. Eye reduced to semicircle containing about15 facets. Elytra fused at suture; with densely punctate, transverse strioles. Without functional flight wings. Spermatheca ( Fig. 2 ) ring-shaped. Male unknown. Type material . Holotype , female, with the following label data: “DOM.REP.: Santiago Prov. / PN A. Bermudez , 9km SW/ Cienaga , Redondo , 2000m / 24.VII.95, shrub litter/ S. & J. Peck , 95-49” ( SBPC ) . Paratypes ( 2 females ) with the following label data: same data as holotype (1, SBPC ) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago , Par. Nac. Armando Bermudez, 19°02’N 70°57’W , 2485m , 08APR1992 , M.A. Ivie , pine stump w/ slime molds (1, WIBF ) . Distribution . Known only from Hispaniola. Remarks . Without male specimens we cannot place this species in relationship to the other 30 known species in the subgenus occurring in Central and South America ( Salgado 2010 ). Etymology . The epithet annulus (Latin, ring) refers to the shape of the spermatheca of this species.