Currhaeus a new genus of net-winged beetles and phylogenetic analysis of Eurrhacini (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae)
Author
Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do
Author
Bressan, Tamires Diniz
0000-0002-4080-0497
Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. General Carlos Cavalcanti, 474, Uvaranas, Ponta Grossa-PR, Brazil, CEP 84030 - 900. tamidinizbressan @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4080 - 0497
tamidinizbressan@gmail.com
Author
Bocakova, Milada
0000-0002-2507-0887
Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Purkrabska 2, CZ- 77140 Olomouc, Czech Republic. milada. bocakova @ upol. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2507 - 0887 & Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Palacky University, Tr. 17. listopadu 50, CZ- 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
milada.bocakova@upol.cz
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-03
4869
3
387
403
journal article
8890
10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.5
ba789426-0f0d-459a-9d03-830a5d17f633
1175-5326
4418776
1C36A3EE-30F0-4302-8056-11D430225108
Currhaeus paranaensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 10
,
17
)
Type material:
Holotype
, male,
BRAZIL
:
Jundiaí
do Sul—PR;
Fazenda Monte Verde
;
Brasil
06.iv.1987
; Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR; Malaise. Secondary label:
DZUP278373
(
DZUP
).
Diagnosis:
Maxillary palpomere 2 twice longer than palpomere 3. Aedeagus presenting phallobase elongate, with short lateroapical thorns and thin suspensorial arms. Junction between base of phallus and phallobase short and almost as wide as phallus width (
Fig. 17
).
Description
: Pronotum yellow with median brown subtriangular patch. Elytra yellow, sutural stripe in basal 1/3 (between suture and primary costa 1) and apical 1/3 brown (
Fig. 10
). Trochanter and basal half of the femur yellow.
FIGURES 4–10.
Habitus: 4.
Currhaeus striatus
sp. nov.
; 5.
C. nigroapicalis
sp. nov.
; 6.
C. championi
sp. nov.
; 7.
C. tabascensis
sp. nov.
; 8.
C. ruschii
sp. nov.
; 9.
C. polegattoi
sp. nov.
; 10.
C. paranaensis
sp. nov.
Scales: 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 11–14.
Aedeagi, A. dorsal aspect, B. phallus apex, C. phallobase, D. lateral aspect: 11.
Currhaeus striatus
sp. nov.
; 12.
C. nigroapicalis
sp. nov.
; 13.
C. championi
sp. nov.
; 14.
C. tabascensis
sp. nov.
Scales: 0.5 mm.
FIGURES 15–17.
Aedeagi, A. dorsal aspect, B. phallus apex, C. phallobase: 15.
Currhaeus ruschii
sp. nov.
; 16.
C. polegattoi
sp. nov.
; 17.
C. paranaensis
sp. nov.
Scales: 0.5 mm.
Eye diameter 1.4× longer than interocular distance. Antennomere 4 as long as 5, about 1.3× longer than 3. Maxillary palpomere 2 twice longer than 3 and 1.5× longer than 4. Pronotum subpentagonal, widest basally, lateral margins concave, basal margin bisinuous, median longitudinal carina divergent in posterior 1/3 forming slender areola. Pronotum 1.1× wider than long medially. Elytra 4× longer than humeral width, presenting irregular subrectangular cells. Prosternum and mesosternum trapezoidal. Hind femora as long as tibiae and 3.6× longer than trochanter length. Abdominal ventrite VII with shallow median distal emargination, abdominal ventrite VIII elongate, rounded apically and pointed basally. Aedeagus with phallus widened in basal 2/5–3/5 and apex bent in almost right angle to right in dorsal aspect, narrowing before spherical distal expansion (
Fig.17A, B
). Phallobase elongate, suspensorial arms thin. Junction between base of phallus and phallobase short and almost as wide as phallus width (
Fig. 17A, C
). Body length:
6.3 mm
, humeral width:
1.3 mm
.
Distribution
:
Brazil
(South region,
Paraná state
, Jundiaí do Sul municipality) (
Fig. 18
).
Etymology
: species name refers to the occurrence site.