Antillipeltis, a new genus of Antillean Trogossitidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) with a key to the Cleroidea
Author
Lawrence, John F.
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
Author
Ślipiński, Adam
text
Zootaxa
2014
3794
3
435
454
journal article
45850
10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.6
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Antillipeltis iviei
sp. n.
(
Figs 4
C–D)
Diagnosis.
This species resembles
A. alleni
and differs from all of the extant species in the relatively elongate elytra and dorsal vestiture of moderately long, erect setae and in having the head, pronotum and entire ventral surface yellow. It differs from
A. alleni
in being slightly larger in the longer and narrower pronotum with denser punctation.
FIGURE 4.
Miocene
Antillipeltis
species: A–B:
A. alleni
sp. nov.
: A, dorsal; B, ventral. C–D:
A. iviei
sp. nov.
: C, dorsal, D, ventral.
Description.
Length 3.0 mm; body length 2.21 times as long as greatest elytral width. Head, mouthparts, antennae, ventral surfaces and legs yellow; scutellar shield and elytra dark-brown or black, but with lateral explanate elytral margins pale. Dorsal vestiture of moderately long, erect, fine setae; setae of ventral surfaces somewhat shorter and decumbent. Head punctation coarse, dense and somewhat irregular. Pronotum about 0.70 times as long as wide, widest behind middle; sides moderately curved and narrowly explanate; edges of lateral carinae coarsely crenulate; pronotal punctation coarser, but not as dense as that on head; punctures sharply defined with flat bottoms, usually separated by less than a puncture diameter but sometimes almost contiguous; interspaces finely sculptured and somewhat shiny. Elytra 1.64 times as long as wide and 2.90 times as long as pronotum, widest behind middle; sides weakly rounded and explanate; punctation finer, sparser, less sharply defined and subseriate; interspaces more or less smooth and shiny.
Type
specimen
.
Holotype
, male:
Dominican Republic
: Miocene amber; La Toca mine (
WIBF
; to be donated to
NMNH
).
Etymology
. The species is named after Michael A. Ivie who provided the
type
specimen and useful information on the Antillean fauna.