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<mods:title id="5B1651B4179B533DAABEE2A01E822A5B">A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from southern Nevada, USA</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0EFFB8FF59F9D3FDF7F99F" authority="Westcott" authorityName="Westcott" authorityYear="2023" box="[192,583,1617,1646]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0EFFB8FF59F9D3FE7EF99F" bold="true" box="[192,462,1617,1646]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Acmaeodera raschkoi</emphasis>
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Westcott
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)
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): Length
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, widest across umbones, pronotum at middle and 3/5 of elytra almost equally wide, except sides of elytra slightly sinuate beyond humeri; head, pronotum, ventral surface and appendages shining black, trochanters partly brown; pronotum with a small lateral spot on each side at basal third; each elytron dark brown with a single straw-yellow marking extending from near base almost to apex, marking unbroken medially, but with three dark lobes encroaching laterally upon the yellow, one at humerus, one at midline, one anteriorly oblique from apical third, median and apical lobes narrowly connected on right side; setae white.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0EFFB8FE70F8EEFD9EF877" bold="true" box="[489,558,1900,1926]" pageId="2" pageNumber="1">Head:</emphasis>
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Convex, surface coarsely shallowly punctate, setae moderately densely placed, subrecumbent; clypeus deeply depressed at base, ventral margin broadly, arcuately emarginate; antennae reaching to mesotrochanter.
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Broadly, steeply evenly convex, shallowly depressed medially at base; punctures large, coarse and close, reticulate laterally, except smaller and more widely spaced on basal-median depression; anterior margin scarcely produced medially, anterior angles quadrate; posterior margin truncate; posterior angles quadrate; lateral margins shallowly arcuate, obscure on apical half, weakly defined basally, not visible from above; setae subrecumbent, longer and thicker than on head, moderately densely placed.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FBF5FBC5FB0BFB90" bold="true" box="[1132,1211,1095,1121]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Elytra:</emphasis>
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Moderately convex, distinctly striatopunctate, the punctures on first two striae placed closer together; with prominent punctured umbones; humeral angles scarcely projecting to apex of hind angles of pronotum; lateral margins weakly serrate on about apical third; suture not elevated, the intervals confusedly punctate, remaining intervals indistinctly punctate; setae moderately dense, suberect, distinctly finer than elsewhere on body.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FBFAFB4DFB53FB18" bold="true" box="[1123,1251,1231,1257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Underside:</emphasis>
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With setae as on pronotum, punctures rather uniformly deep and densely placed, becoming larger and reticulate laterally, except larger, shallower, and less densely placed on propleuron; prosternum with anterior margin broadly, very shallowly emarginate, attaining front angles of pronotum; propleuron evenly flattened except slightly depressed behind; ventrite 5 with apical margin broadly evenly rounded, with no trace of a subapical plate.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FE95FCCCFE2BFC99" bold="true" box="[268,411,846,872]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Figures 1–2.</emphasis>
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Adult habitus of
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, holotype
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.
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Dorsal habitus.
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Lateral habitus.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FF59FA03FE18FA6A" bold="true" box="[192,424,1409,1435]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Material examined.</emphasis>
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, NV-157/Kyle Cyn., 36°16.886′/−115°26.848′, 4526′//
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//
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is from a
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.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FF59FA6CFE86F9F9" bold="true" box="[192,310,1518,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Variation.</emphasis>
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The female
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is
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long, and both of the
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measure
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. Two
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has the elytra almost entirely yellow.
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<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FF59F9DEFDBBF987" bold="true" box="[192,523,1628,1655]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Comparison and discussion.</emphasis>
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I have not been able to satisfactorily relate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FC7DF9DFFBEEF987" box="[996,1118,1628,1655]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FC7DF9DFFBEEF987" box="[996,1118,1628,1655]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">A. raschkoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
closely to any species known to me. Superficially it resembles the following four species: 1)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FCF6F9FCFB10F969" authority="Cazier" authorityName="Cazier" authorityYear="1940" box="[879,1184,1662,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ligulata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FCF6F9FCFBE1F969" box="[879,1105,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Acmaeodera ligulata</emphasis>
|
||
Cazier
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is almost always larger and has a vaguely similar elytral pattern, though only the smallest specimens might be confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FABFF923FA10F94B" box="[1318,1440,1696,1723]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FABFF923FA10F94B" box="[1318,1440,1696,1723]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">A. raschkoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in this regard. The pronotum of the latter is wider at the base, the overall punctation is coarser, and the setation is much more distinct. 2)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FE5FF966FC99F90E" authority="Horn" authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1870" box="[454,809,1764,1791]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrivittata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FE5FF966FD56F90F" box="[454,742,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Acmaeodera quadrivittata</emphasis>
|
||
Horn
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a more compact species, with each elytron having two yellow vittae that are separated by black, and the elytral surface is much more coarsely punctate. Large numbers of this species were found in the same traps with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FD5FF8ABFCF1F8B3" box="[710,833,1832,1859]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FD5FF8ABFCF1F8B3" box="[710,833,1832,1859]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">A. raschkoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, some of the latter being overlooked at first sort (Mike Raschko, personal communication). 3)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FDEAF8C8FB1AF894" authority="Nelson and Westcott" authorityName="Nelson and Westcott" box="[627,1194,1866,1893]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrivittatoides">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FDEAF8C8FC0BF895" box="[627,955,1866,1892]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides</emphasis>
|
||
Nelson and Westcott
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a species which is not able to be satisfactorily separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E0FFFB9FDF4F8EEFCACF877" authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1870" box="[621,796,1900,1926]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrivittata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E0FFFB9FDF4F8EEFCACF877" box="[621,796,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2">A. quadrivittata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
except by distribution (usually) and the female ovipositor, has forms where the expanded yellow on the elytra is similar to that of the male
|
||
<typeStatus id="005988301E08FFBEFBC6FF54FB70FF01" box="[1119,1216,214,240]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFB72FF54FAD8FF01" box="[1259,1384,214,240]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFB72FF54FAD8FF01" box="[1259,1384,214,240]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">A. raschkoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with expanded yellow on its elytra. 4)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFDA4FF75FCD9FEE0" authority="Knull" authorityName="Knull" authorityYear="1937" box="[573,873,247,273]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sabinae">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFDA4FF75FC91FEE0" box="[573,801,247,273]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Acmaeodera sabinae</emphasis>
|
||
Knull
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears most similar in form and elytral pattern, though is distinctly more narrowly rounded apically. Although the form and punctation of the pronotum is similar to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFECAFEB9FE7DFEA5" box="[339,461,314,341]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raschkoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFECAFEB9FE7DFEA5" box="[339,461,314,341]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">A. raschkoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it is distinctly less convex. Should any doubt remain, the squamose setae on the venter of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFF44FEDFFEFFFE87" authorityName="Knull" authorityYear="1937" box="[221,335,348,375]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sabinae">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFF44FEDFFEFFFE87" box="[221,335,348,375]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">A. sabinae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
separates it immediately.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DF5D36921E08FFBEFF59FE07FEB9FD9B" blockId="4.[192,1442,389,618]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFF59FE07FE90FE6E" bold="true" box="[192,288,389,415]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Habitat.</emphasis>
|
||
An excellent view of the collecting site can be obtained via street view on Google Earth. The vegetation
|
||
<typeStatus id="005988301E08FFBEFE92FE2AFE8BFE33" box="[267,315,424,450]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">type</typeStatus>
|
||
is Mojave Desert Scrub. Plants obvious from this view are many
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFBB4FE2AFAF3FE30" authority="Engelm." authorityName="Engelm." box="[1069,1347,423,449]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Yucca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brevifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFBB4FE2AFB6DFE30" box="[1069,1245,423,449]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Yucca brevifolia</emphasis>
|
||
Engelm.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Joshua tree) (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFE9BFE4BFE11FE12" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[258,417,457,483]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asparagaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and a few
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFDBDFE48FC11FE12" authority="Roezel ex Ortgies" authorityName="Ortgies" box="[548,929,457,483]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Yucca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="schidigera">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFDBDFE48FD67FE12" box="[548,727,457,483]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Yucca schidigera</emphasis>
|
||
Roezel ex Ortgies
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Mohave yucca). According to Mike Raschko (in litt.),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFEB0FE68FDD8FDF4" authority="Torr." authorityName="Torr." box="[297,616,490,517]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Coleogyne" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ramosissima">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFEB0FE68FD9AFDF5" box="[297,554,490,516]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Coleogyne ramosissima</emphasis>
|
||
Torr.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(blackbrush) (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFC97FE69FCC9FDF4" box="[782,889,491,517]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rosaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
) was common, and a species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFB77FE69FEFDFDD7" authority="Lag." authorityName="Lag." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Gutierrezia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFB77FE69FADBFDF4" box="[1262,1387,491,517]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Gutierrezia</emphasis>
|
||
Lag. (Asteraceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also was present. The presence of yuccas accounts for the large number of the aforementioned
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFA10FD8FFEE1FDB9" authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1870" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Acmaeodera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrivittata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFA10FD8FFEE1FDB9" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">A. quadrivittata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, though of those at the collecting site only
|
||
<taxonomicName id="18E24D111E08FFBEFCDFFDADFC61FDB9" box="[838,977,558,584]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Yucca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="schidigera">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFCDFFDADFC61FDB9" box="[838,977,558,584]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Y. schidigera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a recorded host (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="BB734B631E08FFBEFB2BFDACFF4CFD9B" author="Nelson GH & Westcott RL" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" pagination="77 - 87" refId="ref2315" refString="Nelson GH, Westcott RL. 1995. Three new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the United States and Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 49 (1): 77 - 87." type="journal article" year="1995">Nelson and Westcott 1995</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="97F865191E08FFBEFF59FDFBFC6AFD45" pageId="4" pageNumber="3" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="DF5D36921E08FFBEFF59FDFBFC6AFD45" blockId="4.[192,1440,633,692]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED96EA801E08FFBEFF59FDFBFEF4FD62" bold="true" box="[192,324,633,659]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
It is my pleasure to dedicate this cryptic species to my friend and fellow “buprestiphile,” Mike Raschko, the enthusiastic and indefatigable collector who discovered it.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |