Aglyptinus hemipterus Peck and Cook 2014, new species
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Aglyptinus hemipterus Peck and Cook, new species
Figures 86, 87
Diagnostic description. Length 1.8–1.9 mm; greatest width 1.3 mm. Shining; color dark reddish brown; antennae, palps and tarsi paler. Head moderately finely, sparsely punctate; pronotum and elytra finely, sparsely punctate. Antenna about as long as width of head. Maxillary palps unmodified. Eyes of moderate size. Wings reduced to about half normal length. Metasternum finely, sparsely punctate medially; with fine lines of microsculpture laterally. Male protarsi and mesotarsi densely setose. Major male metafemur and metatibia longer than in female. Aedeagus (Fig. 86, 87) elongate, slender; strongly, roundly arched dorsoventrally; upturned apex elongate, narrow. Parameres narrow, straight.
Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “ JAMAICA: St. Thomas / WhitfieldHall, 4200’/ 1.I.73, S&J Peck/ B255, forest litter” (SBPC). Paratypes (6): with same data as holotype (2, SBPC); Jamaica: Middlesex, St. Ann Mt., Diablo, 5mi. [8.04 km] S. Moneague, 28.III.1991, T.K. Phillips (4, WIBF).
Distribution. Known only from Jamaica.
Etymology. The epithet hemipterus (Greek, hemi-, half; pterus, wing) refers to the reduced wing size of this species.
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5184111 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5184089 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/2B27FF84FFE6FFC5FFD0FFEFFF865176 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/84BA7373-8A5C-4E98-B132-8DDC2607CD48 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/D71E87FCFFD5FFF1FF10F8CCFED453AD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SBPC , WIBF
- Event date
- 1991-03-28
- Family
- Leiodidae
- Genus
- Aglyptinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Peck and Cook
- Species
- hemipterus
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Verbatim event date
- 1991-03-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Aglyptinus hemipterus Peck & Cook, 2014