Apodrosus earinusparsus Giron &amp; Franz 2010, sp.n.
Creators: name: Girón, Jennifer C.
name: Franz, Nico M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Apodrosus
Apodrosus earinusparsus

description: <b> <i>Apodrosus earinusparsus</i> Girón &amp; Franz sp.n.</b> (Fig. 8) <i>Diagnosis</i> <i>Apodrosus earinusparsus</i> is characterized by the combination of a visible nasal plate, strongly projected eyes, a complete separation of elytral striae IX and X along their entire length, a slightly produced surface along interval X of the elytra, predominantly dark brown scales interspersed with green speckles and long, erect and apically truncate, brown and whitish setae, and a truncate mesal projection of the aedeagal apex. This species may be differentiated from <i>A</i>. <i>artus</i> by its shield-shaped body accompanied by erect elytral setae and the completely separated elytral striae IX and X. It furthermore differs from <i>A. andersoni</i> by its darker coloration and a longer and deeper median furrow on the head. <i>Specimens examined</i> Holotype &amp;female; “ HAITI, Dept. Sud-Oueste, Parc National La Visite, Morne La Visite, 2100 m, 12-V-1984, M. C. Thomas ” (CMNC); paratypes, same label information as male holotype (CMNC: 2 &amp;male;, including 1 dissected; FSCA: 5 &amp;male;; 2 &amp;female;); “HAITI, Dept. Sud-Oueste, Parc Nat’l La Visite, between pk. Hdqtrs./ &amp; Morne d’Enfer, 14-V-1984, M. C. Thomas” (FSCA: 1 &amp;female;); “HAITI, Dept. Sud-Oueste, Massif de la Selle, Morne d’Enfer, 1850 m, 15-V-1984, M. C. Thomas” (FSCA: 2 &amp;female;); “HAITI, Dept. Sud- Oueste, Massif de la Selle, saddle between d’Enfer &amp; Fe de Noir, 1700 m, 16-V-1984, M. C. Thomas” (CMNC: 1 dissected &amp;female;); “HAITI, Dept. Sud-Oueste, Massif de la Selle, Morne d’Enfer, 1850 m, 16-V-1984, M. C. Thomas” (FSCA: 2 &amp;male;). <i>Description</i> Body length 3.5–4.5 mm; in dorsal view (Fig. 8A) 2.8-times longer than greatest width which is at second third of elytra, shape escudate; dorsal outline in lateral view convex. Integument surface slightly undulated; vestiture composed of dark brown, light brown and green, iridescent (reddish) scales, with long, erect and apically truncate, brown and whitish setae. Eyes (Fig. 8B) 1.3-times longer than wide, strongly projected, 0.5-times width and 0.5-times length of head in lateral view, separated from anterior margin of prothorax by 0.8-times greatest diameter of eye; line of anterior margin of eyes impressed; shortest distance between eyes (in dorsal view) 0.4-times greatest width of pronotum; median furrow (Fig. 8B) linear, deep, extending from apical fifth of rostrum to posterior margin of eyes. Rostrum (Fig. 8B) 1.2-times longer than wide, mesally narrowed; epistome apically with 5 setae situated on each side; nasal plate well defined, flat. Length of rostrum in lateral view 1.4-times its basal width; antennal insertion at apical third of rostrum; scrobe curved downwards by 50°, directed posteriorly at end, not reaching anterior margin of eye, separated from it by width of scrobe. Mandibles with 2 long and 1 very short lateral seta. Antennae reddish brown; antennal scape extending beyond posterior margin of eye, not reaching anterior margin of prothorax; funicular antennomere I slightly longer than II; antennal club 0.4-times length of funicle, 2.5-times longer than wide. Pronotum (Fig. 8A) subquadrate, as long as wide, with greatest width at apical third; dorsal surface deeply puncturate, with curved, brown setae; posterior margin bisinuate, 1.2-times wider than anterior margin; prothorax in lateral view with dorsal outline 1.4-times length of ventral outline; scutellum oval, glabrous. Mesosternum (Fig. 8D) 0.6-times length of prosternum. Metasternum with lateral portions posteriorly produced (in lateral profile gradually ascending towards posterior third, thereafter descending abruptly, posterior face glabrous); distance between posterior margin of mesocoxae and anterior margin of metacoxae 0.7-times length of prosternum. Legs with profemora 1.5-times length of pronotum; tibiae with scarce, long, spiniform setae along ventral margin; claws divergent. Elytra in dorsal view (Fig. 8A) 1.9-times their greatest width which is 1.6-times wider than pronotum; anterior margins sinuate; humeral region 1.6-times width of posterior margin of pronotum; apex acutely rounded; in lateral view (Fig. 8C) with dorsal outline slightly undulated; posterior declivity gradually descending in males, distinct in females; striae IX and X completely separated along their entire length; intervals covered with scales, with a dark, transversely inverted V-shaped band basad of midpoint, surrounded by green scales and dark spots at margins; interval IV produced at basal sixth and at posterior declivity; interval IX slightly produced along basal fourth; with long, erect, apically truncate brown and yellowish setae. Venter (Fig. 8D) with elongate, green scales on sides, mid region almost glabrous; posterior margin of VII widely rounded; &amp;male;: IV 1.3-times longer than V and VI jointly, as long as VII, VII with anterior margin 2.3-times wider than its length; &amp;female;: IV 1.6-times longer than V and VI jointly, 1.6-times length of VII, VII with anterior margin 1.8-times wider than its length. <i>Terminalia</i>. Male with tergum VII as long as wide; anterior margin nearly triangular, mesally narrowly rounded; posterior margin mesally slightly emarginate; posterior and marginal areas with simple setae. Tergum VIII transverse, 2-times wider than its mesal length; anterior margin mesally narrowly rounded; posterior margin mesally slightly emarginate, laterally rounded. Sternum VIII with spiculum relictum not developed. Spiculum gastrale with apodeme 1.4-times longer than aedeagus, each furcal arm semicircular. Tegmen with tegminal apodeme nearly 0.6-times length of aedeagus; tegminal plate mesally slightly posteriorly projected. Aedeagus in dorsal view (Fig. 8E) 3.9-times longer than its greatest width, slightly narrowed apicad of midpoint; apically narrowed, apex mesally abruptly truncate. Endophallus with a pair of lateral plates at apical fourth, with a small median sclerite and a pair of elongate, irregular lateral sclerites basad of midpoint. Aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 8F) 8.4-times longer than its greatest width; apex dorsally slightly produced. Aedeagal apodemes as long as aedeagus. <i>Female.</i> With tergum VII slightly wider than long; posterior margin rounded. Tergum VIII 1.4-times wider than long. Sternum VIII with lamina triangular, occupying posterior one fifth. Coxites+styli as long as lamina of sternum VIII, stylus 3.6-times longer than its greatest width, with one long apical seta. Genital chamber 0.4-times length of sternum VIII. Spermatheca (Fig. 8G) 1.7-times longer than wide, J-shaped; cornu roundly curved towards collum, margin between cornu and ramus slightly emarginate; ramus apically narrowed; collum apically widely rounded; surface striate. <i>Variation</i> Th e examined specimens vary primarily in size and also slightly in their coloration patterns. <i>Etymology</i> Noun in apposition. Named for the predominantly dark brown coloration interspersed with green speckles, with <i>earinus</i> meaning “green, the color of the spring” and <i>sparsus</i> meaning “strewn, sprinkled” (Brown 1956). <i>Natural history</i> <i>Apodrosus earinusparsus</i> is known to occur at an elevation range of 1700–2100 m, in the central region of the Department Sud-Ouest of Haiti (Fig. 18B). The host plant associations remain unknown.
description: Published as part of <i>Girón, Jennifer C. &amp; Franz, Nico M., 2010, Revision, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), pp. 339-414 in Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution 41</i> on pages 359-362, DOI: 10.1163/187631210X538799, http://zenodo.org/record/3764564
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