Neorthopleura turnbowi, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Neorthopleura
Neorthopleura turnbowi

description: Neorthopleura turnbowi OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 45, 46, 158, 233, 314)
Holotype: ♂. Type locality: CURACAO: Christoffel Pk., The Woods, 12°21'01.01''N 69°06'06.78'' W, bl trap, 11Dec.2015, R. Turnbow (FSCA). Paratypes: 208 specimens. Curacao: Christoffel Pk., Mountain Route, 12°20'29''N 69°06'29'' W, 6-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 4); idem, Copper Mine Trail, 12°20'10''N 69°08'59'' W, 8-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 5); idem, Weg Near Playa Kanoa, 12°09'33''N 68°52'50'' W, 9-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 7); idem, Mountain Route, 12°20'29''N 69°06'29'' W, 10-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 4); idem, Northern Route, 12°20'59''N 69°05'59'' W, 13-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 4); idem, 12°09'33'54''N 68°52'49'' W, 15-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 2); Malpais Trail, 12°10'12.94''N 69°00'16.48'' W, 3-XII-2015, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 3); 12°09'3354''N 68°52'49'' W, 15-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 2); 12°09'3354''N 68°52'49'' W, 15-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 2); Christoffel Pk., The Woods, 12°20'59.88''N 69°06'01.22'' W, blacklight trap, 4-XII- 2015, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 7); idem, Mountain Route, 12°20'29''N 69°06'29'' W, 16-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 1); Malpais Trail, 12°10'12.94''N 69°00'16.48'' W, 5-XII- 2015, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 9); idem, Playa Kanoa, 12°09'33''N 68°52'50''.36'' W, 6- XII-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 1; WOPC, 1); idem, The Woods, 12°20'59.49''N 69°05'59.70'' W, blacklight trap, 4-XII-2015, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 5); 12°20'29''N 69°06'29.59'' W, 9-XII-2015, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 7); Santa Cruz, 12°18'19.55''N 69°18'26.07'' W, 8-XII-2015, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 8); idem, The Woods, 12°20'59.49''N 69°05'59.70'' W, blacklight trap, 11-XII-2015, R. Turnbow (RHTC, 33; WOPC, 11); Playa Parasasa, 12°06'58.51''N 68°57'50.11'' W, blacklight trap, 11-XII-2015, R. Turnbow (WOPC, 1); 12°20'29''N 69°06'29.59'' W, 10-XI-2014, blacklight trap, R. Turnbow (WOPC, 3); Park Woods, 12°21'02''N 69°06'11'' W, blacklight trap, 12-XI-2014, R. Turnbow (WOPC, 13); idem, 12°21'00''N 69°06'05'' W, blacklight trap, 12-XI-2014, R. Turnbow (WOPC, 5); Seru Jamanika, 12°10'12''N 69°00'16'' W, blacklight trap, 17-XI-2014, R. Turnbow (WOPC, 2); North Car Route, 12°21'2.33''N 69°6'10.14'' W, blacklight trap, 14-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (FSCA, 31); South Car Route, dry wash across road, 12°20' 51.68''N 69°6'10.14'' W, blacklight trap, 13-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, 4); dry stream bed at Christiffelberg trailhead, 12°20' 39.90''N 69°7'11.72'' W, blacklight trap, 11- XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (FSCA, 2); North Car Route, 12°21'2.33''N 69°6'10.14''W, blacklight trap, 13-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (FSCA, 20); Copper Mine, 12°20' 10.68''N 69°6'27.90''W, blacklight trap, 7-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, blacklight trap, 8-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, 2); South Car Route, dry wash across road, 12°20' 51.68''N 69°6'24.68'' W, blacklight trap, 9-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, 3); North Car Route, wet forest, blacklight trap, 7-XII-2015, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, 9); idem, 4-XII-2015, blacklight, M. C. Thomas (WOPC, 9).
D i a g n o s i s: Specimens of this species superficially resemble those of Neorthopleura murina KLUG, from which they differ by showing a more oblong male pygidium, the phallobasic struts are shorter, the phallobasic rod is less furcated distally, and the phallic plates are wider apart. The genus Neorthopleura BARR was revised by OPITZ (2013b).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.5 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 314. Color: Brown, except elytral disc with narrow pale lunulate fascia. Head: Densely, finely punctate; antenna (Figs 45, 46) capitate, funicular antennomeres progressively shorter towards capitulum, antennomeres 9 and 10 with short (Fig. 46, female) or long (Fig. 45, male) collateral branch, antennomere 11 oblong; eyes large, finely facetted, eye wider (male), or as wide (female), than frons (EW/FW 53/25, male; EW/FW 45/45, female). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 158) convex, slightly transverse, profusely finely punctate; side margins linear (PW/PL 80/60); elytra moderately convex, disc densely sculptured with small setiferous punctures, with 8 shallow ridges; epipleural margin abruptly terminates at elytral middle (EL/EW 200/53). Abdomen: Pygidium oblong/scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 233.
Variation: Length 3.0-12.0 mm; width 1.0- 3.8 mm. There is sex dimorphism in the antennal capitulum and in width of the frons.
N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected in December, with a blacklight.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from the island of Curacao.
E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, turnbowi, is a patronymic that honors Robert H. Turnbow for his outstanding contributions in field and collection-oriented Taxonomy.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), pp. 959-1076 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2) on pages 995-996, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3746744