Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) forcipitiger Damoiseau 1987, n. comb.
Creators: name: Mantilleri, Antoine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brentidae
Hoplopisthius
Hoplopisthius forcipitiger

description: Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) forcipitiger (Damoiseau, 1987), n. comb.
Carcinopisthius forcipitiger Damoiseau, 1987: 41.
Carcinopisthius lamingtoni Damoiseau, 1987: 42, n. syn.
Material examined. Indonesia. Dutch New Guinea, Cyclops Mts., Sabron, camp 2: 2000 ft., vi.1936, L.E. Cheesman, 2 paratypes (BMNH) + 1 ex. (MNHN); Dutch New Guinea, Japen I., Mt Baduri, 1000 ft, viii.1938, L.E. Cheesman, 1 ex. (BMNH); New Guinea Neth., Bodem, 100 m, 11 km SE of Oerberfaren, 7– 17.VII.1959, T. C. Maa coll., 1 ex. (BPBM). Papua-New-Guinea. N. Guinea, Biro 1899, Sattelberg, Huon- Golf, ɗ holotype + Ψ paratype (HNHM); New Guinea, NE, Wau, Little Wau Ck, 1200–1300 m, 3.XII.1965, J. Sedlacek coll., 2 ex. (BPBM, MNHN); New Guinea, NE, Wau, 1200–1500 m, 30.IX.1965, J. Sedlacek coll., 2 ex. (BPBM, MNHN); New Guinea, Wau, 1200 m, 29.XI.1965, J. & M. Sedlacek coll., 2 ex. (MNHN); New Guinea, Papua, Bisianumu, S of Port Moresby, 500 m, 22.IX.1956, J. L. Gressitt coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); New Guinea, Papua, Kokoda-Pitoki, 450 m, 24.III.1956, J. L. Gressitt coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); New Guinea, NE, Wewak, 2–20 m, 11.X.1957, J. L. Gressitt coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); New Guinea, NE, Busu R., E of Lae, 100 m, 15.IX.1955, J. L. Gressitt coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); N. Guinea, NE, S Garaina, 15–21.I.1968, J. & M. Sedlacek coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); New Guinea, NE, Wau, Bulolo R., 850–900 m, 24.VIII.1965, J. & M. sedlacek coll., 2 ex. (BPBM, MNHN); New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Kerawat, 60 m, 1.IX.1955, J. L. Gressitt coll., 1 ex. (BPBM); New Guinea, NE, Ambunti, Sepik R., 200 m, 7.V.1963, light trap, R. Straatman, 1 ex. (BPBM); Mt. Lamington, N. E. Papua, 1300 to 1500 feet, C. T. McNamara, ɗ holotype C. lamingtoni (SAMA).
Description. Total length: 5.9–6.1 mm. Width across humeral calli: 0.8–0.9 mm. Body red-brown slightly darker along the elytral suture. Habitus of types: Figs 10–11.
Head (Fig. 63) slightly broader than long with fine and sparse punctures. Temples as long as ocular diameter. Vertex and frons very weakly or not grooved. Metarostrum hardly foveate, with a small groove reaching the prorostrum. Prorostrum 0.30–0.35 as long as head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Antennomere 3 conical, as long as broad, 4–8 broader than long, subcylindrical; 11th 1.75–1.90 longer than 10th.
Pronotum shiny, smooth; prosternum of male with two small brushes of thick red-brown hair just below the collar constriction (Fig. 64). Prosternellum distinct. Metasternum not depressed. Metafemora slightly grooved on upper side. Base of elytra straight, interstria 1, 3, 4 and 5 slightly protruding forward; interstria 4 abruptly stopped before apical declivity; interstria 5, 6 and 7 connected forward to form a common humeral interstria. No small tooth at base of the external border of apical "forceps"; inner border of "forceps" variable, with or without median tooth (Fig. 66–68)
Sternites III–IV of abdomen (Fig. 65) not depressed, smooth, not carinate laterally; sternite III longitudinally grooved. Tergite VIII of female with blunt denticulations at the apex (Fig. 69). Gonopods IX: Fig. 71; Spermatheca: Fig. 70.
Remarks. Comparison and dissection of the type specimens of C. forcipitiger (Fig. 10) and C. lamingtoni (Fig. 11), and examination of numerous specimens, showed that many individuals are intermediate between these two forms, and there is no correlation with geographic distribution. So I conclude that Carcinopisthius lamingtoni Damoiseau, 1987 = C. forcipitiger Damoiseau, 1987, n. syn. Distribution map: Fig. 99.
description: Published as part of Mantilleri, Antoine, 2010, A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2516 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196132