Sicoderus pseudostriatolateralis Anderson 2018, n. sp.
Creators: name: Anderson, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Sicoderus
Sicoderus pseudostriatolateralis

description: Sicoderus pseudostriatolateralis Anderson, n. sp.
(Figures 55–56, 60. Map 5)
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Description: Length male, 3.6 mm; female, 4.0– 4.5 mm. Integument black, shining. Eyes moderately separated by a distance about one-half width rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 1.02x length elytra in male; 1.06–1.12x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion at about apical 1/ 3 in male, at about apical 2/ 5 in female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about middle; punctures moderately dense, regularly spaced, very fine and shallow on disc and laterally on flanks; erect setae absent; posterolateral flange (extended over base of elytra) with dense microstriae. Elytra in dorsal view widest at about midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; scattered erect fine setae present. Strial punctures evident, small, shallow; striae not impressed. Membranous wings absent. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male in middle near posterior margin with two closely spaced small patches of setosity; of female, uniformly convex in middle near posterior margin. Ventrite 5 of male flattened medially towards apex, not setose; of female, uniformly convex. Legs with all femora lacking tooth; tarsal claws with small basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 60) widest at apex, internal sac with pair of elongate basal sclerites sinistrally strongly L-shaped. Female not dissected.
Material examined: 1 male, 8 females. Holotype male (CMNC), labelled DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Province Pedernales, Parque Nacional Sierra de Baoruco, Las Abejas, 1240m, 18°09.023N, 71°37.387W, 9.VIII.1999, M.A. Ivie. Paratypes. Province Pedernales, ca. 35 km N. Cabo Rojo, 1250m, Las Abejas, 9.IX.1988, beating vegetation, M.A. Ivie, T.K. Phillips & K.A. Johnson (1 female, WIBF). Sierra de Baoruco, Las Abejas, 1150m, 18°09.011’N, 71°37.342’W, 17.VII.2006, L. Chamorro & A.S. Konstantinov (1 female; USNM). HAITI: Department Sud-Oueste, Parc National La Visite, Morne la Visite, S.E. slope, 17.V.1984, M.C. Thomas (1 female; FSCA). Parc National La Visite, 1 km S. Roche Plat, 22.V.1984, M.C. Thomas (1 female; CMNC). Parc National La Visite, nr. Park Headquarters, 1838m, 18.V.1984, M.C. Thomas (1 female; CWOB). Massif de la Selle, Morne d'Enfer, 1850m, 15.V.1984, M.C. Thomas (1 female; FSCA). Morne Guimby, 22 km S.E. Fond Verettes, 6500’, 19.VII.1956, at night, B. & B. Valentine (2 females; FSCA).
Derivation of species name: This species is named ‘pseudostriatolateralis’ after its similarlity to S. striatolateralis as a second species with the distinctive microstriate lateral pronotal flange.
Natural History: Adults have been collected beating vegetation from forests between 1150 and 1850 m elevation.
Comments: This species is very similar to S. striatolateralis but the latter has a blunt tooth on the front femora, few if any elytral setae and different male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Anderson, Robert S., 2018, The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies, pp. 301-345 in Zootaxa 4497 (3) on page 328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1454868