Aglyptinus sinuatus Peck and Cook 2014, new species
Creators: name: Peck, Stewart B.
name: Cook, Joyce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Aglyptinus
Aglyptinus sinuatus

description: Aglyptinus sinuatus Peck and Cook, new species   
Figures 80, 81  
 Diagnostic description. Length 1.5–1.8 mm; greatest width 1.0– 1.3 mm. Shining; variable in color: yellowish to reddish brown to dark brown; head and pronotum often darker than elytra. Head moderately fine, densely punctate; pronotum moderately finely, sparsely punctate; elytra moderately coarsely, densely punctate. Antennae length about equal to head width, not reaching pronotal base. Maxillary palps unmodified. Eyes large. Wings fully developed. Metasternum minutely, sparsely punctate medially; with fine lines of microsculpture laterally. Male protarsi and mesotarsi densely setose. Major male mesofemur broader than metafemur; metafemur elongate, narrow, posterior margin weakly concave; metatibia elongate; inner metatibial spine elongate, curved, sinuate apically. Aedeagus (Fig. 80, 81) elongate, slender, roundly curved dorsoventrally; tip of apex sinuate, upturned. Inverted internal sac with three rows of spines. Parameres broad at base, with narrow apex.   
 Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “ CUBA: SANTIAGO PROV./ 10km NE Caney / Arroya Grovert, 300m / leaf and log litter/ S. Peck, 95-93 (SBPC). Paratypes (149): with same data as holotype (25, SBPC); Cuba: Gran Piedra, Isabelica, 14.XII.1995, 1100m, elfin forest litter, S. Peck, 95- 95 (1, SBPC); Cuba: Santiago Prov., Gran Piedra, Met. Radar, 6–17.XII.1995, 1100m, elfin forest FIT, S. Peck, 95-76 (14, SBPC; 3, MCZC; 3, FMNH; 3, FSCA); same data except: Isabelica, carrion traps, 95-80 (1, SBPC); Gran Piedra, Segundo Chorroito, 7.XII. 1995, 600m, km8, tree base litter, S. Peck, 95-82 (4, SBPC); same data except: 7–17.XII.1995, forest stream FIT, 95-83 (14, SBPC); Cuba: Santiago de Cuba, Siboney-Jutici Ecol. Reserve, 20m, 19.955 -75.747, 26.I.2012, R. Anderson, dry scrub litter, 2012-002 (2, SBPC); Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, near Museo Isabelica, 1115m, 20.007 -75.619, 26.I.2012, R. Anderson, wet pluviselva litter, 2012-003 (3, SBPC); same data except: near La Isabellica, 1130m, 20.004 - 75.619, 2012-004 (1, SBPC); same data except: 1075m, 20.003 -75.613, 27.I.2012, 2012-008 (2, SBPC); Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, Estacion Ecologica Gran Piedra, 1085m, 20.011 - 75.637, 26.I.2012, R. Anderson, mixed pine litter, 2012-006 (2, SBPC); Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, trail to Cerro Mogote, 770m, 19.997-75-582, 28.I.2012, R. Anderson, wet mixed litter, 2012-009 (5, SBPC); Cuba: Holguin, Mayari, P.N. Mensura Piloto, 20.48123 -75.80952, 716m, 10.V.2013, R. Anderson, dry pluviselva litter, 2013-003 (1, SBPC); Holguin, Mayari, Pinarito, 20.41548 -75.82008, 409m, 12.V.2013, R. Anderson, karst forest litter, 2013-008 (17, SBPC); Cuba: Camaguey, Sierra de Cubitas, Res. Ecol. Limones-Tuabaquey, Hojo de Bonet, 21.61027 -77.78371, 143m, 14.V.3013, A. Deler Hernandez, sinkhole forest litter, 2013-010 (10, SBPC); same data except: 21.60121 -77.78468, 168m, R. Anderson, karst forest litter, 2013-012 (4, SBPC); Cuba: Cienfuegos, Mayari, 2km E, 21.96651 -80.11497, 842m, 18.V.2013, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter, 2013-017 (1, SBPC); Mayari, 1km E, 21.97114 -80.12172, 866m, 18.V.2013, R. Anderson, karst forest litter, 2013-018 (7, SBPC); Cienfuegos, P.N. Pico San Juan, road, 21.98542 -80.14873, 1026m, 19.V.2013, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter, 2013-023 (1, SBPC); same data except: 21.98542 -80.14632, 1086m, F. Cala Requelme, elfin forest litter, 2013-024 (1, SBPC); same data except: 21.98542 -80.14873, 1026m, A. Deler Hernandez, hardwood forest litter, 2013-025 (2, SBPC); Cienfuegos, Rio Cabagan, 21.93123 - 80.08461, 651m, 20.V.2013, R. Anderson, gallery forest litter, 2013-026 (12, SBPC); Cienfuegos, Jardin Botanico Cienfuegos, 22.12179 -80.32646, 73m, 21.V.2013, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter, 2013-028 (9, SBPC); Santiago de Cuba, Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, 20.01154 -75.67310, 550m, 23.V.2013, R. Anderson, mixed hardwood litter, 2013-031 (1, SBPC).   
 Distribution. The species is known only from Cuba.   
 Etymology. The epithet sinuatus (Latin, with bends) refers to the dorsoventrally sinuate aedeagal apex of this species.
description: Published as part of Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., pp. 1-76 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (397) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5184089