Aglyptinus luciae 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 luciae

description: Aglyptinus luciae Peck and Cook, new species   
Figures 108, 109  
 Diagnostic description. Length 1.4–2.1 mm; greatest width 1.1–1.6 mm. Shining; color reddish brown; pronotal margins and elytral epipleura paler. Moderately finely punctate; punctures larger, more dense on head and elytra. Antennae reach base of pronotum. Maxillary palps unmodified. Eyes large. Wings fully developed. Metasternum with dense lines of microsculpture laterally; without microsculpture medially. Male protarsi and mesotarsi densely setose. Posterior margin of major male metafemur concave; metatibia elongate; inner metatibial spine elongate, curved, sinuate at apex. Aedeagus (Fig. 108, 109) roundly curved dorsoventrally, apex flattened; in dorsal view, constricted before narrowly rounded apex. Parameres straight, evenly narrowed from base to apex.   
 Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “LESSER ANTILLES: St. Lucia / 11 km W Dennery, Barré de L’Isle / trail, submontane forest, 14.VII.07/ N13°55.6’ W60°57.5’, ± 300 m / Forest litter, S. & J. Peck, 07-64” (SBPC). Paratypes (75): with same data as holotype (11, SBPC); St. Lucia: 3km W Dennery, lowland forest, 13.VII.07, N13°54.1’ W60°55.5’, 30 m, litter, S. & J. Peck, 07-62 (1, SBPC); St. Lucia: Mon Repos, 6.5 km W Fox Grove Inn, 10–28.VII.07, submontane forest FITs, N13°52.5’ W60°56.4’, 300 m, S. & J. Peck, 07-53B (18, SBPC); same data except: 12.VII.07, submontane forest litter, 07-58 (1, SBPC); same data except: 12–16.VII.07, carrion traps, 07-59 (1, SBPC); same data except 9.VII.07, submontane forest litter, 07-51 (1, SBPC); same data except: 22.VII.07 (1, SBPC); same data except: 16- 21.VII.07, dung traps (1, SBPC); St. Lucia: Quielles Forest Res., Piton St. Esprit site, 13.84937°N, 60.97956°W, 5.V. 2009, 571 m, Berlese, I.A. Foley (1, WIBF); same data except: 29.V–2.VI.2009, FIT, R.C. Winton & H. Hinkson (1, WIBF); Quielles Forest Res., LaPorte cabin, 272 m, 13.84041°N, 60.97408°W, 4–10.V.2009, FIT, I.A. Foley & R.C. Winton (4, WIBF); same data except 10–15.V.2009, R.C. Winton & I.A. Foley (5, WIBF); Quielles For. Res., 13.85332°N, 60.78223°W, 10.V. 2009, 323 m, I.A. Foley & R.C. Winton, Berlese leaf litter (1, WIBF); St. Lucia: Gros Piton trap site, 784 m, 13.8114°N, 61.0651°W, 15.VI.2009, C.A. Maier & R.C. Winton (1, WIBF); St. Lucia: Gros Piton, 13.81026°N, 61.06525°W, 14- 24.V.2009, uv light, R.C. Winton & E.A. Ivie (1, WIBF); same data except: 9–15.VI.2009, E.A. Ivie & C.A. Maier, uv light trap (1, WIBF); same data except: 3.VI.2009, Berlese litter (1, WIBF); St. Lucia: Piton Troumasse trap site, 793 m, 13.8535°N, 61.0098°W, 22.VI.2009, litter Berlese, C.A. Maier (1, WIBF); same data except: 17.VI.2009 (1, WIBF); St. Lucia: Piton Troumasse, 13.8548°N, 61.0174°W, 30.VI.2009, litter Berlese, C.A. Maier & M.L. Gimmel (2, WIBF); St. Lucia: Barre de L‘Isle, 13.9341°N, 60.9586°W, 320 m, 18.V.2009, litter Berlese, A.R. Cline (15, WIBF); St. Lucia: Descartier, 13.8371°N, 60.9762°W, 320 m, 19.V.2009, litter sifting, A.R. Cline (2, WIBF); same data except: 347 m, 4.VI.2009, S.M. Clark et al. (1, WIBF); St. Lucia: Bordelais trap site, 13.9689°N, 60.8859°W, 25-29.VI.2009, FIT, M.L. Gimmel & E.A. Ivie (1, WIBF); same data except: 185 m, 9-14.VII.2009, malaise, C.A. Maier & M.L. Gimmel (1, WIBF).   
 Distribution. Known only from St. Lucia.   
 Etymology. The epithet luciae refers to the occurence of this species on St. Lucia.
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 52-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5184089