Deltochilum (Aganhyboma) cangalha Silva, Louzada & Vaz-De-Mello, 2015, new species
Creators: name: Silva, Fernando A. B.
name: Louzada, Júlio
name: Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Deltochilum
Deltochilum cangalha

description: Deltochilum (Aganhyboma) cangalha new species
(Figs 10, 76, 78, 92, 114)
Etymology. The new species name, " cangalha ", is a typical term of the northeastern region of Brazil, which means "bowlegged", a characteristic usually found in individuals of Aganhyboma. The epithet is a name in apposition.
Description. Body. Head, pronotum, elytra, and ventral surface black, with a copper-red sheen. Length> 14 mm. Head. Punctures extremely dense and touching; around clypeus shallower, smaller and more dispersed than those on the interocular surface. Lateral margin of gena, around eyes, without row of setae, or with almost inconspicuous setae. Dorsal interocular distance approximately three times eye width (as in Fig 61). Thorax. Pronotum with a red metallic sheen (Fig. 114). Surface of pronotum with dense foveiform punctures, nearly touching on the sides, anterior angles and posterior portion. Discal punctures smaller and more dispersed than those of lateral portion. Anteromedial punctures smaller and more dispersed than discal punctures. Posteromedial punctures usually separated by less than one diameter. Margin between anterior and lateral angles with row of small setae. Margin between lateral and posterior angles approximately straight. Hypomera with moderate foveiform punctures on anterior and posterior portions (Fig. 78); anteromedial punctures separated by at least one diameter (Fig. 78). Elytra. Elytra rounded, sides bulging outward (Fig. 114) and surface slightly irregular (rugose). Elytral striae narrow, carinate margins close and almost touching (as in Figs 74, 76). Interstriae flattened, with foveiform punctures surrounded by shiny areas poorly defined. Foveiform punctures of interstriae separated on elytral disc by less than one diameter. Microtubercles of interstriae dense and weakly defined on most of surface, united by glossy spots with a red-cupreous sheen (Fig. 76). Basal carina of seventh interstria short, length about twice the width of the seventh interestria. Basal carina of ninth interstria present in three-quarters of elytra, but it never reaches the anterior limit of apical carina of seventh interstria. Apical carina of third interstria somewhat more prominent than apical carinae of second and fourth interstriae. Length of apical carina of sixth interstria longer than that of apical carina of fifth interstria. Length of apical carina of seventh interstria less than the sum of lengths of apical carinae of fifth and sixth interstriae. Pseudepipleural carina complete, visible entire length of epipleuron (as in Fig. 63).
Material studied. Holotype: BRAZIL: MINAS GERAIS: Águas Vermelhas, XII.1998, A. Bello & F. Z. Vazde-Mello (1 ♂ CEMT).
Habitat. Brazil (Minas Gerais) (Fig. 92), from available data this species inhabits “Carrasco”. This habitat consists of dense shrubby xerophilous vegetation that occurs in semi-arid domain of Brazil.
Diagnosis and remarks (within the finestriatum complex): pronotal margin, between lateral and posterior angles, straight; Elytra rounded, sides bulging outward (Fig. 114); anteromedial punctures of hypomera separated by at least one diameter (Fig. 78); pronotum with a red metallic sheen; elytral microtubercles weakly defined, with a red-cupreous sheen (Fig. 76). The following aedeagus characters are also diagnostic: parameres symmetric and elongate, in lateral view forming an angle of approximately 45° with phallobase; apex rounded (Fig. 10). Lamella copulatrix (LC): left lobe subtrapezoidal; right lobe subrectangular. Fronto-lateral peripheral sclerite (FLP) as in Fig. 53.
Although the aedeagus of D. cangalha new species and D. alpercata new species do not present significant difference, the elytral punctures in these species are distinct.
description: Published as part of Silva, Fernando A. B., Louzada, Júlio & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando, 2015, A revision of the Deltochilum subgenus Aganhyboma Kolbe, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 451-504 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on pages 479-480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244795