Bolbapium paralucidulum Ide and Martinez 1993
Creators: name: Carvalho, Edrielly Carolinne
name: Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Bolboceratidae
Bolbapium
Bolbapium paralucidulum

description: Bolbapium paralucidulum Ide and Martínez, 1993
(Figures 4 (e), 9(g), (h), (i), 16(b))
Bolbapium paralucidulum Ide and Martínez, 1993: 370–371 (original description)
Diagnosis
Frons without formation of interocular tubercles. Clypeal carina extending to the midfrontal region and meeting in the central region. Pronotum mesoanteriorly without evident structures and without median groove (Figure 4 (e)).
Type material. The paratype is deposited at the MZSP, which provided a photo for analysis.
Paratype. ‘ Riberão Prêto / (Fac. Medicina)/ xi.1954/ Barreto col.; Coleão / M. P: Barreto / 1969’ (MZUSP).
Redescription
Body size: Length: 5.27–7.88 mm. Width: 4.08–6.24 mm. Head: Clypeal carina extending to the mid-frontal region and meeting in the central region. Frons flat without tubercles; region between the lateral carinae of the clypeus with strong and evident punctuation, other parts with weak punctuation, almost imperceptible. Pronotum: Without evident structures and without median groove; surface with sparse points, unevenly distributed. Ventral region of the thorax: Prosternum presents a median longitudinal projection to the posterior margin. Male terminalia: In dorsal view, non-differentiated parameres of the phallobase (Figure 9 (g)); phallobase with two pointed projections, one on each side, morphologically resembling the genitalia of Bolbapium sulcifrons and Bolbapium lucidulum, differing from other species that have a single central projection. Sexual dimorphism: This species does not feature sexual dimorphism.
Differential diagnosis. Bolbapium paralucidulum is morphologically similar to B. lucidulum, B. matheusi sp. nov., B. quinquestriatum and B. sulcifrons in not presenting the forehead with tubercles and interocular carinae. However, it is easily differentiated by presenting the curved carinae in the median region of the forehead.
Geographical distribution. Brazil (Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo), Argentina (Buenos Aires and Misiones) and Paraguay (Caazapa).
Non-type material. 25 specimens.
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, H. Richter. (1 MLPA); Misiones, x.1935. (1 MLPA). BRAZIL: Distrito Federal, Res. IBGE, [15°52 ʹ 27”S, 47°53 ʹ 36”W], xii.1986, I. Diniz leg. (1 CEMT). Mato Grosso do Sul, Bonito, Faz. Pitangueiras, [21°7 ʹ 35”S, 56°29 ʹ 2”W], 3.xi.2009, light, Grossi & Parizotto leg. (2 CEMT). Paraná, Piraquara, 25°29 ʹ 33”S, 48°58 ʹ 41”W, 9.xii.2011, FIT, F.W.T. Leivas & K. Mise leg. (1 CEMT); Campina Grande do Sul, Estrada da Mandassaia, [25° 18 ʹ 16”S, 49°2 ʹ 12”W], 2009, FIT, F.W.T. Leivas leg. (1 CEMT); Curitiba, Campina Grande do Sul, 25°17 ʹ 46”S, 49°2 ʹ 14”W, FIT, F.W.T. Leivas leg. (1 CEMT); Colombo, EMBRAPA Br 476 km 20. Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR, [25°20 ʹ 13”S, 49°10 ʹ 9”W], 1.xii.1986, malaise, leg. (1 DZUP). Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Cerro Alegre, 43nual crop, (P), 29°48 ʹ 11”S, 52°19 ʹ 51”W, 18.ii.2012, pitfall bovine faeces, R. Bohn leg. (1 CEMT); Eldorado do Sul, EEA- UFRGS, [30°1 ʹ 59”S, 51°13 ʹ 14”W], 17.i.1997, light trap, Carvalho & Silva leg. (1 CEMT); Montenegro, [29°40 ʹ 54”S, 51°28 ʹ 4”W], 16.x.2009, impact trap, Y.E.A. Gadelha leg. (1 CEMT); Bagé, forest, 232m, 31°21 ʹ 5”S, 54°1 ʹ 13”W, 2.ii.2017, R.N. Sisti; J.U.P Corrêa; M.A. P. da Silva & H. Ebert leg. (1 CEMT) Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Praia Pântano do Sul, 27°47”S, 48°31”W, x.2009, pitfall, M.I.M. Hernadez, M. Heusi-Silveira & A.G. Martins leg. (1 CEMT). São Paulo, Assis, [22°39 ʹ 37”S, 50°25 ʹ 7”W], 1976, P.S.M. Botelho leg. (1 CEMT); Descalvado, Faz. Itaúnas, citrus, [21°54 ʹ 57”S, 47°37 ʹ 13”W], 1.xii.2005, pitfall, N. Periotto leg. (1 CEMT); Same location, mata cerrado, [21°54 ʹ 57”S, 47°37 ʹ 13”W], 27.i.2005, pitfall, N. Periotto leg. (1 CEMT). PARAGUAY: Caazapa, Estancia la Lejana, 26°20 ʹ S, 55°59 ʹ W, 20. xi.2008, U. Drechsel leg. (2 COPL); Tavai, est. Olmedo, 26°13 ʹ S, 55°36 ʹ W, 01.x.2008, U. Drechsel leg. (6 COPL).
description: Published as part of Carvalho, Edrielly Carolinne & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2022, A taxonomic revision of Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae), pp. 769-828 in Journal of Natural History 56 (13 - 16) on pages 804-805, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2092429, http://zenodo.org/record/7012096