Amphelissus goniodus Schenkling 1900
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Amphelissus
Amphelissus goniodus

description: Amphelissus meieri (SCHENKLING 1900) (Figs 2, 29, 55-58, 61, 62, 65-68, 70, 73, 97)
Amphelissus meieri (SCHENKLING) 1900: 408.
Type material: Holotype. ♀. Herein restricted to Colombia, Departamento de Magdalena (SDEI).
SCHENKLING 1910: 128 (Galeruclerus). CORPORAAL 1941: 361 (Galeruclerus); 1950: 282 (Cregya). OPITZ 2017a: 35.
Diagnosis: This is the only species within the Labasiella complex that has the castaneous elytral disc slightly infuscated at the middle, just anterior the elytral apex.
Redescription: Size: Length 4.0 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 73. Integument: Castaneous, except elytral disc with infuscation at middle and just in front of elytral apex. Head: Cranium (Figs 57, 59) coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (Figs 2, 60), capitulum lax, antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovate; eyes slightly narrower that width of frons (EW/FW 15/20); last maxillary and labial palpomere securiform. Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 29) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, without discal knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures arranged into 10 punctiform striae (Figs 63, 65-68), punctation binodal, punctation extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin serrulate in posterior fourth; legs, ungues as in Fig. 64. Abdomen: Aedeagus (Fig. 97), distal region of phallobase slightly lobed, tegmen very reduced, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod spatulate, bifid distally; phallic plates broad, phallic apex small triangular. Male Mesodermal Reproductive Organs: Testes comprised of 4 follicles; one pair of accessory glands (Fig. 56). Female Mesodermal Reproductive Organs: Spermathecal capsule slightly sclerotized, spermathecal gland attached to apex of spermatheca; with saccular bursa copulatrix (Fig. 55).
Variation: The available specimens are quite homogeneous.
Natural history: Specimens were collected from February to May; from 5 to 30 m. According to label data, these checkered beetles have been associated with the plant Caesalpinia coriaria (JACQ.) WILLD. (Fabaceae) and the beetle Xylotheca meieri REITT. (Anobiidae).
Distribution (Fig. 70): In addition to the holotype, I examined 16 specimens from: Colombia: Departamento de Magdalena, 12 miles W Santa Marta, 28-IV-1973, Campbell & Howden; Departamento de Magdalena, Tayrona Palangana, 11°20'N 74°2'W, 21-III-5-IV- 2001, 30 m, Malaise, R. Henriquez; Departamento de Magdalena, PNN Tayrona Gairaca, 5-21-III- 2001, 5 m, Malaise, R. Henriquez; Departamento de Magdalena, 12 mi W Santa Marta, 16-V-1973, Campbell & Howden. Venezuela: No other information available. Specimens are deposited in CNCI; IAVH, SDEI, and WOPC.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2019, ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex, pp. 127-170 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on pages 136-138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3762392