Phlegon chiriquiensis , Otto 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Otto, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Eucnemidae
Phlegon
Phlegon chiriquiensis

description: Phlegon chiriquiensis sp. nov.   
Fig. 6–8  
 Diagnosis. Oblong punctures along elytral suture distinguish this species from P. buqueti, P. herculeanus and P. panamensis. Parallel-sided pronotum distinguishes females of this new species from those of P. giganteus, which exhibit an anteriorly narrowing pronotum. Males of P. chiriquiensis are unknown.   
 Type Material. Female holotype: “ Chiriqui.” / “Phlegon n. sp., J. Muona det. 2014” / “ HOLOTYPE:, Phlegon, chiriquiensis, Otto, det. R.L. Otto, 2016” (♀ handwritten behind species name on label) [red printed label]. Holotype deposited in MNHN.   
 Description: Length 34.0 mm, width 10.0 mm. Body stout, oblong, elongate; uniformly dark brownish black; antennae dark brownish black; femora, tibiae and tarsi dark brown; head, pronotum and elytra clothed with short, semierect copper-colored setae (Fig. 6).   
 Head: Subspherical; frons slightly depressed above frontoclypeal region, with small, round median tubercle; surfaces shiny, densely punctate to almost confluently rugose; apical margin of frontoclypeal region rounded, about 2 times wider than base; mandibles slender, without teeth.   
 Antenna (Fig. 7): About 1/2 of body length; antennomere III longer than IV; antennomeres IV–V slightly longer than wide, subequal; antennomeres VI–VIII quadrate, subequal; antennomeres IX–XI enlarged, tubular, very weakly dentate, each 3 times longer than wide, subequal, each as long as combined length of VI–VIII.   
 Pronotum: Surfaces shiny, punctures closely spaced; slightly wider than long, with large, sharp hind angles; parallel-sided, slightly constricted basally above hind angles; disc convex with 4 circular foveae, cranial pair much more impressed; base sinuous.   
 Scutellum: Setose, quadrate, elongate and distally rounded.   
 Elytra: Striae indicated, formed from oblonged punctures; interstices slightly elevated; surfaces shiny, shallowly punctate to slightly rugose; apices (Fig. 8) with deep V-shaped cavities near elytral suture.   
 Legs: First tarsomere shorter than combined lengths of remaining four on meso- and metatarsi; tibiae rounded in cross section; metatarsomeres I–III simple; metatarsomere IV excavated, bilobed; metatarsomere V elongate; pretarsal claws simple.   
 Venter: Closely punctate, with short, semierect copper-colored setae; hypomeron simple, without lateral antennal grooves; metepisterna parallel-sided; metacoxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally.   
 Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Panama.   
 Biology. Larvae and pupae are unknown.   
 Etymology. Specific epithet is derived from a combination of two words, ‘Chiriqui’, the type locality from which the specimen was taken, and ‘-ensis’, a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to”.
description: Published as part of Otto, Robert L., 2017, A revision of Phlegoninae (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species, pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (569) on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169054