Notopilo tompricensis Bartlett & Lambkin 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Bartlett, Justin S.
name: Lambkin, Christine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Notopilo
Notopilo tompricensis

description: Notopilo tompricensis sp. nov.
ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4FE547C9-47A3-4CF1-8FB7-1F540DA1E55A
(Figs 45, 83, 118, 159; Map 3)
HOLOTYPE ♁: Western Australia: Pilbara region, Nanburra-Wittenoom Rd, 25km NE of Railway Rd. x-ing, N side of hill, -22:21:21 117:54:16, 16-Feb-2005,20- Feb-2005, LTM sites, M. Bulbert & S. Ginn, PILB040/04M, [] // 1122 // K 246886 (WAM E113540, ex AM). PARATYPES (3): Western Australia: WA, Pilbara region, NanburraWittenoom Rd, 25km NE of Railway Rd. x-ing, N side of hill, -22:21:21 117:54:16, 13-April-2005,18- April-2005, LTM sites, M. Bulbert & G. Wood, PILB040/05M, [Malaise trap] // 1123 // K 246885 (1 ♁, AM); same as previous except, 1121 // K 246887 (1 ♁, AM); WA, Hammersley Environment house, 359 Vitex st Tom Price, -22:41:50 117:47:55, 15-Feb-2005, Adhoc collection, M. Bulbert & S. Ginn; PLIB078/8/LT4, [] // 1124 // K 246884 (1 ♀, AM).
Diagnosis. Pronotum weakly angulate laterally, disc moderately punctate to rugulose, with glabrous regions (at base and along mid-line to central impression, plus one either side of central impression); elytra dark with orange fasciate, apical and humeral maculations, the transverse fascia meeting at the suture, punctation with nodules, 8 th stria begins between anterior margin of transverse fascia and posterior margin of humeral maculation, at least striae 4–9 reaching apical macula, interstrial setae in singular rows; femora yellow and brown, tarsi with three ventral tarsal pads.
Description. Habitus: Fig. 159. Total length: 6–6.9 mm (holotype 6 mm). Head: Vertex, frons, genae and submentum black or brown, clypeus and supra-antennal elevations reddish-brown, anteclypeus semi-transparent orange or brownish, antennae, labrum and palpi orange to orange-brown; eyes separated by 1.26–1.5 eye widths (holotype 1.33); vertex and frons punctate to rugulose, punctation sparser before clypeus, surface between eyes variable (bearing an impression or not); genae and submentum wrinkled; exterior margins of terminal maxillary palpomeres between 1.4 times (females) and 2 times (males) the length of inside edges, exterior margins of terminal labial palpomeres about 1.8 times (females) and 2.5 times (males) the length of inside edges; antennae reaching near base of pronotum; eyes and most of cranium vested with erect pale setae, frons with shorter finer medially-directed setae. Prothorax: Brown or black; pronotum 1.17–1.22 times longer than wide (holotype 1.22), sides more angulate than rounded, lateral bulge about as wide as pronotal arch; subapical depression deeply v-shaped, terminating at shallow central impression; disc punctate to rugulose though retaining glossy appearance, tumescent areas at base and either side of central impression, plus discal mid-line, glabrous; moderately distributed with long erect setae and shorter finer multi-directional setae. Pterothorax: Ventrites orange (female) or light to dark brown (males), vested with many short pale, and occasional long, setae; elytra dark brown with yellowish markings (each elytron with a large apical macula, a transverse fascia which meets at the suture and a large humeral macula); length to width ratio 2.41–2.59:1 (holotype 2.59); 8 th stria begins between anterior margin of transverse fascia and posterior margin of humeral maculation, most striae terminating at apical macula (striae 1–3 and 10 sometimes not reaching apical macula), punctation with conspicuous lateral nodules (most visible in dark areas of elytra), punctation posterior of fascia only slightly smaller than those anterior to fascia, epipleurae diminished near apical macula, interstriae with single rows of short semi-erect setae (about 1 per puncture) and longer slightly thicker erect setae (about 1 per every 3 punctures); hindwing with CuA 3+4 and CuA 1 cross-veins complete, MP 3+4 absent basad of CuA 1 crossvein. Legs: Femoral bases yellow, apical half of profemora and apical one-third of other femora brown, tibiae and tarsi brown, ventral tarsal pads yellowish; profemora very slightly swollen, other femora slender. Abdomen: Ventrites orange-brown. Male genitalia: Tegmen (Fig. 45) almost parallel, tegminal arms widening slightly before curving abruptly to meet apodeme, parameroid lobes simple, angular, not apically acuminate ot digitiform, dorsal sinus long, just over one-third tegmen length, gradually widening towards apex, internal structures extending into open sinus, ventral sinus about two-thirds length of dorsal sinus, apodeme short, about one-sixth tegmen length; median lobe as in Fig. 83; pygidium as in Fig. 118.
Etymology. The specific epithet, tompricensis, refers to the town of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia where the type specimens were either collected at, or near.
Variation. The single female specimen differs from the males in having the sides of the pronotum less angulate and the ventral abdominal and pterothoracic sternites more brightly coloured. The frons of the holotype and the female specimen bears an impression which is not evident on the two male Paratypes.
Biology. Specimens were collected in February and April using a Malaise trap.
Distribution (Map 3). Western Australia: Pilbara (Tom Price, and surrounding area).
Remarks. The external margins of terminal labial palpomeres of some specimens are acuminate. Such acuminations cannot be considered diagnostic as they appear to be an artifact of a bent palpomere.
description: Published as part of Bartlett, Justin S. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2022, Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 5220 (1) on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5220.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7441294