Dipropus sonora Johnson 2016, new species
Creators: name: Johnson, Paul J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Dipropus
Dipropus sonora

description: <i>Dipropus sonora</i> new species (Fig. 5–6, 15) <b>Description</b>. As for <i>D. pericu,</i> except: Length 10.4–12.4 mm, width 2.9–3.4 mm. Body piceocastaneous throughout, antennae piceous. Head with ocular index 53–64. Antenna moderately long, reaching to metafemoral angle of elytra, antennomere 8 reaching apex of hind angle, antennomeres 2–3, 7, 11 length ratio 1.0:6.7, 8.0, 10.3. Pronotum 1.2x longer than wide, with lateral margin strongly carinate at hind angle, weakening anteriorly; strongly arcuate toward anterior angle in anterior 0.25 of length. Metaleg with tibia 1.1 length of femur, tarsus same length as tibia; tarsomere length ratio 1.00:0.79:0.25:0.21:0.67. Aedeagus as in Fig. 11; basal piece 0.56 of total length, paramere 0.39 of total length, paramere apex 0.15 of paramere length. Female: As for male, except body form subparallel; pronotum 0.83x wider than long; antenna short, antennomere 10 reaching apex of hind angle, antennomere 2–4, 11 length ratio 1.0:2.8:2.4, 4.2; metatarsomere length ratio 1.00:0.40:0.25:0.20:0.70; ventrite 5 with punctures small, fine, evenly distributed. <b>Type Material</b>. Holotype male MEXICO: SONORA, 15.5 air km SW of Nogales, el. 1200m, 31.19728, -111.10139, leg. T.R. Van Devender, A.L. Reina-G., 12.vii.2012 / rocky canyon riparian forest/oak woodland (USNM). Paratypes (45): <b>MEXICO</b>: <b>SONORA,</b> same as holotype (1, ASUT); Rancho el Jarazos, 22.4 km N of Nacozari de Garcia, Sierra la Púrica, 30.57556ºN 109.73250ºW, 1595m, 16 July 2013, T.R. Van Devender, A.L. Reina-G.; rocky cyn, oak woodland (1, PJJC); 10 mi. E. Navajoa, 13.viii.1959, blacklight trap, W.L. Nutting &amp; F.G. Werner (1, UAIC). <b>UNITED STATES</b>: <b>ARIZONA, Pima Co</b>., Badoquavari [sic!] Mts., e.s.l. 31 mi N. Sasabe / see note 356, 24.vii.1958, R.H. Arnett, Jr. (1, FSCA). <b>Santa Cruz Co.,</b> Pena Blanca, 12.viii.1983, G.W. Ulrich, U.V. (2, PJJC); at light, 13.vii.2013, Col. Gareth S. Powell / WGS84 31.3883, -111.0929, elv 1190 m (1, GSPC); 3.2 km S Pena Blanca Lake, 1250 m., 28.vii.1989; R.S. Anderson &amp; S. McCleve: UV light (1, TAMU); at light 415, 16.vii.1959, R.H. Arnett, Jr. (3, FSCA); Lot No. 419, 19.vii.1959, R.H. Arnett Jr, ER VanTassell (2, FSCA); Lot No. 420, 20.vii.1959 (2, FSCA); Lot No. 421, 21.vii.1959 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 417, 18.vii.1959 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 424, 23.vii.1959 (1, FSCA); 1250 m., 28.vii.1989; R.S. Anderson &amp; S. McCleve: UV light (1, TAMU); Pena Blanca, Pajarito Mts. / Lot No. 536, 31.vii.1961, R.H. Arnett, Jr., E. VanTassell (1, FSCA); Lot No. 568, 9.viii.1961 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 524, 28.vii.1961 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 506, 25.vii.1961 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 557, 5.viii.1961 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 511, 26.vii.1961 (2, FSCA); Lot No. 560, 6.viii.1961 (3, FSCA); lot no. 534, 30.vii.1961 (4, FSCA); lot no. 600, 6.vii.1962 (1, FSCA); Lot No. 498, 20.vii. 1961 (2, FSCA); lot no. 600, 1.viii.1962 (1, FSCA); lot no. 600, 10.vii.1962 (3, FSCA); Pajarito Mts., Pena Blanca / Lot no. 840, 28.vii.1964, R.H. Arnett, Jr, ER. Van Tassell (1, FSCA); Lot no. 763, 24.vii.1963 (2, FSCA); 1 mi. N. Nogales, Mariposa Canyon, 11.viii.1971, R.L. Jacques (1, FSCA). <b>Etymology</b>. The species epithet “ <i>sonora ”</i> is treated as a noun in apposition and is after the Free and Sovereign State of Sonora (Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora), Mexico. <b>Distribution</b>. MEXICO: Sonora; UNITED STATES: Arizona. <b>Notes</b>. This species is one of the more commonly collected <i>Dipropus</i> species in the region, especially in southwestern Arizona.
description: Published as part of <i>Johnson, Paul J., 2016, Five new species of Dipropus Germar (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from west-central North America, and a lectotype designation for Elater soleatus Say, pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (523)</i> on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5171050