Labasiella varipennis
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Labasiella
Labasiella varipennis

description: Labasiella varipennis SPINOLA, 1849 (Figs 10, 37, 70, 89, 105)
Labasiella varipennis SPINOLA 1849: 409.
Lectotype: Sex not known. Chile, Gay, 1849. A second label reads: S. Rosa (= Santa Rosa de los Andes) (MNHN). Paralectotype. One specimen. Chile, Santa Rosa de los Andes, Gay, 1849 (MNHN). LACORDAIRE 1857: 489. SCHENKLING 1903: 16 (Pelonium). LESNE 1909: 522 (Pelonium). CORPORAAL 1948: 245 (Labasiella); 1950: 284 (Cregya). EKIS (now OPITZ), 1975: 61 (Cregya). SOLERVICENS 1989: 198 (Labasiella); 1998: 79 (Exochonotus); 2005a: 51; 2006: 23 (Exochonotus).
Diagnosis: The paralectotype is similar in elytral color to the holotype of L. lata, and L. tucumanensis. Labasiella varipennis differs by being the only species in the genus that has a serrulate condition along the entire length of the epipleural margin. Also, only in this species does the elytral disc show 11 striae of punctures.
Redescription: Size: Length 4.5 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 89. Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous; antenna and mouthparts testaceous, except mandibles brown; legs mostly testaceous, femora infuscated distally; elytra bicolored, black basal half of epipleural margin contiguous with black narrow angular fascia, two small black streaks extend backwards from basal margin, a broad black angular fascia behind elytral middle, remainder of elytral testaceous. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (Fig. 10), capitulum lax, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 ovate; eyes small, frons wide (EW/FW 15/32); last maxillary and labial palpomere subsecuriform. Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 37) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 6 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures arranged into 11 punctiform striae, punctures binodal, punctures extend to elytral apex, entire length of epipleural margin serrulate. Abdomen: Aedeagus (Fig. 105) short, distal region of phallobase slightly lobed, tegmen very reduced, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod long; phallic plates broad, phallic apex small triangular.
Distribution (Fig. 70): In addition to the paralectotype I examined 11 specimens from Chile: Región Coquimbo, 5 miles N of Illapel, 30-XI-1950, Ross & Michelbacher; Región Bío Bío, VIII. Termas de Chilean Road, South Las Trancas, 36°53672S 71°28.811W, 29-XI-2001, 4375', Fred G. Andrews; Región Santiago, Quilicura,?- XII-1986, collector not noted; El Portezuelo, 7 km N. Santiago, 22-25-X- 1981, 500 m, D. & M. Davis; Santiago, La Cistena,?- XII-1948. Specimens are deposited in CSCA, FSCA, MLPA, MNHN, RGCG, SDEI, and WOPC.
Notes: According to SOLERVICENS (1998: 79), there are two ̎types̎ of this species in MNHN. He designated one of them as the lectotype and the other paralectotype. The lectotype is without head and prothorax. I did not find the lectotype in MNHN. This redescription of Labasiella varipennis is based on the paralectotype.
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 152-153, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3762392