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Onychotillus minutus de Zayas 1988

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608 - 7100, USA

Description

Onychotillus minutus de Zayas, 1988

Figure 15.

Type material. Syntype series: 9 specimens. Type locality: Cuba, Provincia de Guantanamo, Yateras (FDZC). Zayas did not specify in his description which specimen should be the name bearer of this species. Until the specimens are available for study, a lectotype cannot be designated until statements can be made to positively identify the lectotype from the others (ICZN 1999, Article 74.7).

Diagnosis. Cranium, pronotum, legs flavotestaceous, antenna black, elytra brown. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Redescription. Size. Length 3.0 mm; width 0.7 mm. Form. As in Fig. 15. Color. Cranium, pronotum, legs flavotestaceous, antenna black, elytra and abdomen brown. Head. Cranium finely punctate, eyes prominent, frons much wider than length of pedicel; EW/FW 10/30. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, minimally expanded at middle 1/2; subapical depression faintly expressed; collar narrow; PW/PL 40/40; elytra punctations striate, striae reduced near elytral apex; EL/EW 150/70; short elytral setae decumbent, long elytral setae recumbent. Abdomen. Aedeagus not available for study.

Variation. Size. The available specimens are quite homogenous.

Distribution. This species is known from Cuba. I examined two specimens from the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba, Yaturita (FDZC).

Notes

Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2022, Revision of the checkered beetle genus Onychotillus Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae), pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (913) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6391885

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
de Zayas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cleridae
Genus
Onychotillus
Species
minutus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Onychotillus minutus Zayas, 1988 sec. Opitz, 2022

References

  • de Zayas F. 1988. Entomofauna Cubana, Orden Coleoptera. Separata. Descripcion de Nuevas Especies. Editoria Cientifico - Tecnica; Havana, Cuba. 212 p.
  • ICZN [International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature] 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4 th Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature; London, United Kingdom. xxix + 305 p.