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Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai Serrano 2024, n. sp.

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Description

Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai n. sp.

Figure 2

Type material. Holotype male: “Bissor„\ 16.XI.1983 \ SPEN Nº 197”\\ “ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Miss. Ent. SPEN\ à Guiné-Bissau \ 16Nov a 7Dez83 ”\\ “ Chlaenius \ (Chlaeniostenus) \ anthracoderus \ (Laferté) \ Det. A. Serrano, 2003 \\ “Holotype male\ Chlaenius \ (Chlaeniostenus) \ silvai n. sp. \ A. Serrano det. 2023 [t] [h] [red card].

Differential diagnosis: Head bright metallic green, pronotum bright green laterally, coppery in the centre, elytra silky green-copperish matte (except a lateral yellow band). Labrum, palpi, antennae and legs (except coxae that are blackish) yellow-reddish; distal half of mandibles dark brown; head almost smooth, surface of pronotum microreticulate, with scattered punctures; elytra microreticulate, lateral yellowish band reaching the 7 th stria, broader posteriad; aedeagus (Figs 2c–e)

Notes

Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the tribes Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 and Rhopalomelini Alluaud, 1930 (Carabidae: Licininae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of two new species and faunistic notes, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 5397 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10468219

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SPEN
Event date
1983-11-16
Verbatim event date
1983-11-16/12-07
Scientific name authorship
Serrano
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Chlaenius
Species
silvai
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai Serrano, 2024

References

  • Serrano, A. R. M. (2003) Estudo de Coleopteros Carabideos (Coleoptera, Carabidae) da Guine-Bissau. IV. Licininae Chlaeniini. Boletim da Sociedade portuguesa de Entomologia, 7 (29), 353 - 376.