Cazeresia australis, Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e143543 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15594245 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB9F1670-3E2C-54B1-A76F-4EAEF20FE9D4 |
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Cazeresia australis |
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sp. nov. |
Cazeresia australis sp. nov.
Figures 1 m View Figure 1 , 7 b View Figure 7 , 8 f View Figure 8
Material.
Holotype: Male, JGZC-5096 , Koghi Mts. , humid forest, 22°11’S 166°30’E, 500–550 m, 21.i.2004, M. Wanat leg., Holotype Cazeresia australis sp. nov. Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso [red label] ( MNHW) GoogleMaps . — Paratypes: 3 males and 2 females (one with: JGZC-5196 ), Koghi Mts. , humid forest, 22°11’S 166°30’E, 500–550 m, 21.i.2004, M. Wanat leg., Paratype Cazeresia australis sp. nov. Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso [red label] ( MNHW) GoogleMaps
Other material examined.
MNHW: 1 female, Haute Rivière Bleue, La Tranchée-Sentier des Kaoris , humid forest, 22°05’S 166°38’E, 280–330 m, 26.i.2004, M. Wanat leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 females (one with: JGZC-5226 ), Haute Rivière Bleue, La Tranchée-Sentier des Kaoris , humid forest, 22°05’S 166°38’E, 280–330 m, 28.i.2004, M. Wanat leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, JGZC-5136 , Hte. Rivière Bleue, La Tranchée-Sentier des Kaoris , 22°05’S 166°38’E, 190–330 m, 20.xii.2006, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Bois du Sud , 22°10.5’S 166°45.8’E, 160 m, maquis, night coll. (lamp and beating), 23.xii.2006, M. Wanat and R. Dobosz leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 males ( JGZC-5130 and JGZC-5201 ), Forêt Cachée , -22.19085 166.78688, 250 m, sifting litter, 26.x.2008, M. Wanat leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, JGZC-5327 , Col des Deux Tétons , -22.2059 166.6797, 220–250 m, humid forest, at light, 9.xii.2010, M. Wanat and R. Ruta leg. GoogleMaps
Description.
Body elliptic, moderately convex. Mandibles, facial sutures, pronotum and scutellum blackish, with slight bronze metallic shine on pronotum; most of head, elytra and ventral surfaces very dark brown, with faint purple reddish metallic shine on head and very weak purple bluish shine on elytra; labrum, antennae and legs testaceous, with base of tibiae and femora infuscate; palpi and apex of antennomeres 11 ochre. Length: 5.1 mm; width: 3.0 mm (range of male specimens: 4.4–5.1 mm long, 2.6–3.0 mm wide).
Frons with few small punctures anteriorly and supraocular sulci prolonged medially to middle of dorsal edge of supraantennal calli; clypeus with few small punctures basally and anterior border moderately emarginate. Eyes separate on frons by 1.9 × their transverse diameter. Relative proportions of antennomeres: 2.5-1.0 - 1.9 - 2.0 - 2.7 - 2.4 - 2.9 - 2.8 - 2.8 - 2.7 - 3.2. Prosternal process about 0.75 × as wide as transverse diameter of procoxae. Elytra slightly over 1.1 × as long as ensemble width at base, widest behind humeri; surface nearly smooth, shiny, with very shallow fine microreticulation and relatively large punctures, smaller than intervals, rather confused anteriorly on disc. Basitarsomeres enlarged, as wide as third tarsomere in pro- and metatarsi, shorter than second and third tarsomeres combined in pro- and mesotarsi, and as long as these in metatarsi. Median apodeme of first abdominal ventrite about half as long as ventrite, narrow and acute, narrower than mesosternal process; ventrites 2–4 finely microreticulated, with sparse, relatively large punctures and long fine, posteriorly adpressed pale yellow setae. Penis (Fig. 7 b View Figure 7 ) slender, regularly curved ventrally, with sides slightly concave in ventral view, as wide preapically as wide at base; apex elongate oval, arched distally with mucronate apex; gonopore elongate elliptical, with distal end separated from apex of penis by distance about as long as maximum width of gonopore; dorsal flap subrectangular, longer than wide, covering about basal half of gonopore. — Females. Spermatheca (Fig. 1 m View Figure 1 ) with cornu slightly shorter than nodulus, bent more or less at right angle relative to nodulus; nodulus bulbous basally, with short protruding insertion of spermathecal gland submedially, opposite to cornu; spermathecal duct thin, inserted laterally near base of nodulus, oriented opposite to cornu and recurved parallel and about as long or slightly longer than nodulus before gradual enlargement with one complete, elongate coil.
Diagnosis.
This species is closely related to and it is almost indistinguishable from C. globosa sp. nov. and allies. Body L / W ratio <1.8 assists separating it from other species in the genus, and the contrast between paler elytra and darker pronotum seems less apparent in this species compared to C. globosa . Male genitalia in these species show slight differences too, with the distal end of penis relatively longer in C. australis sp. nov., compared with C. globosa .
Derivatio nominis.
The name is the Latin adjective (f.) derived from the noun auster, meaning South, making reference to the distribution of the species in Southern parts of the island of Grande Terre.
Distribution.
This species is found in a number of relatively low elevation (250–550 m a. s. l.) humid forest localities east of Nouméa, in the south of Grande Terre (Fig. 8 f View Figure 8 ).
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