Callimetopus torrejosae, Barševskis, 2024

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2024, A new species of Callimetopus Blanchard, 1853 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Mindan ao Island, Philippines, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 24 (1), pp. 99-102 : 100-101

Callimetopus torrejosae sp. nov.

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Type material: Holotype: male. White handwritten labels: Philippines, Mindanao / Lanao del Sur, Wao , 07.2017, local collector leg. // Red handwritten label: HOLOTY- PUS: / Callimetopus / torrejosae sp. nov. / A.Barševskis, des. 2024. ( DUBC).

Paratype: male. White handwritten labels: Philippines, Mindanao / Lanao del Sur, Wao , 08.2017, local collector leg. // Red handwritten label : PARATYPUS: / Callimetopus / torrejosae sp. nov. / A.Barševskis, des. 2024. ( DUBC) .

Distribution: Philippines, Mindanao.

100 Description. Body elongate, brown, surface covered with yellowish pubescence ( Fig. 1 ). Body length: 11.8-12.6 mm, maximal width of elytra: 4.2-4.5 mm.

Head flattened, wide, with almost parallel sides, with small, slightly convex eyes. Cheeks not extended, parallel-sided, covered with yellowish pubescence. Surface of head with sparse and coarse punctation and covered with yellowish pubescence. Middle portion of head with very thin longitudinal and slightly raised median line. Labrum dark brown, pubescent, with punctures and yellowish pubescence; apical part of labrum with long hairs. Clypeus dark-brown, narrow, transverse, shiny. Mandibles dark-brown, shiny, massive, relatively wide and sharp, with very fine, sparse punctures in basal part, covered with very sparse yellowish pubescence.

Antennae dark-brown, relatively short, covered with dense yellowish pubescence; first antennomere thickened, with sparse fine punctures and covered with yellowish pubescence, remaining antennomeres also covered with similar pubescence.

Pronotum almost cylindrical, convex and glossy, dark-brown. Lateral sides of pronotal disc with dense yellowish pubescence, basal angles not visible. Lateral denticles well developed and visible in frontal portion. Dorsal disc of pronotum with indistinct median line, smooth and shiny. Lateral portions of pronotum with coarse punctures. Scutellum small, widely rounded apically and with brown pubescence. Pars stridens under basal margin of pronotum indistinctly visible.

Elytra dark-brown, glossy, with coarse punctures and reticulate microsculpture, covered with yellowish pubescence. Dorsal part of elytra behind scutellum with visible elongate impression along suture. Shoulders not extended, small. Apical part of elytra along suture with narrow flattened keelshaped elevation. Apex of elytra rounded, without distinct projections. Ventral surface of body dark-brown, with yellowish pubescence.

Legs relatively short, slightly shiny, covered with yellowish pubescence. Tibia covered with very dense yellow pubescence and longer hairs. Femora covered with dense yellow pubescence. Tarsomeres covered with very dense yellow pubescence and longer hairs

Female unknown.

Differential diagnosis. Callimetopus torrejosae sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species from Mindanao by the pubescence (yellowish) and the coloration (missing of spots) of the body, and the shape of the lateroapical part of the pronotum with well-developed, extended and sharp denticles.

Etymology. This species is named after my PhD student and colleague, Philippine entomologist Chrestine Torrejos in appreciation of cooperation, and in gratitude for his great contributions to the knowledge of Coleoptera of the Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 1. Callimetopus torrejosae sp. nov.