Paratenetus gibbipennis (Bousquet, Yves & Bouchard, Patrice 2014)
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Paratenetus
Name
Paratenetus gibbipennis Bousquet, Yves, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Paratenetus gibbipennis Bousquet, Yves, 2014, ZooKeys 415: 27-29.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. This species and Paratenetus fuscus differ from the other three species treated by having the metaventrite very short. Paratenetus gibbipennis differs from Paratenetus fuscus by having few short erect setae on the elytra.
Description
Description. Body dorsally reddish yellow to dark reddish brown, legs paler, yellow to reddish yellow; antennal club not darkened in most specimens; metaventrite not darker than first two abdominal ventrites. Antennomere 8 subquadrate or very slight ly transverse. Pronotum with maximum width near midlength or slightly anterior to midlength; punctures moderately dense, not subcontiguous even over lateral half. Elytra very convex; slanting setae subdepressed, erect setae very few, short. Metaventrite short, length along midline clearly shorter than length of abdominal ventrite 2 along midline. Male protibia with calcar near middle along ventral surface; male mesotibia with short, in some specimens very short, more or less perpendicular preapical protuberance. Parameres with sides more or less parallel towards apex, apex not particularly acute (Fig. 5). Length: 2.5-3.2 mm.
Distribution
Distribution. This species ranges from southern Maine to southwestern Manitoba, south to central Texas, southwestern Alabama, and central South Carolina (Fig. 10).
Taxon Treatment
- Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice; 2014: Review of the species of Paratenetus Spinola inhabiting America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) ZooKeys, 415: 27-29. doi
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