Fungus, Bark, Darkling And Blister Beetles

Figures 1–6.1 Laena quadrata sp. n., male 2 Laena motogana sp. n., male 3 Laena chiloriluxa sp. n., male 4 Laena dentata sp. n., male 5 Laena liangi sp. n., male 6 Laena dentatocrassa sp. n., male.

Figures 1–8.Mylabris barezensis sp. n. 1 Habitus 2a–c variation of elytral pattern 3 mesosternum and mesepisterna 4 male left antenna 5 aedeagus, lateral view 6 tegmen, ventral view 7 tegmen, lateral view 8a–b variation of spiculum gastrale. Bar scales: 1 mm.

Figure 1.1–9 Scleropatrum horridum horridum Reitter, 1898 1 Pupal habitus in dorsal view 2 Pupal habitus in lateral view 3 Pupal habitus in ventral view 4 Pronotum 5 Head 6 Urogomphi in dorsal view 7 Urogomphi in ventral view 8 Lateral process of abdominal tergite V 9 Lateral process of abdominal tergite VII 10–18 Gonocephalum reticulatum Motschulsky, 1854 10 Pupal habitus in dorsal view 11 Pupal habitus in lateral view 12 Pupal habitus in ventral view 13 Pronotum 14 Head 15 Urogomphi in dorsal view 16 Urogomphi in ventral view 17 Lateral process of abdominal tergite V 18 Lateral process of abdominal tergite VII. a Pronotum b Mesonotum c Metanotum d Abdominal segment I e Abdominal segment II f Abdominal segment III g Abdominal segment IV h Abdominal segment V i Abdominal segment VI j Abdominal segment VII k Urogomphi l Profoot m Elytral sheath n Mesofoot o Metathoracic wing sheath p Metafoot q Abdominal sternite VII r Abdominal sternite VIII s Gonotheca t large setose tubercle I u large setose tubercle II.

Figures 6–9.Dorsal view of Hovadelium and Mimolaena species. 6 Hovadelium elongatum, non-type SMNS 7 Mimolaena clarissae, holotype MZUF 8 Mimolaena janaki sp. n., holotype SMNS. 9 Mimolaena pauliani, holotype MNHN. – Scale line 2 mm.

Figures 2−9.Strongylium liangi sp. n. 2 head 3 pronotum 4 antennae 5 maxillary palp 6 hind tibia 7 abdominal ventrite V 8 aedeagus in dorsal view 9 aedeagus in lateral view. Scales: 1 mm.

Figures 1–2.Photographs of holotype male of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, gen. et sp. n. from Borneo. 1 Lateral habitus as preserved 2 Dorsal detail of head and thorax as preserved.

Figures 11–13.Habitus of Ceracis navarretei Antunes-Carvalho & Lopes-Andrade, sp. n., holotype. 11 Dorsal view 12 Lateral view 13 Ventral view.

Figures 7–14.Laena quadrata sp. n. 7 male antenna, dorsal view 8 anterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 9 middle femur and tibia, male, ventral view 10 posterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 11 last abdominal ventrite, male, ventral view 12–14 aedeagus in dorsal, lateral and ventral views. 

Figure 2.1–9 Opatrum (Opatrum) subaratum Faldermann, 1835 1 Pupal habitus in dorsal view 2 Pupal habitus in lateral view 3 Pupal habitus in ventral view 4 Pronotum 5 Head 6 Urogomphi in dorsal view 7 Urogomphi in ventral view 8 Lateral process of abdominal tergite V 9 Lateral process of abdominal tergite VII 10–18 Eumylada potanini (Reitter, 1889) 10 Pupal habitus in dorsal view 11 Pupal habitus in lateral view 12 Pupal habitus in ventral view 13 Pronotum 14 Head 15 Urogomphi in dorsal view 16 Urogomphi in ventral view 17 Lateral process of abdominal tergite V 18 Lateral process of abdominal tergite VII.

Figures 10−11.Habitus. 10 Strongylium liangi sp. n. 11 Strongylium claudum (Gebien, 1914).

Figures 3–4.Photographs of holotype male of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, gen. et sp. n. from Borneo. 3 Facial view 4 Right lateral view of head and prothorax.

Figures 14–20.Ceracis navarretei Antunes-Carvalho & Lopes-Andrade, sp. n., SEM of male topotypes (14–16) and slide preparations of male terminalia of topotypes (17–20). 14 Dorsal view 15 Lateral view 16 Ventral view, showing the circular margined sex patch at the first abdominal ventrite (arrow) 17 Above, aedeagus showing penis (pen) and tegmen (teg). Below, a tegmen alone. Arrows indicate the angulation point from which the sides of tegmen converge in straight line toward the apex 18 Eighth sternite, showing the anterior margin weakly produced at middle (arrow) 19 Eighth tergite 20 Fused ninth and tenth tergites.

Figures 1–6.1 Laena quadrata sp. n., male 2 Laena motogana sp. n., male 3 Laena chiloriluxa sp. n., male 4 Laena dentata sp. n., male 5 Laena liangi sp. n., male 6 Laena dentatocrassa sp. n., male.

Figure 42.Distribution of the species of Monodius convexipennis, Monodius gravis, Monodius laevistriatus, Monodius lamottei and Eleoselinus gen. n. The division of Afrotropical Realm into ecoregions was adopted after Olson et al. 2001. Different colors were used to distinguish the adjacent ecoregions.

Figures 5–6.Photographs of holotype male of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, gen. et sp. n. from Borneo. 5 Dorsal detail of metathorax. 6 Posterior view of thorax as preserved.

Figures 23–31.Laena chiloriluxa sp. n. 23 male antenna, dorsal view 24 anterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 25 middle femur and tibia, male, ventral view 26 posterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 27 last abdominal ventrite, male, ventral view 28 last abdominal ventrite, female, ventral view 29–31 aedeagus in dorsal, lateral and ventral views.

Figure 43.Distribution of the species of Monodius malaisei, Monodius medius and Monodius plicicollis. The division of Afrotropical Realm into ecoregions was adopted after Olson et al. 2001. Different colors were used to distinguish the adjacent ecoregions.

Figures 7–12.Photographs of slide mounted structures from holotype male of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, gen. et sp. n. 7 Elytron 8 Hind wing 9 Right antenna 10 Foreleg 11 Mid-leg 12 Hind leg.

Figures 1–6.1 Laena quadrata sp. n., male 2 Laena motogana sp. n., male 3 Laena chiloriluxa sp. n., male 4 Laena dentata sp. n., male 5 Laena liangi sp. n., male 6 Laena dentatocrassa sp. n., male.

Figures 1–7.Head, dorsal view (1, 2), ventral view (4); antenna (3); pronotal disc (5, 6); mesotibia (7). Ectateus calcaripes (3), Ectateus crenatus (2), Ectateus ghesquierei (5), Monodius medius (7), Monodius plicicollis (4), Selinus planus (1, 6).

Figures 13–15.Photographs of slide mounted abdominal structures from holotype male of Rhipidocyrtus muiri Falin & Engel, gen. et sp. n. 13 Splayed abdomen as preserved on slide, numbered ventrites to the left, unnumbered tergites to the right 14 Enlarged detail, ventral view of tegmen 15 Enlarged detail of median lobe.

Figures 32–40.Laena dentata sp. n. 32 male antenna, dorsal view 33 anterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 34 middle femur and tibia, male, ventral view 35 posterior femur and tibia, male, ventral view 36 last abdominal ventrite, male, ventral view 37 last abdominal ventrite, female, ventral view 38–40 aedeagus in dorsal, lateral and ventral views.

Figures 14–21.Aedeagal tegmina (dorsal and vental views). Monodius gravis (14), Monodius plicicollis (15), Monodius convexipennis (16), Monodius malaisei (17), Monodius lamottei (18), Monodius laevistriatus (19), Ectateus calcaripes (20), Selinus striatus (21).

Figures 9–13.Nearctic Eustrophinae, dorsal habitus. 9 Eustrophopsis arizonensis, AZ: Coconino Co., TL = 7.2 mm 10 Eustrophopsis ornatus (typical form), Mexico: Chihuahua, TL = 7.3 mm 11 Eustrophopsis ornatus (dark form), AZ: Cochise Co., TL = 7.2 mm 12 Eustrophopsis crowdyi, sp. n. AZ: Cochise Co., TL = 7.4 mm 13 Synstrophus repandus, MB: Lockport, TL = 5.9 mm.