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| Notaepytus quisqueya
Keller & Skelley, 2019
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Notaepytus quisqueya sp. nov. (Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini), is described here from Dominican amber and is the second amber fossil description for the family from the West Indies (Hispaniola). An emended key and a checklist to all known species of Notaepytus are presented.
Key words: Cucujoidea, Greater Antilles, fossil, checklist, key, Miocene
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| FIGURE 1. 1a) Notaepytus quisqueya sp. nov., habitus drawing adapted from Skelley (2009). 1b) Dorsal image of head and pronotum of Notaepytus quisqueya showing the distinctive circular, black macula on the disc of the pronotum, and the triangular and flattened antennomere VIII (arrow). 1c) Dorso-lateral view of the left elytron of Notaepytus quisqueya showing the distinct elytral marks. |
Notaepytus Skelley, 2009
Besides being found on Hispaniola, the fossil species possesses the combination of diagnostic characters for the genus Notaepytus: triangular mental plate, femora lacking posterior marginal bead, antennomere IX longer than wide and triangularly narrowed, terminal antennomere distinctly pale, and body brown to black with a color pattern.
Notaepytus quisqueya Keller and Skelley, new species
Diagnosis. Notaepytus quisqueya is readily distinguished from other species in the genus by the circular, black macula on the disc of the pronotum (Fig. 1a), the distinctly triangular and flattened antennomere VIII (Fig. 1b, arrow), and the distinct elytral marks (Fig. 1c).
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Etymology. The island of Hispaniola was called Quisqueya by the aboriginal Taíno people. We here apply Quisqueya to this species as a noun in apposition.
Oliver Keller and Paul E. Skelley. 2019. A New Species of Notaepytus Skelley, 2009 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini) from Dominican Amber. Zootaxa. 4609(1); 191–195. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.12
Aquí se describe Notaepytus quisqueya sp. nov. (Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini), obtenido de ámbar Dominicano. Es la segunda descripción de un fósil en ámbar en esta familia para las Indias Occidentales (Hispaniola). Se presentan una clave modificada y una lista de verificación para todas las especies conocidas de Notaepytus.
Palabras clave: Cucujoidea, Antillas Mayores, fósiles, lista de verificación, clave, Mioceno
