Cryptolarynx homaroides Haran & Marvaldi & Benoit & Oberlander & Stals & Oberprieler 2023, sp. nov.

• Published in: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics
• Main Authors: Haran, Julien M., Marvaldi, Adriana E., Benoit, Laure, Oberlander, Kenneth, Stals, Riaan, Oberprieler, Rolf G.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Cryptolarynx; Cryptolarynx homaroides; European lobster; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8113758

18. Cryptolarynx homaroides Haran sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B52976BC-5840-45EC-9813-C4BB817C0056 Figs 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, 5R Differential diagnosis Cryptolarynx homaroides sp. nov. is most similar to C. marshalli sp. nov., but the body of the latter species is distinctly more elongate and lacks the distinct lobster-like copulatory sclerite of C. homaroides . Etymology The species name homaroides is derived from the genus name of the European Lobster ( Homarus gammarus Linnaeus) and refers to the remarkably similar shape of copulatory sclerite in the endophallus of this species. The specific epithet is an adjective with immutable ending. Material examined Holotype REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA • ♂ “ S. Afr. [REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA – Northern Cape ], Namaquald [Namaqualand]. Springbok–Mesklip. 29.49S – 17.52E [29.817° S, 17.867° E]” “ 30.8.1976; E-Y:1186. From under stones. [coarse sandy neck of rocky hills] leg. Endrödy-Younga ” “Holotype. Cryptolarynx homaroides . Haran 2023”; TMSA. Description (♂) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 2.3 mm. COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Body integument black, scapes at their bases, tibiae and tarsi reddish. Dorsal vestiture (pronotum + elytra) consisting of overlapping, recumbent, parallel-sided or subtriangular clothing scales, 1.5–2× as long as wide, truncate or rounded at apex; colour of scales pale to dark brown; pale scales generally concentrated in two lateral bands on pronotum and at base of elytral interstriae 4, creating irregular shades on elytra, and concentrated in a pair of pale spots surrounded by darker scales at apical ⅔ of interstriae 2–3; scales of striae recumbent, in lateral view not distinct from rest of vestiture. HEAD. Forehead as wide as epifrons near antennal insertions, scales recumbent. Eyes convex, in dorsal view slightly exceeding outline of head, surrounded by a ring of short pale scales, on forehead directed towards occiput; distance between eye and scrobe smaller than width of antennal club. Epifrons with distance between antennal insertions as ...