Ecliptoides manauara, Carli & Monné & Santos-Silva & Rafael, 2025

Ecliptoides manauara sp. nov.

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Description. Holotype female. Integument mostly orangish, darker on some areas, lighter on others; apical third of dorsal surface partially brown, gradually dark brown toward apical third of inner surface; pedicel dark brown on basal 3/4, dark orangish-brown on apical quarter; antennomere III orangish on basal sixth, dark-brown on remaining surface; antennomere IV yellowish on basal third, dark-brown on remaining surface; antennomeres V and VII yellowish on basal 2/3, dark-brown on apical third; antennomere VI yellowish on basal 3/4, dark-brown on apical quarter; antennomere VIII yellowish on basal half, dark-brown on apical half; antennomeres IX–XI dark brown. Prothorax with wide, longitudinal, arrow-shaped directed backward blackish band centrally, from near anterior to near posterior margins. Inner area of dorsal surface of elytra light from base to posterior sixth, orangish on its anterior half, pale-yellow on its posterior half; remaining elytral surface blackish basally, gradually brown toward apex, except orangish sides of anterior quarter, from epipleural margin to side of dorsal surface, this area prolonged along epipleural margin up to apex of anterior third. Dorsal surface of pro- and mesofemoral clubs mostly dark brown; apical third of metafemora dark brown. Protibiae dark brown dorsally and on superior region of sides, orangish on remaining surface; meso- and metatibiae orangish basally, this area shorter on mesotibiae, dark-brown on remaining surface.Apical half of pro- and mesotarsomeres V dark brown; metatarsomeres I dark orangish brown on basal half, blackish on apical half; metatarsomeres II blackish; metatarsomeres III dark brown (missing tarsomeres IV–V in both hind legs). Apical 2/3 of abdominal ventrite 5 brownish.

Head. Frons somewhat abundantly, coarsely punctate, except smooth area close to median groove; with sparse, short, bristly yellowish setae laterally and close to clypeus, glabrous on remaining surface. Area between antennal tubercles smooth, glabrous centrally, sparsely, coarsely, shallowly punctate; with sparse, somewhat short, bristly yellowish setae laterally. Area between antennal tubercles and posterior region of upper eye lobes abundantly, moderately coarsely punctate; with sparse, bristly, moderately short yellowish setae. Remaining surface of vertex densely, coarsely rugose-punctate, glabrous. Area behind upper eye lobes densely, coarsely rugose-punctate, except smooth area close to eye and lower eye lobe; with a few short yellowish setae close to superior region of eye, glabrous on remaining surface. Area behind lower eye lobes smooth close to eye and upper eye lobe, somewhat rugose-punctate on remaining surface, except sparse, coarse punctures close to eye and inferior region; with sparse, erect, both short and long yellowish setae on punctate area. Genae as long as 0.62 times length of lower eye lobe in frontal view; mostly smooth close to eye, somewhat abundantly and coarsely punctate on remaining surface, except smooth apex; with sparse, short, decumbent yellowish setae on punctate region, and a few long, erect yellowish setae interspersed toward ventral surface. Antennal tubercles sparsely, finely punctate; with a few short, bristly yellowish setae. Postclypeus somewhat abundantly, coarsely punctate, except smooth area close to anteclypeus; with sparse, somewhat long, erect yellowish setae, and one distinctly longer, erect yellowish seta on each side. Labrum sparsely, finely punctate on posterior half, smooth on anterior half; with long yellowish setae directed forward laterally and short fringe of yellowish setae on anterior margin. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous on posterior quarter, remaining surface rugose-punctate, especially laterally; with a few erect, both short and long yellowish setae. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.36 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.3 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae (from base to apex of antennomere VIII) 1.25 times elytral length, almost reaching posterior third of elytra. Scape very sparsely, finely punctate, punctures absent on posterodorsal apex; with sparse, short, bristly yellowish setae, and long, erect yellowish setae interspersed, long setae more abundant and brownish on posterior half of ventral surface. Pedicel with sparse, short, decumbent yellowish setae, absent on apex, a few long, erect yellowish setae dorsally, and long, erect brown setae ventrally. Antennomeres III–IV with sparse, short, decumbent yellowish setae, somewhat long, erect yellowish setae interspersed dorsally, and somewhat abundant, long, erect brown setae interspersed ventrally. Antennomeres V–VIII with somewhat abundant pubescence not obscuring integument, pubescence mostly yellowish brown on light integumental area, mostly brown on dark integumental area; V–VIII with short, erect whitish setae interspersed dorsally; V–VII with long, erect, mostly dark-brown setae interspersed ventrally, gradually sparser toward VII; V–VIII with a few moderately long, erect brown setae on dorsal apex; III–IV cylindrical; V–VIII gradually widened toward apex. Antennal formula (ratio) based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.87; pedicel = 0.3; IV = 0.78; V = 0.91; VI = 0.78; VII = 0.69; VIII = 0.61.

Thorax. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide; sides slightly rounded from anterior constriction to near apex. Pronotum smooth close to anterior and posterior margins, densely, coarsely punctate on remaining surface; nearly all punctures with short yellowish seta inside and some punctures with long, erect yellowish seta inside; lateroposterior region with abundant whitish pubescence not obscuring integument. Sides of prothorax mostly smooth anteriorly, this area gradually widened toward prosternum, somewhat abundantly, finely punctate close to posterior margin, somewhat sparsely, coarsely punctate on remaining anterior 2/3, and rugose-punctate on remaining posterior third; most punctures on anterior 2/3 with short yellowish seta inside and a few punctures with long, erect yellowish seta inside;rugose-punctate area with abundant whitish pubescence not obscuring integument, and a few long, erect whitish setae interspersed. Posterior 2/3 of prosternum sparsely, coarsely punctate laterally, abundantly, coarsely punctate centrally; almost glabrous laterally; centrally with abundant yellowish-white setae not obscuring integument, with long, erect setae of same color interspersed. Anterior third of prosternum smooth, glabrous, except a few long, erect yellowish setae near anterior margin. Prosternal process with sparse, short, decumbent yellowish setae and a few long, erect setae of same color interspersed; narrowest area 0.19 times procoxal width. Mesoventrite with whitish pubescence not obscuring integument, pubescence distinctly sparser centrally. Mesoventral process subcordiform posteriorly, elongated anteriorly; with sparse whitish pubescence not obscuring integument; narrowest area 0.14 times mesocoxal width. Mesanepisterna, mesepimera, and metanepisterna with abundant whitish pubescence not obscuring integument. Metaventrite with abundant whitish pubescence not obscuring integument laterally, inner margin of this area arched, and sparse, long, suberect yellowish setae on remaining surface, except glabrous area close to metathoracic discrimen. Scutellum with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument.

Elytra. Abundantly, coarsely punctate; sutural margin dehiscent from middle; with short, bristly yellowish setae and long, erect setae of same color interspersed on anterior half; transversely, slightly concave apically. Legs. Femora with sparse, long, erect setae, part of them dark brown on dorsal surface of femoral peduncle. Pro- and mesotibiae with sparse, short, suberect yellowish-brown setae dorsally and laterally, with long, erect setae of same color interspersed, and abundant, bristly yellowish-brown setae ventrally, distinctly more abundant on protibiae. Metatibiae with somewhat sparse, short, erect whitish setae and long, erect yellowish-brown setae interspersed, some long setae dark brown, except abundant bristly yellowish-brown pubescence on apical quarter of ventral surface. Dorsal surface of pro- and meso tarsomeres with sparse whitish pubescence and long, erect dark-brown setae interspersed; dorsal surface of light integumental area of metatarsomere I with sparse, decumbent yellowish-brown setae and dark integumental area with long, suberect dark-brown setae; metatarsomere II with a few short, decumbent whitish setae and long, erect dark-brown setae interspersed; metatarsomere III with sparse, short, decumbent yellowish-white setae; metatarsomere I 1.8 times II–III together.

Abdomen. Ventrites with sparse, long, suberect yellowish setae, except glabrous apex of ventrites 1–4. Apex of ventrite 5 rounded.

Dimensions (mm). Total length, 5.6; prothoracic length, 1.25; anterior prothoracic width, 0.75; posterior prothoracic width, 0.8; maximum prothoracic width, 0.95; humeral width, 1.05; elytral length, 2.35.

Type material. Holotype female ( INPA-COL 002859 ) from BRAZIL, Amazonas: Manaus, ZF-2 , km 14 , 2°35’21”S 60°06’55”W, “ Malaise Grande, lado poente,” 16 m, 4–23.X.2017, J.A. Rafael leg. ( INPA) GoogleMaps . Paratype female ( MNRJ-ENT-47683 ): same data as holotype except “lado nascente,” 24 m, 1–15.V.2018 ( MNRJ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The epithet “ manauara ” refers to the residents of Manaus.

Remarks. Since we took photographs of the holotype before and after it was remounted, we chose to present all of them, as each one allows seeing different details of the specimen. Unfortunately, the antennomeres IX–XI of the right antenna were lost during the process of remounting. However, they were entirely dark brown.

Ecliptoides manauara sp. nov. belongs to the group of species with a wide and longitudinal dark band on the central area of the pronotum, from or near anterior margin to or near posterior margin. It differs from Ecliptoides azadi ( Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2003) (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva (2003)) as follows: dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. azadi ) and metatarsomere I shorter than twice the length of II–III together (longer than twice the length of II–III together in E. azadi ). From Ecliptoides giuglarisi Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian, 2004 (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian (2004)), the new species differs by the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. giuglarisi ) and the metatarsomere I distinctly shorter than twice the length of II–III together (distinctly longer than twice the length of the II–III together in E. giuglarisi – it is not a sexual feature). From females of Ecliptoides hovorei ( Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2003) (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva (2003)), by the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. hovorei ) and elytra slightly longer than twice the prothoracic length (distinctly shorter than twice the prothoracic length in E. hovorei ). From females of Ecliptoides julietae Clarke, 2009 (see photographs on Bezark (2024) and in Clarke (2009)), by the scape bicolorous (entirely dark in E. julietae ) and the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. julietae ). From Ecliptoides rouperti ( Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2005) (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva (2005)), by the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. rouperti ), and metafemora without dark central ring (present in E. rouperti ). From Ecliptoides tavakiliani Martins, Santos-Silva & Clarke, 2012 (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Martins et al. (2012)), by the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. tavakiliani ) and the sides of the prothorax without dark band (present in E. tavakiliani ); from Ecliptoides titoi Clarke, 2009 (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Clarke (2009)) by the sides of the prothorax without subelliptical dark macula (present in E. titoi ). From Ecliptoides vargasi Clarke, 2009 (see photographs on Bezark (2025) and in Clarke (2009)), by the sides of the prothorax without subelliptical dark macula (present in E. vargasi ) and the dark band on the sides of elytra narrowed basally and making the base of dorsal surface partially orange laterally (not so in E. vargasi ).

The key to species of Ecliptoides by Martins et al. (2012) has an error in the alternative for couplet “7.” Therefore, we cannot include the new species because it would be necessary to provide a new key, which is beyond the scope of this work.