New species

This week I've review the Apodrosus specimens from UPRM collection and CWOB loan.
The specimens were sorted having in account characters as:

• Extension of median furrow
• Projection of eyes in dorsal view
• Width of frons
• Extension of scrobe and antennal scape
• Surface of elytra
• Separation of elytral striae IX and X
• Coloration of scales

Based on those criteria, between others, nine species were cataloged and prepared for dissection of terminalia, excepting sp. 7 JCG, because there is only one male and one completely sclerotized female.
When dissections were done, we have five definitively new species of Apodrosus:

• sp. 1. JCG: Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta - UPRM
  
• sp. 2 JCG: Bahamas, Andros Is. - CWOB
• sp. 3 JCG: Dominican Republic, Independencia - CWOB & UPRM
• sp. 4 JCG: Dominican Republic, Peravia - CWOB
• sp. 5 JCG: Dominican Republic, Pedernales - CWOB & UPRM

• sp. 7 JCG was not dissected
• sp. 8 JCG corresponds to A. argentatus
• sp. 9 JCG may correspond to A. argentatus, but needs a detailed comparison.

* sp 6 JCG is not an Apodrosus, but can be closely related.




Schemes of aedeagus and espermatheca would be prepared soon in order to include it in the poster for the 56th ESA meeting in Reno.