Panabachia caranqui Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.

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author Muñoz-Tobar, Sofia I.
Caterino, Michael S.
author_facet Muñoz-Tobar, Sofia I.
Caterino, Michael S.
contents <p><i>Panabachia caranqui</i> sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5 N, O, 8 E</p><p><b>Type material.</b></p><p><i>Holotype</i> • ♂ (QCAZ-I -280221): “ ECUADOR: Imbabura, 0.14517, -78.27922, Mojanda, 3715 m, 12 JUL 2016, S. Muñoz, A. Romero, Ex. Berlese, leaf litter and moss ” / “ Muñoz DNA voucher, SIMT 300, Morphosp. Mojanda 6 ”; deposited in QCAZI.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b></p><p>Head broad, with lateral vertexal foveae deep, non-setose; median fovea absent; eyes protuberant, small, diameter ~ 1 / 3 of the postocular genal length; antennae short, antennomere III small, 1 / 2 the size of antennomeres I and II, slightly longer than wide, antennomeres IV – VI beadlike, rounded, VII – IX increasingly transverse, shorter, antennomere X short, rounded, transverse, XI ~ 2 × as long as X; male pronotum simple, without secondary sexual modifications, slightly wider than long, widest toward front; two anteroprosternal foveae present, non-setose; each elytron with four basal foveae, inner three foveae evenly spaced, humeral-most disjunct; wings present, 4 × length of elytra; male last sternite (Fig. 5 O) transverse, convex, sparsely setose, with dense row of six flattened setae at middle of apical margin; male apical tergite (Fig. 5 N) transverse, slightly depressed in the middle; legs simple. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 E) with elongate median lobe and separate accessory sclerites; parameres fused to basal apodeme, narrowing apically but apparently ending free just beyond midpoint of tegmen; median lobe narrow, with very elongate ovoid basal foramen; tegmen narrowed beyond and curved laterad to rounded apex; accessory sclerites slightly asymmetrical, each with long curved inner arch, that of left side thinner and more elongate than that of right; this arch arising from perpendicular complex of hooks, that of right side more robust and with broader base. TL 1.63 mm, EW 0.39 mm.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b></p><p>This species is only known from shrub páramo on the slopes of Mt. Mojanda, province of Imbabura, Ecuador.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b></p><p>The name of this species acknowledges the Caranqui people, indigenous to Pichincha and Imbabura provinces.</p>
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spellingShingle Panabachia caranqui Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.
Muñoz-Tobar, Sofia I.
Caterino, Michael S.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Panabachia
Panabachia caranqui
<p><i>Panabachia caranqui</i> sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5 N, O, 8 E</p><p><b>Type material.</b></p><p><i>Holotype</i> • ♂ (QCAZ-I -280221): “ ECUADOR: Imbabura, 0.14517, -78.27922, Mojanda, 3715 m, 12 JUL 2016, S. Muñoz, A. Romero, Ex. Berlese, leaf litter and moss ” / “ Muñoz DNA voucher, SIMT 300, Morphosp. Mojanda 6 ”; deposited in QCAZI.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b></p><p>Head broad, with lateral vertexal foveae deep, non-setose; median fovea absent; eyes protuberant, small, diameter ~ 1 / 3 of the postocular genal length; antennae short, antennomere III small, 1 / 2 the size of antennomeres I and II, slightly longer than wide, antennomeres IV – VI beadlike, rounded, VII – IX increasingly transverse, shorter, antennomere X short, rounded, transverse, XI ~ 2 × as long as X; male pronotum simple, without secondary sexual modifications, slightly wider than long, widest toward front; two anteroprosternal foveae present, non-setose; each elytron with four basal foveae, inner three foveae evenly spaced, humeral-most disjunct; wings present, 4 × length of elytra; male last sternite (Fig. 5 O) transverse, convex, sparsely setose, with dense row of six flattened setae at middle of apical margin; male apical tergite (Fig. 5 N) transverse, slightly depressed in the middle; legs simple. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 E) with elongate median lobe and separate accessory sclerites; parameres fused to basal apodeme, narrowing apically but apparently ending free just beyond midpoint of tegmen; median lobe narrow, with very elongate ovoid basal foramen; tegmen narrowed beyond and curved laterad to rounded apex; accessory sclerites slightly asymmetrical, each with long curved inner arch, that of left side thinner and more elongate than that of right; this arch arising from perpendicular complex of hooks, that of right side more robust and with broader base. TL 1.63 mm, EW 0.39 mm.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b></p><p>This species is only known from shrub páramo on the slopes of Mt. Mojanda, province of Imbabura, Ecuador.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b></p><p>The name of this species acknowledges the Caranqui people, indigenous to Pichincha and Imbabura provinces.</p>
title Panabachia caranqui Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino, 2025, sp. nov.
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Panabachia
Panabachia caranqui
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17251771