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Insecta Mundi A journal of world insect systematics INSECTA MUNDI 0882 A new species of Scirtes Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) Page Count: 9 from Virginia and South Carolina, U.S.A. Charles A. Springer Springer and Waller 1300 Cloncurry Road Norfolk, Virginia 23505 Deborah A. Waller Department of Biology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 Date of issue: August 27, 2021 Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL Springer CA, Waller DA. 2021. A new species of Scirtes Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Virginia and South Carolina, U.S.A. Insecta Mundi 0882: 1–9. Published on August 27, 2021 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non- marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. Insecta Mundi will not consider works in the applied sciences (i.e. medi- cal entomology, pest control research, etc.), and no longer publishes book reviews or editorials. Insecta Mundi publishes original research or discoveries in an inexpensive and timely manner, distributing them free via open access on the internet on the date of publication. Insecta Mundi is referenced or abstracted by several sources, including the Zoological Record and CAB Abstracts. Insecta Mundi is published irregularly throughout the year, with completed manuscripts assigned an individual number. Manuscripts must be peer reviewed prior to submission, after which they are reviewed by the editorial board to ensure quality. One author of each submitted manuscript must be a current member of the Center for Systematic Entomology. Guidelines and requirements for the preparation of manuscripts are available on the Insecta Mundi website at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ Chief Editor: David Plotkin, [email protected] Assistant Editor: Paul E. Skelley, [email protected] Layout Editor: Robert G. Forsyth Editorial Board: Davide Dal Pos, Oliver Keller, M. J. Paulsen Founding Editors: Ross H. Arnett, Jr., J. H. Frank, Virendra Gupta, John B. Heppner, Lionel A. Stange, Michael C. Thomas, Robert E. Woodruff Review Editors: Listed on the Insecta Mundi webpage Printed copies (ISSN 0749-6737) annually deposited in libraries Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USA The Natural History Museum, London, UK National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Electronic copies (Online ISSN 1942-1354) in PDF format Archived digitally by Portico Florida Virtual Campus: http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/insectamundi University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Digital Commons: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/ Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-135240 Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commer- cial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 0882: 1–9 INSECTA MUNDI 2021 A new species of Scirtes Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Virginia and South Carolina, U.S.A. Charles A. Springer 1300 Cloncurry Road Norfolk, Virginia 23505 [email protected] Deborah A. Waller Department of Biology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 [email protected] Abstract. Scirtes goodrichi Springer and Waller, a new species of Scirtes Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) from Virginia and South Carolina, is described and illustrated. Six species are now recognized for Scirtes in America north of Mexico: S. orbiculatus (Fabricius), S. tibialis Guérin-Méneville, S. oblongus Guérin-Méneville, S. plagiatus Schaeffer and S. goliai Epler. A taxonomic key to the six species of Scirtes is provided. Key words. Aquatic beetles, taxonomic key, marsh beetles, Scirtinae. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5E18383A-4237-44CD-8BC2-86829DDBBA9D Introduction The family Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 (=Cyphonidae Stephens, 1830; Elodidae Shuckard, 1840; Helodidae Agassiz, 1846; Dascillidae Horn, 1880), commonly known as marsh beetles, is found worldwide in open aquatic habitats and diverse lentic microhabitats. The family is represented by three subfamilies worldwide: Scirtinae, comprising over 69 genera and 1800 species, is most diverse in the tropics and temperate areas of the Southern Hemisphere, but species are found in every zoogeographic area (Ruta et al. 2018); Nipponocyphoninae, represented by a monotypic genus from Japan (Lawrence and Yoshitomi 2007); and Stenocyphoninae with one species in Chile (Lawrence and Yoshitomi 2007) and one in New Zealand (Ruta et al. 2011). The aquatic or semiaquatic larvae of Scirtinae have up to 125 antennomeres in full grown larvae, which is unique in holometabolous insects; larvae of Nipponocyphoninae and Stenocyphoninae are unknown. Adult Scirtinae in America north of Mexico are characterized by a broad, somewhat flattened oval shape, length 1.4–8.6 mm; strongly deflexed head, frontoclypeal suture absent, ventrolateral subgenal carinae that line up against the outer edges of the procoxae at rest; mandibles unidentate; antennae with 11 antennomeres, fili- form, serrate, or biappendiculate antennae; short transverse pronotum, sometimes partly covering head, reduced prosternum; metatibiae with long unequal spurs, tarsi 5-5-5, metatarsomere I long and slender, tarsomere IV bilobed, larger than III and densely setose below, claws simple; scutellar shield moderate size, triangular; abdo- men with five visible sternites, the 1st sternite not divided by the hind coxae. The genus Scirtes Illiger, 1807 includes 350 species worldwide (Libonatti 2017), with only five described species recognized for America north of Mexico (Epler 2012): S. orbiculatus (Fabricius, 1801), S. tibialis Guérin- Méneville, 1843, S. oblongus Guérin-Méneville, 1861, S. plagiatus Schaeffer, 1906, and S. goliai Epler, 2012. Diagnostic characters of Scirtes for the USA include antennae filiform or weakly serrate, antennomere I not unusually enlarged; mandibles symmetrical, with or without inner (medial) denticles; labium with palpomere III arising subapically from inner margin of II; prosternum reduced to a ventrally directed lamellate process nar- rowly separating procoxae; metacoxae meeting along full length of median line (contiguous along entire inner margin) forming a subquadrate plate which is not on same plane (more ventral) as intercoxal process of abdo- men (more dorsal); base of metatrochanter partially hidden by posteroventral margin of metacoxa; metafemora 2 · August 27, 2021 Springer and Waller greatly enlarged, saltatorial; male genitalia highly variable and complex, species specific; female prehensors spe- cies specific (when present). As part of a faunistic study of water beetles from southeast Virginia, the authors collected 17 specimens of a Scirtes from a UV light trap in Norfolk, Virginia, that could not be identified with available keys (Tetrault 1967; Ciegler 2003; Epler 2010), and other resources. Upon dissection the specimens exhibited distinct male genitalia and female prehensors unlike those dissected from the five known species ofScirtes . Examination of seven South Carolina specimens borrowed from Clemson University and Janet Ciegler’s personal collection confirms that this undescribed species is also located in that state. This new species is described in this communication. Materials and Methods Specimens examined. A total of 784 specimens of Scirtes from eight museums or private collections were exam- ined and identified as follows; Scirtes goodrichi n. sp. 24 (dissected 12 males, 12 females), S. goliai 19 (dissected 4 males, 1 female), S. oblongus 26 (dissected 2 males, 1 female), S. orbiculatus 280 (dissected 9 males, 5 females), S. plagiatus 20, (dissected 7 males, 5 females), S. tibialis 415 (dissected 10 males, 13 females). Specimens examined for study are deposited in the following institutions and private collections. CASC Charles A. Springer Collection, Norfolk, VA CUAC Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Michael L. Ferro) FSCA Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL (Paul E. Skelley, Kyle E. Schnepp) JCC Janet Ciegler Collection, Clemson University, Clemson, SC NMNH National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC (Floyd W. Shockley) OSUC The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Luciana Musetti) PERC Purdue Entomological Research Collection, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Eugenio Nearns, Aaron Smith) UNSM University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE (M.J. Paulsen, Brett Ratcliffe) Dissections. The specimen, usually fastened to a paper “point,” was removed from its pin and gently heated in 70% isopropyl alcohol for 5–8 minutes. This treatment dissolved or loosened the adhesive between the specimen and point and also hydrated the specimen for proper relaxation prior to dissection. The entire abdomen was then removed, placed in room temperature 10% NaOH for the desired amount of clearing and digestion, then rinsed in water. The genitalia were then transferred to glycerin, dissected with forceps and “minuten” needles, and examined microscopically. After
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