Coptocarpus nitidus W. J. MacLeay 1873

Coptocarpus nitidus Macleay

Coptocarpus nitidus Macleay, 1873:330. [Type lost according to B. P. Moore, in litt. Type-locality: Cape York, Queensland, Australia.]

Coptocarpus oviformis Chaudoir, 1882:511.—Sloane, 1910: 451. [Lectotype, a female, herein selected in MHNP. Type-locality: Cape York, Queensland, Australia.]

DESCRIPTION (Figure 24).—Form broad and moderately convex with a transverse pronotum nearly as wide as the elytra, and with a moderately large head, which is slightly narrower than half the width of the pronotum. Recognized best by the nonpunctate venter, complete pronotal lateral bead, well-impressed striate-punctate interneurs, and flat intervals. Color: As in C. australis. Head: As in C. australis except smaller relative to rest of body and with four medial labral setae located closer to center of labrum. Prothorax: As in C. australis except male probasitarsus more elongate. Mesothorax: As in C. australis except interneurs less impressed, intervals flatter, venter not punctate. Metathorax: Flight wings absent, venter not punctate, otherwise as in C. australis. Abdomen: As in C. australis except sterna I and II less punctate and less rugose. Genitalia: Male (Figure 10). Microsculpture: As in C. australis. Size: Length, 10.20 to 11.66 mm; width, 4.05 to 4.94 mm.

VARIATION.—The small sample is quite homogeneous.

NATURAL HISTORY.—P. J. Darlington, Jr., and family collected these beetles in light rain forest or savannah woodland in two localities. I have seen specimens collected only in January; none were teneral.

LOCALITY RECORDS (Figure 18).—I have seen 10 specimens from the following localities: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: “Cape York” (MHNP), Bamaga (CSIRO, MCZ, USNM), Lockerbie (MCZ).