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<paragraphid="39FCD056FA6A78B0A6B0F379174DD675"pageId="50"pageNumber="51">Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish-brown, antennae black, except apical three antennomeres which are brownish; head near eyes black; pronotum with fine narrow black margins; scutellum and elytral suture black, elytral lateral margin dark reddish-brown. Head: vertex with scattered punctures, medial sulcus absent; frons triangular, projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches base of the pronotum; slender; antennomere 1 longest, expanding apically, clavate (especially in male); 2-4 combined as long as 1, subequal in length, laterally compressed, 3-4 projecting on inner margin; 5-10 elongate, subequal in length; 11 long oval; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse, slightly narrower apically than basally; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle; anterior angle rounded, not projecting; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc flattened; smooth; surface finely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4-1.7 mm; pronotal width 1.9-2.1 mm. Scutellum: elongate pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, rounding to apex; apex rounded; sutural angle angulate, without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, rows becoming obsolete after middle, apical punctures confused; elytral length 6.1-6.7 mm; elytral width 2.6-2.8 mm. Venter: inner margin of epipleuron ciliate; pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin truncate, weakly emarginate in male, bisinuate in female. Leg: thickened, flattened; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 8.6-10.5 mm.</paragraph>
sp. n. It can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: the elytra without a declivity from puncture row 7, the elytral punctation is obsolete after the middle, by the vertex of the head without a medial sulcus, by the angulate sutural angle of the elytra, and by the impunctate pro-, meso-, and metasterna.
, 1250 m, April 1992, August 1992, December 1992, May 1992, March 1993, September 1992, October 1992 (INBIO); Rancho Quemado, Pen. Osa, February 1991, May 1992, June 1992, April 1992 (INBIO);
San Lorenzo, 1050 m, Tierras Morenas, Z. P. Tenorio, March 1991, August 1992, November 1991, 23 March- 21 April 1992, July 1992, March 1990, January 1992, October 1991, December 1992, April 1991, April 1992, January 1993, June 1991, October 1992, February 1993 (INBIO). Heredia- El Angel Falls, 21 June 1969 (USNM). Puntarenas- Alajuela, Monteverde For. Res., 1600 m, 17-18 August 1976 (CASC); Monteverde (EGRC); Monteverde Reserve, 1500 m, 1 June 1979 (CMNC); Monteverde Cloud For. Res., 18-19 May 1985, 20 May 1985 (EMEC); A. C. A., Central Reserva Bosque Eterno de los
, El Camino, 1500-1600 m (INBIO); P. N. Piedras Blancas, Estation Esquinas, 0-100 m (INBIO); A. C. O., Golfito, Pque Nal Corcovado, Est. Sirena, 0-100 m (INBIO); Osa, Sierpe, Rancho Quemado, 200 a 300 m (INBIO); Est. La Casona, Las Torres, Z. P. Arenal Monteverde, 1500-1600 m (INBIO); Perez
