Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Author
Bocakova, Milada
Author
Baciakova, Barbora
Author
Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-11
3478
282
296
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.27
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Idiopteron nigripenne
(Pic,
1934
)
(
Figs 15
,
30
,
41
,
76
)
Falsocaenia nigripenne
Pic,
1934
:
136
.
Type
material.
Syntype
, female, “
Costa Rica
”, without other data (
ZMPA
).
Redescription.
Whole body dark brown, only pronotum yellow (
Fig.
15
). Eyes small, distance between eyes
1.9
x longer than maximal eye diameter. Maxillary and labial palpi brown, both widened, with distal papillae. Antennomere
3
1.1
x shorter than
4
(
Fig.
41
). Pronotum (
Fig.
30
)
1.9
x wider than long. Elytra
3.3
x longer than humeral width. Female genitalia as in (
Fig.
76
). Body length:
11.8 mm
, humeral width:
3.1 mm
.
Remark.
Syntype
with left antennomeres
2–11
and right antennomeres
5–11
absent.
Comment.
After a detailed examination of both external morphological characters and female genitalia, the species
Falsocaenia nigripenne
Pic,
1934
is transferred to the genus
Idiopteron
.