The taxonomy and diversity of Platerodrilus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) inferred from molecular data and morphology of adults and larvae
Author
Masek, Michal
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.426.7398
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.426.7398
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Lycidae
Platerodrilus wittmeri
sp. n.
Figs 17, 30, 50-51
Material examined.
Holotype. Male (LMBC), Java, K. O. Blawan, Ijen Plateau, Jul. 1940, 900-1500 m, H. Lucht coll.
Diagnosis.
Platerodrilus wittmeri
is the only bicoloured species from the
Platerodrilus major
group in Java. It resembles
Platerodrilus major
from Northern Sumatra in colouration but differs in the shorter phallobase (Figs 48-49, 50-51).
Description.
Male. Body medium-sized, dark brown, head, prothorax, mesoscutellum and basal half of elytra testaceous; antennae, legs, apical half of elytra dark brown to black (Fig. 17). Head small, including eyes slightly wider than frontal margin of pronotum. Eyes hemispherically prominent, frontal interocular distance 1.9 times eye diameter. Antennae slender, compressed, reaching two thirds of elytral length, antennomere 3 0.7 times antennomere 2. Head and antennae with dense, short, pubescence. Pronotum flat, 1.9 times wider than long at midline. Anterior margin slightly projected anteriorly, anterior angles sharply marked, prominent, posterior margin bisinuate (Fig. 30). Elytra almost parallel-sided, 3.5 times longer than width at humeri; only slightly widened posteriorly, elytral costae inconspicuous. Legs compressed, densely pubescent. Male genitalia with straight phallus and setose parameres, short phallobase slightly shorter than parameres (Figs 50-51).
Measurements.
BL 10.1 mm, PL 1.1 mm, PW 2.0 mm, HW 2.6 mm, Edist 0.95 mm, Ediam 0.49 mm.
Distribution.
Indonesia: Java.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of the late W. Wittmer, who donated the specimen to the senior author in 1992.