Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S
Author
Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston
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Muisca hirtula
(
KLUG
,
1842) (
Figs 16
, 51, 94, 103, 130)
Enopliun hirtulum
KLUG, 1842: 367
.
Holotype
: Gender not known. Brazilien (
Brazil
) (ZMHB)
CORPORAAL 1950: 281
.
D i a g n o s i s: The members of this species resemble superficially those of
M. togata
, but
M. hirtula
specimens differ in that the elytral dark spot is in the form of a "checkmark", which is not the case in
M. togata
specimens.
R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length
4.5 mm
; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in
Fig. 130
. Color: Mostly testaceous, cranium and thorax castaneous; posterior region of elytra with
Figs 59-68
: Pronota. (
59
)
M. fera
. (
60
)
M. heppneri
. (
61
)
M. octonotata
. (
62
)
M. maculosa
. (
63
)
M. mestolinea
. (
64
)
M. omma
. (
65
)
M. anachyma
. (
66
)
M. lateripunctata
. (
67
)
M. magdalena
. (
68
)
M. tetraspilota
.
small brown "check mark" near sutural margin. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, 5
th
funicular antennomere expanded laterally, capitulum large, much longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, distal margin slightly concave (
Fig. 16
), antennomere 11 obovate; eyes coarsely facetted and bulging, frons narrower than width of eye (EW/FW 25/20). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 51) oblong (PW/PL 68/90), side margin with slightly developed tubercle, disc coarsely punctate; elytral asetiferous punctation subseriate, punctures extend to elytral apical 3/4
th
(EL/EW 220/60). Abdomen: Male 6th visible sternite slightly concave; aedeagus, phallic apex as in
Fig. 103
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 3.2-7.0 mm; width
1.3-2.8 mm
. The brown "check mark" on the elytral disc may only be faintly visible.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens have been collected during March, June,
October-December, some at
860 m
.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (
Fig.94
):
In
addition to the
holotype
, I examined
56 specimens
:
Brazil
:
Estado
do
Bahia
,
Cachimbo
,?-?-1890,
Ch. Pujol
; S.Antonio da Barra,
11-XII-1988
, Gounelle?-
VI-
1972
, 860 m, M. Alvarenga;
Encruzilhada
,?-
XI-1974
,
M. Alvarenga
;
Itapetingam
,?-
XI-1969
,
M. Alvarenga
;
Estado
do
Minas Gerais
,
Pedra Azul
,?-
XI- 1974
,
M. Alvarenga
;
Estado
do
Espirito Santo
,
Calatinia
,?-
X-1969
,
F. M. Oliveira
;
Linhares
,?-
IX-1973
,
M. Alvarenga
;
Estado
do
Mato Grosso
,
Diamantino
, Fazenda
Rio Arinos
,?-
X-1983
,
Eurides Furtado
;
Estado
do
Rio de Janeiro
,
Guanabara
,?-
XII-1972
,
M. Alvarenga
;
idem,?-
III-1964
,
M. Alvarenga. Specimens
are deposited in
CMNH
,
FSCA
,
MNHN
and
WOPC
.