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 text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 587 653 journal article 21064 10.5281/zenodo.4004283 bedafe83-1cab-4329-8c1d-0152874f3907 0253-116X 4004283 Muisca sigilla OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 38 , 76, 97, 122, 154) Holotype : ♀ . BOLIVIA , S. Cruz Dept. 4 km N Bermejo , 11-17 December, 2012, Wappes & Skillman. A second label reads: Refugio los Volcanes, 1806, above Achira, Rd to Floripondo, 1900 m , 19 December, 2001 ( MNKM ) . Paratypes : 49 specimens . Bolivia : Departamento de Santa Cruz , 4 km N Bermejo , Refugio los Volcanes , 18°06'S 63°36'W , 8-11-XII- 2011 , 1350 m, Wappes, Lingafelter, Morris & Woodley ( ACMT , 19; WOPC , 2) ; idem, 4-9-XII- 2013 , 1045- 1350 m , Wappes & Skillman ( ACMT , 11; WOPC , 4) ; idem, 18°06'S 63°36'W , 6- 8-XII-2015 , 1000-1200 m , Skillman , Wappes , & Kuckartz ( FWSC , 1; WOPC , 1) ; idem, 18°06'S 63°36'W , 11-17-XII- 2012 , 1045- 1350 m , Wappes & Skillman ( ACMT , 7) ; idem, 18- 22-I-2006 , 1045 m, Wappes , Lingafelter ( ACMT , 1; WOPC , 1) ; Chaco above Achira , Prov. Florida , Vicoquin area , 18°07'S 63°47'W , 22-25-I-2007 , 1730 m, Wappes & Lingerfelter ( ACMT , 1) ; 2-3 km N Bella Vista , road to Bella Vista , 4-5000 feet , 18°11'S 63°42'W , Wappes & Skillman ( ACMT , 1) . D i a g n o s i s: Within the M. testacea group, only in members of this species does the pronotum show 2 very broad black lines. Also, the elytra are bicolorous with black markings that show a bluish luster. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.0 mm; width 3.8.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 154 . Color: Mouthparts, except mandibles, antennae, cranial venter, prothoracic sternum, legs, pterothorax, and abdomen light castaneous, cranial dorsum black; pronotum with 2 broad black lines, otherwise castaneous; elytra mostly castaneous, with black markings as shown in Fig. 154 . Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular ( Fig. 38 ), antennomere 11 ovate; frons wider than width of eye ( EW /FW 40/50). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 76) quadrate ( PW /PL 125/125), side margins with well-developed tubercles, disc coarsely punctate at sides, narrowly subglabrous at middle; elytral asetiferous punctation striate at middle of elytron, punctures end at elytral distal 4/5 th ( EL /EW 360/110). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; 6 th visible sternite only slightly concave at posterior margin; aedeagus, phallic apex as in Fig. 122. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 8.5-9.0 mm; width 2.5-3.8 mm . The black markings on the elytral disc are more pronounced in one specimen. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during December and January, at altitudes that range from 1000 to 1350 m . E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, sigilla (= signum ), is a Latin noun. I refer to the dark, shield-like, configuration of the castaneous portion of the elytral disc. D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 97 ): This species is known from Bolivia .