Systematics of the checkered beetle subfamily Platynopterinae SPINOLA (Coleoptera Cleridae)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
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2015
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10.5281/zenodo.5282503
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Isoforma fritilla
OPITZ
nov
.
sp
.
(
Figs 70
,
155
,
175
)
Holotype
:
♀
.
Piste de Belizon
pk 12, 1 Marz 1987, Guyane (
French Guiana
), piégeage lumineux,
Henri Cevaer
(
FSCA
).
Diagnosis: The
holotype
has two testaceous fascias on the elytral disc. To date, this is unique in the genus.
Description: Size: Length 15.0 mm; width 7.0 mm. Form: As in
Fig. 155
. Color: Cranium mostly testaceous, epicranium and venter brown; pronotum mostly black, upper sides of disc testaceous; elytral disc mostly black, with basal and medial testaceous fasciae. Head: Antennal capitulum very long (
Fig. 70
), each capitular antennomere longer than funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 25/35. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin linear, not projected at middle; side margins of disc rounded at middle; PW/PL 108/85; elytra conspicuously flared; discal carinae faintly developed; EL/EW 400/110. Abdomen: Female pygidium not incised at distal margin.
Natural history: The
holotype
was collected in March.
Distribution (
Fig. 175
): Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology: The trivial name
fritilla
is a Latin adjective derived from
fritillus
(= spotted). I refer to the black macula on the elytral disc.