New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-04-02
2010
123
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352832
1942-1354
5352832
0C509A80-EAFC-4F4A-9075-53A6D84FC4BB
Plocamocera lena
Opitz
,
new species
Figure 15
,
34
,
58
.
Holotype
.
Male.
ECUADOR
:
Orellana
: Res. Ethnica,
Waorani
,
1 km
S of Onkone Gare Camp
, 0039S 7627W,
18-I-
1994
, 216 m,
Fogging
terre firma forest,
T.L. Erwin
(
USNM
). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender label affixed to paper point; support card; locality label; USNM acronymic label;
Holotype
label.)
Paratypes
.
Three
specimens.
Ecuador
:
Orellana
:
Tiputini Biodiversity Station
, near
Yasuni National Forest
,
00
o
37’S
76
o
08’W
,
9-II-1999
, 220-
250 m
, fogging terre firme forest,
T.L. Erwin
(
WOPC
, 1)
;
Reserva Ethnica
,
Waorani
,
1 km
S of Onkone Gare Camp
,
00
o
39’S
76
o
27’W
,
1-VII-
1995
, 216 m,
T.L. Erwin
(
USNM
, 1)
;
idem
,
2-II-
1996
, 220 m,
T.L. Erwin
(
WOPC
, 1)
Diagnosis
(
Fig. 58
): Specimens of this species resemble superficially those of
P
.
iota
Opitz
, from which they are distinguished by the coloration of the pronotum and legs. In
P.
lena
, the pronotum is uniformly dark brown and the legs are completely stramineous, whereas in
P
.
iota
the pronotum is castaneous at the sides and the legs are bicolorous.
Description.
Size
: Length
3.8 mm
; width
1.2 mm
.
Integument
: Cranium black; thorax dark brown; legs yellow; elytral color variegated, predominantly dark-castaneous, flavotestaceous triagonal posthumeral macula well developed.
Head
: Antenna as in
Fig. 15
.
Thorax
: Pronotal anterior margin notably projected at middle; elytral epipleural margin with conspicuous trichobothria; protibial anterior margin with 1 spine.
Abdomen
: Pygidium narrow scutiform in females, extraordinarily robust in males; aedeagus as in figure 34.
Variation.
Size
: Length 3.8-4.0 mm; width 1.5-
1.4 mm
. Other than size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.
Natural History.
The available specimens were collected in January, February, and July from a tropical forest, by fogging, at from
216 to
250 m
.
Distribution.
Known only from the forested environs of Reserva Waorani, In eastern
Ecuador
.
Etymology.
The trivial name
lenis
(= soft) is a Latin adjective. I refer to the velvety appearance of these beetles.
Taxonomic Notes.
The key to species of
Plocamocera
Spinola (
Opitz 2004: 28
)
should be modified as follows to accommodate this species:
4(3'). Antennomere 10 robust, only slightly longer than antennomere 9 ............................................
5
– Antennomere 10 slender, considerably longer than antennomere 9 ...........................................
6
5(4). Pronotum castaneous at sides; legs bicolorous (
Brazil
:
Mato Grosso
) ............................................ .........................................................................................................
Plocamocera iota
Opitz
– Pronotum uniformly dark brown; legs stramineus (
Ecuador
:
Orellana
) ....................................... .............................................................................................
Plocamocera lena
Opitz
,
n sp.