A new species of Falsocaenia Pic, 1922 from Amazonian Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with an updated key to the species
Author
Ferreira, Vinicius S.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4105
5
497
499
journal article
39182
10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.6
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Updated key to the species of
Falsocaenia
(modified from
Bocákova
et al.
2012
)
1. Elytra widened distally ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 - Elytra slender, each elytron parallel–sided........................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Transverse yellow stripe on elytra broad, present in posterior 1/2–4/5 of elytra
......................... F. excavatipes
Pic, 1938 (
Bolivia
)
- Transverse yellow stripe on elytra slender, present in posterior
1/2–7/12
of elytra
............................
F. g r i s e a
Kleine, 1951 (
Peru
) 3. Each elytron in posterior 1/3 twice wider than humeral width, parameres as long as 3/4 of phallus, reaching to apical phallic con-
striction
....................................................................................................................................... F. meridana
Pic, 1922 (
Venezuela
)
- Elytra slenderer, up to 1.7x wider in posterior 1/3 than humeral width............................................................................................4 4. Longitudinal and transverse elytral costae orange, inner cells dark brown, distal portion of phallus slender, oval ...........................
....................................................................................................................................... F. aurantiacocostata
Pic, 1932 (
Colombia
)
- Elytral coloration forming unicoloured portions, distal enlargement of phallus almost circular ..................................................... 5 5. Whole elytra orange, only basal sutural stripe slightly infuscate, distal enlargement of phallus circular ..........................................
................................................................................................................. F. decipiens
(Gorham, 1884) (
Panama
and
Costa Rica
)
- Elytra partly dark brown to black......................................................................................................................................................6 6. Except paired yellow spots elytra dark brown .................................................................................................................................. 7 - Yellow portions of elytra large, usually forming transverse or longitudinal stripes. ........................................................................ 8 7. Only posterior spots in apical 1/6 of elytra yellow, distal enlargement of phallus circular, wider than parameres in posterior 1/3
...
.................................................................................................................................
F. melanopteron
Bocákova, 2012
(
Colombia
) - Most of elytra black, only humeral spots yellow ............................................................................................................................ 13 8. Elytral apex yellow
.................................................................................................................... F. longehumeralis
Pic, 1931 (
Peru
)
- Elytral apex dark brown to black ......................................................................................................................................................9 9. Parameres reaching apical 1/8 of phallus, elytra largely yellow, only basal 3/5 of suture, two transverse median spots, and apical
1/6 of elytra dark brown ................................................................................................................
F. irregularis
Pic, 1931 (
Bolivia
)
- Parameres shorter ............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 10. Basal 3/5 of elytra largely yellow, only sutural region in basal quarter dark brown, male genitalia slender, distal enlargement cir-
cular. ........................................................................................................................................
F. paranana
(Pic, 1922) (
Argentina
)
- Basal 3/5 of elytra with longitudinal black stripes..........................................................................................................................11 11. Each elytron with a yellow transverse stripe behind elytral midlength ..........................................................................................12 - Each elytron with a longitudinal black stripe............................................................................
F. incognitus
Kleine, 1942 (
Brazil
)
12. Pronotum with whole lateral margins yellow, elytra with a transverse black stripe in basal 1/5–1/2, distal enlargement of phallus
circular to transversely oval
...................................................................................F. apicicornis
(Pic, 1922) (
Peru
and
Colombia
)
- Yellow lateral margins of pronotum slender, each elytron with longitudinal yellow stripe along primary costa 3............................
.................................................................................................................................................. F. diversecostata
Pic, 1931 (
Bolivia
)
13. Pronotum margin with lateral and apex of antennnomere XI yellow .....................................................
F
.
veracruzi
n. sp.
(
Brazil
) -
Pronotum margin and apex of antennnomere XI black..............................................
F
.
ecuadorensis
Bocákova, 2012
(
Ecuador
)