A New Click Beetle Genus from Chilean Temperate Forests, ALYMA (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pomachiliini) Author Arias, Elizabeth T. text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2004 2004-09-30 58 3 413 427 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/523 journal article 10.1649/523 1938-4394 5345219 Alyma ariasvillegasai Arias , new species ( Figs. 4 , 7 , 15 , 23 , 34 ) Description. Body: Elongate; brown; integument shiny; vestiture yellowish pale, decumbent, sides parallel-sided; length 6.3 mm , width 1.9 mm ; PEI: 2.6. Head : convex; frontoclypeal carina region extended forward; clypeus and labrum with setae semi-decumbent; labrum slightly convex, 2 3 as long as wide; antennomera 2 through 8 serrate, antennomere 9 exceeding pronotal posterior angles, [AP: 7-6-10-10-11-13-12-9-10-12], ( Fig. 7 ). Downloaded From: https://bioone.org/journals/The-Coleopterists-Bulletin on 26 Aug 2021 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use Access provided by The Coleopterists Society Fig. 3. Scanning electron micrograph of head of Alyma lawlerae . Prothorax : convex medially; areolate, sides parallel; base curved; pronotal posterior angles straight; prosternal lobe bent; prosternum convex; pronotosternal lobe marginate broadly curved; pronotosternal suture sinuate; hypomeron punctate, sinuate basally, antennal groove present ( Fig. 15 ); prosternum at procoxae marginate, and slightly elevated; procoxal distance 2.0 3 procoxal diameter, pronotosternal spine length 0.7 3 procoxal diameter. Scutellum : U-shaped, vestiture semi-decumbent, long, yellow; mesocoxae separated by 0.3 3 mesocoxal diameter; posterior margin of mesosternal cavity extending posteriorly 0.4 3 mesocoxal diameter. Elytra : interstria rugulose, slightly convex; striae pitted, pits regular; interstria convex; elytral apex rounded and explanate. Leg : yellowish brown; tarsomere 4 almost similar in length to tarsomere 1, [TP: 25-19-18-23-15], ( Fig. 23 ). Type Material. Holotype : female, Petorca, Palo Colorado, 27.X.1991 , CHILE , 6.3 mm in length, J. Solervicens. Distribution. Petorca, V Region, Chile , ( Fig. 34 ). Remarks. Alyma ariasvillegasai can be recognized by its shiny integument, brownish color, yellowish pale vestiture semi-decumbent and straight posterior pronotal angles. Etymology. The name of this species honors Professor Patricio Arias Villegas (Universidad de Concepción) my uncle, who dedicated his life to students’ education.