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 agma OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 35 , 70, 96, 117, 148) Holotype : ♂ . Venezuela , Estado de Aragua , Estación Biológica Rancho Grande , 5-V-1973 , at black light, G. Ekis ( FSCA ) . Paratypes : 12 specimens . Venezuela : Estado de Lara , Sanare ,?- VII- 1964 , J. Maldonado ( WOPC , 1) ; Distrito Capital , Caracas ( MNHN , 1) ; idem,?-V-VI-1877, O. Thieme ( MNHN , 1) ; Estado de Miranda , San Antonio de los Altos , 1-VIII-1963 , 1800 m , Carlos Bordon ( WOPC , 1) ; Estado de Aragua , Estación Biológica Rancho Grande , 5-V- 1973 , at black light, G. Ekis ( WOPC , 2) ; idem, 1500-1900 m , 8-V-1978 , O’Brien & Marshall ( JNRC , 1) ; La Tiara , 9-VI-1995 , H. & A. Howden ( CMNC , 1) ; Estado de Falcon , 4 km W Curimagua , 16-VIII-1975 , M. Murtagh ( WOPC , 1) ; " Venezuela " ( MNHN , 1). Colombia : Depatamento de Cauca , Valle del Cauca , Buga , 16-V-1973 , G. Ekis ( WOPC , 3) . D i a g n o s i s: Within the M. testacea -group, each elytron shows an irregular fascia in specimens of M. agma and in those of M. nigrosignata . However, in M. agma specimens, this fascia is fragmented, which is not the case in M. nigrosignata specimens. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 4.3 mm ; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 148 . Color: Light testaceous, except each elytron with 2 black spots near the humeral angle and a black fragmented angular fascia at middle of disc. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, progressively more triangular toward capitulum, capitulum about as long as combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular ( Fig. 35 ), antennomere 11 obovate; frons wider than width of eye ( EW /FW 18/33). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 70) quadrate ( PW /PL 75/75), side margin with well-developed tubercle, disc subglabrous at middle; elytral asetiferous punctation minute, striate to distal 2/3 rd ( EL /EW 220/55). Abdomen: Pygidium subquadrate; posterior margin of 6 th visible sternite broadly concave; aedeagus long, phallic plates very narrow, phallic apex ( Fig. 117 ) small, triangular. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 4.3-6.0 mm; width 2.0- 2.3 mm . Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during April and May; those from Colombia at 1700 m ; those from Venezuela with a black light set in a montane tropical cloud forest. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, agma , is a Greek noun with a meaning of "fragment". I refer to the fragmentation of the fascia on the elytral disc. D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig.96 ): This species is known only from Colombia and Venezuela .