Review of the genus Plateros Bourgeois (Coleoptera; Lycidae) from Sulawesi
Author
Tvardik, David
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2001
2001-12-14
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4618537
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Plateros flavidus
Kleine,
1933
Plateros flavidus
Kleine,
1933
:
14
.
Holotype
: female, "Süd Celebes, Tjamba, Doherty" (
BMNH
).
Diagnosis
.
P. flavidus
differs from similar
P. toliensis
nom. n.
in the almost straight frontal margin of pronotum and lightly coloured legs and basal antennomeres.
Redescription of female
. Body moderately slender, flat, light brown to yellow, only abdomen and eyes dark brown to black. Head small, with interocular distance much longer than eye diameter, eyes hemispherically prominent. Antennal tubercles weak, antennae acutely serrate in antennomeres
34
, processes shorter in apical part of antenna (
Fig.
20
). Antennae with relatively short pubescence. Pronotum transverse,
1.83
times wider than long at midline. Frontal margin slightly projected, shallowly emarginate at frontal angles. Frontal angles distinct, almost rectangular. Lateral margins straight, posterior angles very slightly projected. Elytra
3.5
times longer than wide at humeri, with fine longitudinal and transverse costae. Male unknown.
Measurements
: BL
7.05 mm
, WH
1.70 mm
, PL
0.92 mm
, PW
1.65 mm
.
Distribution
. South Sulawesi. The species is known only by the
holotype
.