A review of the Tillicera genus group with a revision of Plathanocera Schenkling (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Author
Gerstmeier, Roland
Author
Stapel, Jessica
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.4
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Plathanocera
Schenkling, 1902
(
Figs 5–11
)
Schenkling 1902: 329; Schenkling 1903a: 18; Schenkling 1903b: 26, 81. Type species:
Plathanocera uniformis
Schenkling, 1902
.
Length:
6.5–12.0 mm (28 specimens measured).
Head:
Head including eyes broader than anterior width of pronotum. Antennae short, not protruding base of pronotum; A4 shorter than A3 and slightly dilated triangularly, A5 conspicuously flattened, broad and triangular, A6–A10 broader than long, A11 mostly with broadly rounded tip. Frons with a broad, longitudinal, slightly elevated gibbosity and laterally with slightly flattened pit. Gular process long, very narrow.
Thorax:
Pronotum slightly broader than long (length to width index 0.79:1–0.92:1). Prosternal process narrow, not dilated distally. Metendosternite narrow, slender, furcal arms diverging, relatively short, furcal lamina narrowly ovate, furcal stalk narrow. Anterior mesoventral process triangular, narrow, pointed, mostly margined.
Elytra:
Elytra relatively short, longer than broad (length to width index 1.59:1–1.97:1), conspicuously domed, broadest shortly behind middle, at apex constricted; ground color yellow-brown to red brown, apex frequently black. Diameter of punctures half as wide as interstices.
Hind wings:
MP3 and MP4 reaching the outer margin, AA4 slightly reduced, RC approximately square.
Legs:
Tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-2; protarsal pulvillus I straight to slightly emarginate, II–IV increasingly deeply lobed; mesotarsus I with small pad, II with conspicuous pad, pulvilli III and IV deeply lobed; metatarsus I and II with pads, pulvilli III and IV deeply lobed. With or without tibial carinae.