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 signa OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 19 , 57, 94, 107, 134) Holotype : ♂ . Pérou ( Peru ), Huambo, M. de Mathan, IV Trim.1889 ( MNHN ). Paratypes : 5 specimens . Peru : Provincia de Caylloma , Huambo ,?-?-1889, M. de Mathan ( MNHN , 2; WOPC , 2) ; Provincia de Cusco , Cusco District , Kosñipata Valley , Cock of the Rock Lodge , 71°32'44.6''W 13°03'21.8''S , 20-XI-15-XII-2009 , light sheet, 1500 m , Mendel, H. & Barklay, M. V. L. ( BMNH , 1) . D i a g n o s i s: Muisca signa specimens show two paralateral dark lines on the pronotal disc. These lines are absent in M. fera specimens. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 134 . Color: Castaneous, except pronotal disc with two black lines and elytra bicolorous, elytral admixture of brown and yellow markings, disc mostly brown in basal 1/2, mostly yellow in distal 1/2. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular ( Fig. 19 ), antennomere 11 obovate; frons wider than width of eye ( EW /FW 23/30). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 57) slightly oblong ( PW /PL 70/83), side margin with well-developed tubercle, disc coarsely punctate at sides, widely subglabrous at middle; number of elytral asetiferous punctation reduced, punctures striate and extend to elytral apical 3/4 th at sides, punctures absent for most of region near sutural margin ( EL /EW 210/65). Abdomen: Pygidium subquadrate; 6 th visible sternite concave in distal margin; aedeagus, phallic apex as in Fig. 107. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 4.5-7.0 mm; width 1.7-2.3 mm . Other than body size, the available beetles are quite homogeneous. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, signa , is a Latin noun that stems from signum (= mark). I refer to the interesting color marks on the elytral disc. D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 94 ): This species is known from Peru .