Synopsis of Falsocis Pic (Coleoptera, Ciidae), new species, new records and an identification key
Author
Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano
Author
Lawrence, John F.
text
ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.145.1895
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.145.1895
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Falsocis opacus Pic, 1916
Figs 35-3741
Comments.
The subspecies
Falsocis opacus flavus
Pic, 1922 was based on a single female collected in Bas-Maroni (French Guyana, near Cayenne), and it is merely a teneral specimen of
Falsocis opacus
(J. F. Lawrence pers. obs.).The type of
Falsocis opacus
(MNHN) is 2.10mm long, rather than 3mm as mentioned in the description (
Pic 1916
), but other measurements were not taken by the time it was examined. In the unique male
Falsocis opacus
measured by
Lopes-Andrade (2007)
, TL is 3.05mm and TL/EW 1.91, not including the head.