Nomenclatural changes and redescriptions in Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Neotropical region
Author
Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do
Author
Bocakova, Milada
text
Zootaxa
2012
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77
84
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.212348
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212348
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Plateros inhumeralis
(
Pic, 1938
)
comb. et stat. nov.
Calleros
wagneri
var.
inhumeralis
Pic, 1938
: 157
.
Type
material
.
Holotype
: male,
BRAZIL
“
America
,
Brasilia
, coll.Rich.Hicker” without other data (
MNHN
). Other material.
BRAZIL
: “Res. Biológica Serra do Japi, Jundiaí-SP, Nascimento E.A.; Polegatto C.M. col,
26.iii.2007
” (
1 male
,
1 female
,
DZUP
).
Diagnosis
:
P. inhumeralis
differs from
P. wagneri
Pic, 1923
by the shape of genitalia and by presenting humeral portions dark brown.
Redescription
: Body with ventral surface dark brown. Head dark brown, eyes large, interocular distance as long as eye diameter in male, 1.4x of eye diameter in female. Antennae subserrate, antennomere 4 as long as 5, 1.5x longer that antennomere 3. Mandibles stout, labial palpi short, maxillary palpi elongate, palpomere 4 about 1.4x longer than palpomere 2 and
2x
longer than palpomere 3. Pronotum subpentagonal, about 1.2x wider than long medially, widest at basal margin with posterior angles obliquely projected backwards, posterior margin bisinuate, discrete median longitudinal carina present at apical 1/6, longitudinal median line channeled at basal half. Pronotum dark brown with lateral sides yellow. Scutellum dark brown with shallow emargination distally. Elytra dark brown, with yellow transverse band in ⅔, pubescent, each elytron with 9 costae, primary costae stronger, regular reticulate cells subsquare. Prosternum trapezoidal, mesosternum trapezoidal. Legs compressed, dark brown, femur as long as tibia,
3x
longer than trochanter. Male abdominal sternum 8 with rounded emargination distally, pointed proximally. Male genitalia with phallus elongate, slightly wider in basal 1/
5 in
lateral and ventral views, bent dorsally at apical ¼ and curved apically in lateral view, subtly bent to right in ventral view (
Fig.2
), phallobase subrectangular in ventral view. Female genitalia with ovaloid coxites, presenting incomplete oblique fissure at proximal ½. Valvifers divergent, thin and darker than coxites, apically compressed. Styli half of coxites length, proctiger quite elliptical (
Fig. 9
). Body length:
9–10.5 mm
, humeral width:
2–2.5 mm
.
Distribution
:
Brazil
.
Remark
: Examination of the
holotype
of
Calleros
wagneri
var.
inhumeralis
Pic, 1938
showed that the specimen is a member of the genus
Plateros
representing a separate species from
Plateros wagneri
Pic, 1923
known to occur in
Argentina
. Therefore,
Calleros
wagneri
var.
inhumeralis
Pic, 1938
is transferred to the genus
Plateros
and
Plateros inhumeralis
(
Pic, 1938
)
comb. et stat. n.
is proposed. The specimens collected by the first author will be deposited in DZUP.