Correction of existing generic and species concepts in Platyceroidini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) and the description of four new species of Platyceroides Benesh
Author
Paulsen, M. J.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4269
3
346
378
journal article
32994
10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.2
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Platyceroides
(
Platyceropsis
)
laticollis
(Casey)
,
new combination
Platycerus laticollis
Casey, 1914
: 373
, original combination.
Type series.
Holotype male (USNM) labeled: a) “Marys Peak / [VII-’09] Or”; b) “CASEY / bequest / 1925”; c) on orange paper, “TYPE USNM / [36211]”; d) handwritten “
laticollis
/ Csy.”; e) “
Platyceroides laticollis
/ (
Casey, 1914
) / det. M.J. Paulsen 2013”.
Distribution
(
Fig. 30
).
CALIFORNIA
:
DEL NORTE: no locality. HUMBOLDT: Kneeland; Prairie Creek/ Orick.
OREGON
:
BENTON: Alsea; Mary’s Peak. COOS: Marshfield. CURRY: Floras Lake/
10 mi
. N Port Orford;
6 mi
. N Brookings. DOUGLAS: Falls Creek; Honey Creek
5 mi
. E Idleyd Park. LANE: HJ Andrews Experimental Forest,
11 mi
. NE Blue River; Springfield. LINCOLN:
Newport
; Waldport. TILLAMOOK: Boyer.
Remarks.
This light orange-brown, elongate, somewhat flattened species (
Fig. 14
B) is distinctive and generally correctly identified in collections.
It
is located in the
Coast
Range from northern
Oregon
to
Humboldt County
,
California
.
One population in central
Oregon
is known to be present in the Cascades. Despite their drastically different appearance, the male genitalia (
Fig. 14
C) are virtually identical to those of
P. keeni
.