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
(
Platyceroides
)
potax
Paulsen
Platyceroides potax
Paulsen, 2014
: 1
, original combination.
Type
series.
Holotype
male (
CDFA
) labeled: a) “
USA
: CA:
Butte Co.
/
Coutolene
[sic]
Park
;
Paradise
/
1-JUN- 2006
;
R. Penrose
/
Ex
:
EtOH trap
in forested area”; b) on red paper, “
Platyceroides
/
potax
Paulsen
/
HOLOTYPE
”.
See
Paulsen
(2014) for details on the rest of the
type
series.
Remarks.
This species was described recently (see
Paulsen 2014
,
2015
). The flagellum of the male genitalia (
Fig. 12
E) is provided for comparison with
P. barrae
. Since its description, additional locality records have been added (
Fig. 28
). The first females of
P. potax
have been examined from Pulga, Butte County, and Challenge, Yuba County,
California
. They have shagreened pronota, unlike the nearby
P. barrae
,
and lack the thickened clypeus of female
P. latus
.
Also, numerous males have subsequently been collected at traps containing 70% ethanol in Magalia, Butte County (Brady Richards, personal communication).