Macrolygistopterus simoni Pic, 1930

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2016, A revision of the genus Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929 (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calochromini), Zootaxa 4105 (4), pp. 321-338 : 333

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scientific name	Macrolygistopterus simoni Pic, 1930
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( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 17 View FIGURES 10 – 18 , 24 View FIGURES 19 – 26 , 34 View FIGURES 27 – 35 , 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 )

Macrolygistopterus simoni Pic, 1930c: 240 (original description); Kleine, 1933: 104 (catalogue); Blackwelder, 1945: 351 (catalogue).

Type material. Macrolygistopterus simoni : syntype, male, Venezuela, Colonia Tovar, hereby designated as lectotype, deposited at MNHN.

Diagnosis. Shiny appearance, poorly pubescent, long rostrum, as long as the sum of antennomeres I+II, body small when compared with other Macrolygistopterus species, costae I and IV apically fused, forming an arch, with elytral 4/5 strongly obliterated; costa III obliterated at elytral 4/5; costa II reaching elytral apex, crossing the arch formed by costae I+IV, obliterated after the arch ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Redescription. Head black, prolonged in a long rostrum, as long as the sum of antennomeres I+II ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 10 – 18 ); median interocular distance of 2x eye width. Mandibles simple, not curved, slightly shorter than labrum, testaceous. Maxillary palp with palpomere I short, about 1/3 the length of II; palpomere II subconic, as long as III; palpomere IV truncated, transverse, securiform. Antennae with scape conic; pedicel with 1/5 of scape’s length, other antennomeres missing.

Pronotum pentagonal, wider than longer (6:7,5), rounded angles, testaceous, with a wide longitudinal black strip; a pair of median elevations widened in median third; a pair of weak oblique elevations in median and basal region ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19 – 26 ). Scutellum black, rectangular, longer than wider ( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 34 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Elytra subparallel, with lateral margins stout and pronounced, testaceous, with apical third bluish black. Arrangement of elytral costae: costae I and IV apically fused, forming an arch, with elytral 4/5 strongly obliterated; costa III obliterated at elytral 4/5; costa II reaching elytral apex, crossing the arch formed by costae I+IV, obliterated after the arch.

Width at humeri> 2.5mm. Elytral length—11.0mm.

Distribution. Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, only known by the lectotype ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 ).

Examined material. Colonia Tovar, E. Simon, 1.11.[18]86, 1 ♂ (lectotype) ( MNHN).

Female unknown.