Zikanita perpulchra Lane, 1943

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Zikanita perpulchra Lane, 1943

( Figure 3 (a – g))

Zikanita perpulchra Lane, 1943: 262 ; Monné, 2018: 310 (cat.).

The species was described based on four specimens (holotype female, two female paratypes, one paratype of unknown sex). Machado and Monné (2011) figured a male of the species, but did not provide differences between male and female.

Males differ from females as follows: body ( Figure 3 (d)) slightly narrower (wider in female ( Figure 3 (a)); antennae ( Figure 3 (d)) slightly longer, 1.74 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at basal third of antennomere VIII (shorter, 1.56 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere VIII in female ( Figure 3 (a)); abdominal ventrite V ( Figure 3 (e)) shorter, wider, not depressed centrally (longer, narrower, depressed centrally in female ( Figure 3 (c)).

Material examined

BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia (700 m), 1 male, 28 January 1938, coll . J .F . Zikán ( MZSP); (1100 m), 1 female, January 1972, no collector indicated ( MZSP, former Diringshofen collection) .

Figures

Figure 3. Zikanita perpulchra: (a) dorsal habitus, female; (b) mesoventral process, lateral view, female; (c) ventral habitus, female; (d) dorsal habitus, male; (e) ventral habitus, male; (f) head, frontal view, female; (g) elytra, lateral view, female.