Falsocaenia excavatipes Pic, 1938

Bocakova, Milada, Baciakova, Barbora & Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do, 2012, Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 3478, pp. 282-296 : 294

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scientific name	Falsocaenia excavatipes Pic, 1938
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( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 , 22 View FIGURES 16 – 30 , 34 View FIGURES 31 – 41 )

Falsocaenia excavatipes Pic, 1938: 157 .

Type material. Holotype. Female, “ Bolivia, Coroico ” ( NHMB).

Diagnosis. F. excavatipes differs from other species of the genus in having elytra parallel-sided. Similar to F. grisea from which it differs in having broad transverse yellow stripe on elytra.

Redescription. Body dark brown to black, only humeral portions of primary costae 3 and 4, and transverse stripe in posterior 1/2–4/5 of elytra yellow ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ).

Head with small eyes, distance between eyes 2x longer than eye diameter. Mandibles small, arcuate, terminal palpomeres of maxillary and labial palpi apically pointed. Antennae serrate, antennomere 3 as long as 4 ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 31 – 41 ). Pronotum transverse, 1.6x wider basally than long medially. Anterior pronotal margin strongly produced forwards ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 16 – 30 ), lateral margins divergent posteriorly, slightly emarginate, posterior angles acute. Scutellum strongly emarginate distally. Elytra slender, 3.5x longer than humeral width ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ), each elytron parallel-sided, reticulate cells irregular. Male unknown. Body length: 9 mm, humeral width: 2.2 mm.

Distribution. Bolivia.

Comment. Female genitalia of the holotype missing.