Physorhinus marginatus Candèze, 1859

Aguirre-Tapiero, María P. & Johnson, Paul J., 2014, Preliminary Checklist, Classification, and Four New Country Records for the Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Ecuador, Insecta Mundi 2014 (350), pp. 1-11 : 4

Physorhinus marginatus Candèze, 1859 ( Figure 3 )

Physorhinus marginatus is separated from other species by the yellow-orange side margins of the pronotum. This species closely resembles P. erythrocephalus Eschscholtz by the presence of four orange yellow maculae on the elytra, but these are subequal, and the basal maculae are distinctly larger in P. erythrocephalus . Specimens examined: ECUADOR. Department Orellana., Transect Ent. 1 Km S. Gare Onkone Camp, Waorani Ethnic Reserve, 216.3m, Date: 04-Oct-96, 00 ° 39 ‘25.7 “S, 076 ° 27’ 10.8” W, TL Erwin et al., Transect 10 - Season 3, Method of collection: Fogging, Lot # 1753, Elat, 112.

Distribution: Physorhinus marginatus was previously known only from French Guiana and Brazil ( Schaaf 1971).

Figures

Figures 1–4. Dorsal aspects of adults of four species of Elateridae new to Ecuador. 1) Anchastus boulardi Chassain from Ecuador. 2) Cardiorhinus apicalis Golbach. 3) Physorhinus marginatus Candèze. 4) Physorhinus sexnotatus Steinheil.