Falsocaenia incognitus Kleine, 1942

Bocakova, Milada, Baciakova, Barbora & Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do, 2012, Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 3478, pp. 282-296 : 288

Falsocaenia incognitus Kleine, 1942

( Figs 11 , 26 , 38 , 74 )

Falsocaenia incognitus Kleine, 1942:158

Type material. Holotype, female, Brazil: ‘ Ohaus , Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro‘ ( ZMPA).

Diagnosis. Similar to F. paranana , differs in body coloration with brown longitudinal stripes in elytral 1/3–2/3 and maxillary palpi brown.

Redescription. Whole body dark brown, only sides of pronotum, outer lateral longitudinal stripes in anterior half of elytra, inner lateral longitudinal stripes in elytral 1/5–4/5, trochanters and bases of femora yellow ( Fig. 11 ). Whole maxillary and labial palpi brown. Eyes medium-sized, distance between eyes 1.6x longer than maximal eye diameter. Antennomere 3 as long as 4 ( Fig. 38 ). Pronotum 1.7x wider at base than long medially ( Fig. 26 ). Elytra slender, 3.9x longer than humeral width, widened posteriorly, each elytron 1.5x wider in distal third than humeral width. Female genitalia having each coxite provided with a stout mediobasal projection directed obliquely medioproximally ( Fig. 74 ). Body length: 9.7 mm, humeral width: 2.2 mm.

Remark. Holotype with whole left antenna and right antennomeres 6–11 missing. Right elytra damaged.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Habitus photograph of: (7) Falsocaenia excavatipes; (8) F. apicicornis; (9) F. g r i s e a; (10) F. paranana; (11) F. incognitus; (12) F. diversecostata. Scales 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 30. Head and pronotum of: (16) Falsocaenia meridana; (17) F. irregularis; (18) F. ecuadorensis sp. nov.; (19) Holotype of F. callangana; (20) F. longehumeralis; (21) F. melanopteron sp. nov. (22) F. excavatipes, (23) F. apicicornis; (24) F. g r i s e a; (25) F. paranana; (26) F. incognitus; (27) F. diversecostata; (28) F. decipiens; (29) F. aurantiacocostata; (30) Idiopteron nigripenne. Scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 31 – 41. Basal antennomeres of: (31) Falsocaenia meridana; (32) F. ecuadorensis sp. nov.; (33) F. melanopteron sp. nov.; (34) F. excavatipes; (35) F. apicicornis; (36) F. g r i s e a; (37) F. paranana; (38) F. incognitus; (39) F. decipiens; (40) F. aurantiacocostata; (41) Idiopteron nigripenne. Scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 69 – 76. Female genitalia in ventral view: (69) Falsocaenia meridana; (70) F. longehumeralis; (71) F. decipiens; (72) F. apicicornis; (73) F. diversecostata; (74) F. incognitus; (75) F. ecuadorensis; (76) Idiopteron nigripenne. Scales 0.5 mm.