Macrolygistopterus germaini Pic, 1930

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2016, A revision of the genus Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929 (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calochromini), Zootaxa 4105 (4), pp. 321-338 : 331-332

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scientific name	Macrolygistopterus germaini Pic, 1930
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( Figs. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 13 View FIGURES 10 – 18 , 22 View FIGURES 19 – 26 , 30 View FIGURES 27 – 35 , 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 )

Macrolygistopterus germaini Pic, 1930a: 84 (original description); Kleine, 1933: 104 (catalogue); Blackwelder, 1945: 351 (catalogue); Nascimento, 2013: 324 (checklist of species).

Type material. Macrolygistopterus germaini : syntype, male, from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, hereby designated as lectotype, deposited at MNHN.

Diagnosis. Elytral costa I reaching elytral apex, subapically obliterated; costae II and IV subapically fused, forming an arch, subapically obliterated; costa III not touching the arch formed by costae II+IV ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ). Adjacent area of scutellum black ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Redescription. Head black, prolonged in short rostrum, as long as sum of antennomeres II+III ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10 – 18 ); coronal suture shallow; median interocular distance of 2x width of eyes. Mandibles curved, connate to labrum, testaceous. Maxillary palp with palpomere IV slightly larger than III, securiform; segments II and III subequal in length. Antennae finely pubescent, scape subconic, pedicel small (1/3 of scape length); antennomere III as long as I; IV subequal to III, slightly larger and longer; antennomeres V to XI gradually decreasing in length.

Pronotum rectangular, transverse, slightly wider than longer (8:9), with rounded angles and posterior angles pronounced, testaceous, with a longitudinal black stripe medially located; a pair of longitudinal elevations parallels, discontinued at basal and apical third, broadened in middle third. Pair of oblique elevations in basal third and a pair of parallel median elevations ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 9 ). Scutellum black, wider than longer.

Elytra subparallel, margins stout and pronounced, testaceous, with apical third black. Arrangement of elytral costae: Elytral costa I reaching elytral apex, subapically obliterated; costae II and IV subapically fused, forming an arch, subapically obliterated; costa III not touching arch formed by costae II+IV ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ). Adjacent area of scutellum black ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 30 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Width at humeri> 3.4mm. Elytral length—11.1mm.

Distribution. Brazil, Minas Gerais, only known by the lectotype ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 ).

Examined material. Brasil [Minas Gerais], Caraça, P. Germaini , 2º Semestre 1884, 1 ♂ (lectotype) ( MNHN).

Female unknown.