Plocamocera sericellopsis, OPITZ, 2004

OPITZ, WESTON, 2004, Classification, Natural History, And Evolution Of The Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part Ii. The Genera Chaetophloeus Opitz And Plocamocera Spinola, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2004 (280), pp. 1-82 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)280<0001:CNHAEO>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087FF-FF94-FFF5-FF15-FDB1A2A045CB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plocamocera sericellopsis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Plocamocera sericellopsis , new species Figures 157, 174 View Figs ; map 7

HOLOTYPE: Male. Brazil: Rondonia: 62 km SE Ariquenes , 5–6 Nov. 1996, W. J. Hanson ( MZSP). (Specimen point mounted, sex label affixed to paper point, white, machine print ed; support card, white; locality label, white, machine printed; MZSP repository label, white, machine printed; holotype label, red, machine printed; plastic vial with aedeagus.)

PARATYPES: None.

DIAGNOSIS: Specimens of this species resemble very closely members of P. sericella . However, P. sericellopsis specimens differ by having only three spines on the protibia, the male pygidium is emarginate, and the aedeagus is shorter and more stout.

DESCRIPTION: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.5 mm. Integument: Cranium predominantly piceous, castaneous near eyes; pronotum castaneous near margins, disc piceous; elytra variegated, anterior third and postmedial region pale, remainder piceous, light setae concentrated in anterior third; legs predominantly flavotestaceous, femora feebly infuscated. Head: Antennal club as in figure 157. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin moderately projected at middle; disc swellings shallow, pronotal arch subscabrous; no conspicuous trichobothria on the elytral epipleural margin were found; protibial anterior margin with five spines; number of elytral trichobothria not discernible on holotype specimen. Abdomen: Male pygidium broadscutiform, emarginate; aedeagus as in figure 174.

VARIATION: Not observed.

NATURAL HISTORY: The only available specimen was collected from the type local ity, in November, with a Malaise trap perched over recently felled tree trunks.

DISTRIBUTION (map 7): Known only from the type locality.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet stems from the Latin trivial name sericella and the Latin suffix opsis (likeness). I refer to the superficial similarities between the members of this species and those of P. sericella Spinola.