Pseudomicrocara obliquata ( Solier, 1849 )

Ruta, Rafał, 2020, An overview of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) described by Antoine Joseph Jean Solier (1792 - 1851), Zootaxa 4767 (4), pp. 563-577 : 574

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Pseudomicrocara obliquata ( Solier, 1849)

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Cyphon obliquatum Solier, 1849: 456 (terra typica: provincias meridionales de Chile)

Helodes obliquatus: Gemminger & von Harold 1869: 1618 ; Kolbe 1907: 71 (Southern Chile)

Cyphon obliquatus: Pic 1914: 32 (checklist; Chile).

Cyphon obliquatum: Blackwelder 1944: 267 (checklist; Chile); Moroni 1985: 174 ( Chile, Southern Provinces). Pseudomicrocara obliquata: Libonattti & Ruta 2013: 182 (transferred to Pseudomicrocara )

Type material. Lectotype (present designation), “ Cyphon \ obliquatum \ Sol. Chili ” [handwritten with brown ink, probably by Solier]; “9 \ 45” [handwritten on a green, round label]. The specimen is missing metaventrite and abdo- men.

Description. Sex unknown, body oblong, TL 4.6 mm. Head brown with yellowish anterior portion (clypeus and part of frons), pronotum yellow with slightly darkened central portion of disc, scutellar shield brown, elytra brown with yellow adscutellar area, suture, oblique stripe in the anterior half, small oval dot adjoining suture, and apex. Antennae, legs, and ventrum yellowish-brown. Punctures on elytra separated by ca. 0.3–0.5 diameter of a puncture, punctation of pronotum strong, similar to this on elytra. Anterolateral angles of pronotum widely rounded, not projecting.

Remarks. Solier studied more than a single specimen of this species as ranges of measurements were noted in the original description ( Solier 1849), therefore a lectotype is designated in order to preserve the stability of nomenclature by selecting one specimen as the sole, name-bearing type of the taxon. For descriptions and illustrations of morphological characters, including male genitalia, see Libonatti & Ruta (2013).

References

Blackwelder, R. E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185 (2), 266 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.2

Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (1869) Familia XLI. Dascillidae. In: Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (Eds.), Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. 6. Rhipidoceridae, Dascillidae, Malacodermidae, Cleridae, Lymexylonidae, Cupesidae, Ptinidae, Bostrychidae, Cioidae. Monachii, sumptu E. H. Gummi, Paris, pp. 1613 - 1625. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089

Kolbe, H. J. (1907) Coleopteren. In: Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 1 - 125.

Libonatti, M. L. & Ruta, R. (2013) Review of the Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Zootaxa, 3718 (2), 137 - 157. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3718.2.3

Moroni, J. C. (1985) Addenda y corrigenda al elenco sistematico, sinonimico y distribucion de coleopteros acuaticos chilenos. Revista chilena de entomologia, 12, 169 - 176.

Pic, M. (1914) Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, 10 (58), pp. 1 - 65.

Solier, A. J. J. (1849) Cyphonoideos. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Zoologia. Tom. 4. Insectos. Orden III. Coleopteros. Chile, en el Museo de historia natural de Santiago, En casa del autor, Paris, pp. 454 - 461.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Historical labels of Scirtidae specimens from the collection of A. Solier (A–I), and specimens collected by C. Gay (J–K). A) Contacyphon luteolineatus; B) Contacyphon maculicornis; C) Contacyphon parvus; D) Contacyphon testaceus; E) Contacyphon tristis; F) Elodes rousseli; G) Pseudomicrocara lunata; H) Pseudomicrocara obliquata; I) Pseudomicrocara tor- quata; J) an unidentified specimen; K) Contacyphon maculatus.

FIGURE 3. Lectotypes of species described by A. Solier, general view. A) Contacyphon luteolineatus (Solier, 1849); B) Con- tacyphon maculicornis (Solier, 1849); C) Contacyphon parvus (Solier, 1849); D) Contacyphon testaceus (Solier, 1849); E) Contacyphon tristis (Gemminger, 1869); F) Elodes rousseli Solier, 1849; G) Pseudomicrocara lunata (Solier, 1849); H) Pseudomicrocara obliquata (Solier, 1849); I) Pseudomicrocara torquata (Gemminger, 1869). Scale bars = 1.0 mm.