Carlota Arias-Bohart, 2014

Arias-Bohart, Elizabeth T., 2020, Systematic status of the Chilean genus Carlota Arias-Bohart, 2014 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae: Agrypnini), Insecta Mundi 2020 (791), pp. 1-7 : 2

Carlota Arias-Bohart, 2014 , revalidated status

( Figures 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 11 )

The genus Carlota ( Fig. 1 ) exhibits the following characters: antennae strongly serrate from antennomere 3 through 10, with stout shape like a tea-cup; antennomere 2 subcircular and about 0.6 times the length of antennomere 3, antennomere 3 about 0.5 times the length of antennomere 4, antennomere 4 and 5 about as long as wide ( Fig. 3 ). Pronotum subquadrate with four distinct subcircular depressions; posterior pronotal angles short, acute and divergent ( Fig. 5 ). Antennal grooves short, shallow and incipient ( Fig. 7 , 9 ). Prosternal process strongly narrowed between procoxae, straight and somewhat inclined, not bent dorsally ( Fig. 7 , 9 , 11 ). Mesoventral cavity oval, mesanepisternum forming part of mesoventral cavity; mesoventral process pointed, not lobate; mesocoxal cavity diameter about 3 times mesocoxal distance ( Fig. 7 , 9 ). Wing venation with R cell short, MP3+4 bent towards MP1+2, not branching towards MP4+CuA1.

Material studied

Figures

Figures 1–2. Adult dorsal habitus of: 1) Carlota coigue, holotype, male. 2) Candanius gracillimus, paralectotype, male. Scale line = 1 mm.

Figures 3–4. Antenna of: 3) Carlota coigue. 4) Candanius gracillimus. Scale line = 0.2 mm.

Figures 5–6. Head and pronotum dorsal of: 5) Carlota coigue. 6) Candanius gracillimus, paralectotype, female. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

Figures 7–8. Head and prosternum ventral of: 7) Carlota coigue. 8) Candanius sp. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

Figures 9–10. Scanning electron micrograph of ventral view of head, prosternum and mesoventral cavity. 9) Carlota coigue. 10) Candanius sp. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

Figures 11–12. Scanning electron micrograph of lateral view of prosternal spine. 11) Carlota coigue. 12) Candanius sp. Scale line = 0.2 mm.