Platyceroides (Platyceroides) potax Paulsen

Platyceroides potax Paulsen, 2014: 1, original combination.

Type series. Holotype male (CDFA) labeled: a) “ USA: CA: Butte Co. / Coutolene [sic] Park; Paradise / 1-JUN- 2006 ; R. Penrose / Ex: EtOH trap in forested area”; b) on red paper, “ Platyceroides / potax Paulsen / HOLOTYPE ”. See Paulsen (2014) for details on the rest of the type series.

Remarks. This species was described recently (see Paulsen 2014, 2015). The flagellum of the male genitalia (Fig. 12 E) is provided for comparison with P. barrae . Since its description, additional locality records have been added (Fig. 28). The first females of P. potax have been examined from Pulga, Butte County, and Challenge, Yuba County, California. They have shagreened pronota, unlike the nearby P. barrae, and lack the thickened clypeus of female P. latus . Also, numerous males have subsequently been collected at traps containing 70% ethanol in Magalia, Butte County (Brady Richards, personal communication).