Pyticara batesiana ( GORHAM , 1877)

Opitz, Weston, 2015, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Enopliinae GISTEL (Coleoptera Cleridae). Part IV. The New World genus Pyticara SPINOLA, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 711-730 : 716

Pyticara batesiana ( GORHAM, 1877) ( Figs 1, 7, 13, 14 , 32 , 40 )

Ichnea batesiana GORHAM, 1877: 412 . Lectotype: Ƌ. Here designated. Amazon, Ega ( Brazil) (BMNH). New combination. Gahan 1910: 68. Corporaal 1950: 270. Paralectotypes: One specimen from Amazon, Ega (BMNH).

Ichnea batesiana var. pelonioides GORHAM, 1877: 413 . Amazonas, Santarem. New synonymy. The characteristics upon which this nominal species synonym is based fall into the range of variation of P. batesiana . (BMNH). GAHAN 1910: 68. CORPORAAL 1950: 270.

D i a g n o s i s: Within Pyticara , specimens of P. batesiana and the one of P. lineatohumeralis have midelytral fascia, but P. batesiana specimens do not have a posthumeral streak which is the case in the P. lineatohumeralis specimen.

D e s c r i p t i o n:Size: Length 10.5 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 32 . Color: Cranium mostly black, venter testaceous, narrowly testaceous in vertex and behind eyes; pronotum broadly black at sides, disc with broad yellow line, pronotal anterior angles slightly testaceous; mesoscutellum testaceous; elytra bicolored, mostly black, with flavotestaceous fascia that does not reach sutural margin; legs mostly brown, basal half of femora flavotestaceous. Head: Wider than anterior margin of pronotum; antennomere 9 ( Fig.1 ) longer than funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 30/40. Thorax: Pronotum transverse, side margin rounded ( Fig. 7 ); PW/PL 120/117; elytra gradually increasing in diameter from base to elytral half; EL/EW 500//160. Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at distal margin; aedeagus as in Figs 13, 14 ; tegminal lobes strongly fimbriate.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 9.0-13.0 mm; width 3.5-6.0 mm. The testaceous fascia on the elytral disc varies in expression.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 40 ): In addition to the lectotype I examined 8 specimens. Brazil, Pará, Jacareacanga , XII-1968, M. Alvarenga ; Santarem; Ega (= Tefé). Specimens are deposited in BMNH and WOPC.

Figures

Figs 1-20: Morphological organs of Pyticara species. 1-6 Antennae. (1) Pyticara batesiana; (2) P. duponti. (3) P. championi. (4) P. implana. (5) P. lineatohumeralis; (6) P. simoata. 7-12 Pronota. (7) P. batesiana. (8) P. championi. (9) P. duponti. (10) P. implana. (11) P. lineatohumeralis. (12) P. simoata. 13-20 Aedeagi. (13) P. batesiana phallus. (14) P. batesiana tegmen. (15) P. championi phallus. (16) P. championi tegmen. (17) P. duponti phallus. (18) P. duponti tegmen. (19) P. lineatohumeralis phallus. (20) P. lineatohumeralis phallus.

Fig. 32-35: Photographs of Pyticara species. (32) P. batesiana. (33) P. championi. (34) P. duponti. (35) P. implana.

Fig. 40: Geographic distribution of species as noted.