Pyticara implana OPITZ, 2015

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 : 719

Pyticara implana OPITZ , nov.sp. ( Figs 4, 10 , 35 , 40 )

H o l o t y p e: ♀. Brazil: Pará: Jagareacanga, XII-1968, M. Alvarenga (FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s Within Pyticara , specimens of P. duponti , P. championi , P. implana , and P. simoata have the head and the anterior margin of the pronotum equally wide, but only in P. implana specimens is the elytral anterior margin faintly testaceous, in an elytral disc that is otherwise entirely black.

D e s c r i p t i o n:Size: Length 14.5 mm; width 6.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 35 . Color: Forebody testaceous; mesoscutellum testaceous; elytra bicolored, mostly black, with the anterior margin and the humeral angle faintly testaceous; front femur testaceous, middle and hind femora brown; tibiae brown. Head: As wide as anterior margin of pronotum; antennal funicle moderately compacted ( Fig. 4 ) antennomere 9 longer than funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 45/80. Thorax: Pronotum transverse, side margin rounded ( Fig. 10 ); PW/PL 205/170; elytral disc faintly cribrate, only slightly increasing in diameter from base to elytral half; EL/EW 600//200. Abdomen: Female pygidium not incised at distal margin.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 40 ): Known only from the type locality.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name implana is a Latin adjective derived from implanus (= uneven). I refer to the slightly rough surface of the elytral disc.

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.