Pyticara simoata 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 : 720

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5415250

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6495186

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3878C-4D3B-6007-FF7E-BD2FFD2DC757

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scientific name

Pyticara simoata OPITZ
status

sp. nov.

Pyticara simoata OPITZ , nov.sp. ( Figs 6, 12 View Figs 1-20 , 37 View Figs 36-39 , 40 View Fig )

H o l o t y p e: ♀. Brazil, Cantareira, S. Paulo, 10-IX-1933, J Balik (FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: The anterior margin of the 9 th antennomere is very sinuous and the elytra are very explanate. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 15.5 mm; width 7.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 37 View Figs 36-39 . Color: Cranium black; pronotal disc mostly black, humeral angle, venter yellow; mesoscutellum black; elytral disc mostly brown, epipleural margin broadly yellow; legs black. Head: As wide as anterior margin of pronotum; antennal funicle moderately compacted ( Fig. 6 View Figs 1-20 ) antennomere 9 longer than funicle, anterior margin distinctly sinuous; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 45/53. Thorax: Pronotum transverse, side margin rounded ( Fig. 12 View Figs 1-20 ); PW/PL 185/170; elytral disc strongly explanate at sides, boldly increasing in diameter from base to elytral half; EL/EW 700//200. Abdomen: Female pygidium not incised at distal margin.

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

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name simoata is a Latin adjective derived from simo (= flatten). I refer to the flat body form of this beetle.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Pyticara

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