Falsocis brasiliensis Lopes-Andrade, 2007

Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Lawrence, John F., 2011, Synopsis of Falsocis Pic (Coleoptera, Ciidae), new species, new records and an identification key, ZooKeys 145, pp. 59-78 : 69-71

Falsocis brasiliensis Lopes-Andrade, 2007 Figs 26-3441

Additional records.

Brazil: 1 female (LAPC) \BRASIL: ES Santa Maria de Jetibá 08.xii.2003 leg. Furieri & Nunes\; 3 males (1 LAPC, in absolute alcohol; 2 CNCI, for molecular analysis) and 1 female (LAPC, in absolute alcohol) \BRASIL: MG Viçosa “Belvedere” 03.ii.2011 leg. L.S. Araújo, C.A. Carvalho\; 2 males and 1 female (LAPC) \BRASIL: MG Viçosa Mata da Biologia, ponto 37 16.iv.2010; leg. T. Mariani & C. Lopes-Andrade; ex Hymenochaete luteobadia \; 2 males (LAPC) \BRASIL: MG Viçosa Mata da Biologia, ponto 048 20.iv.2011; C. A. Carvalho & C. Lopes-Andrade; ex Hymenochaete luteobadia \.

Comments.

The specimens from Viçosa (in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil; Figs 26-31) were all collected in Hymenochaete luteobadia (Fr.) Höhn. & Litsch. ( Hymenochaetacea ). This fungus was previously misidentified as Phellinus sp. ( Lopes-Andrade 2007, Graf-Peters et al. 2011). After its description, the species was recollected in Viçosa and a single female was found in Santa Maria de Jetibá (in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil; Fig. 32). The species is restricted to forests, known only from small remnants, and was never found in open areas. Specimens from Venda Nova do Imigrante ( Espírito Santo; Fig. 33) are reddish, and the ones from Jussari (in the state of Bahia; Fig. 34) are dark brown. In low males (Fig. 30), the frontoclypeal and pronotal projections are very weak and the pronotum narrower anteriorly. TL (in mm, not including the head) and TL/EW of the type series are as follows: Males (n = 10, including the holotype), TL 2.00-2.80 (2.25 ± 0.22), TL/EW 1.54-1.81 (1.64 ± 0.07); Females (n = 5), TL 2.00-2.35 (2.14 ± 0.14), TL/EW 1.48-1.68 (1.60 ± 0.08).