Paraeclipta, Clarke Abstract, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S0031-10492011001500001 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA25879E-600D-4135-3AE2-FD8CFB1C3C65 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Paraeclipta |
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gen. nov. |
Key to the Bolivian species of Paraeclipta View in CoL gen. nov.
The following key to the Bolivian species of Paraeclipta is largely based on differences of colour distribution, only creditable in this genus because intraspecific variation (colour distribution on the pronotum and elytra, and slight sexual dichromatism excepted) appears to be minimal.
1. Body entirely black. Antennae almost entirely yellow or black ................................................................2
— Body not entirely black, or if so, antennal segments black and annulated yellow .....................................3
2. All legs entirely yellow. Antennae yellow with dusky club. Brazil (GO), Bolivia (Amazon Forest). ( Figs. 1A, 1B View FIGURES 1‑2 )...................................................................... P. croceicornis ( Gounelle, 1911) View in CoL , comb. nov.
— Legs yellow but apices of meso- and metatibiae black. Antennae entirely black. Bolivia (Amazon Forest). ( Figs. 2A, 2B View FIGURES 1‑2 )............................................................................................................ P. cabrujai View in CoL sp. nov.
3. Antennal segments I-V entirely black. Metafemoral clave almost entirely black. Elytra distinctly pubescent. Bolivia (Chaco Forest). ( Figs. 6A, 6B View FIGURES 5‑6 ) .............................................................. P. moscosoi View in CoL sp. nov.
— Antennal segments I-V not entirely black. Metafemoral clave with one third, or more, of base yellow. Elytra not, or only indistinctly pubescent.............................................................................................4
4. Metafemoral clave with one third, or less, of apex black. Male abdomen entirely black. Scape dusky towards apex. Antennal tubercles closer than maximum width of scape. Bolivia (Amazon Forest). ( Figs. 3A, 3B View FIGURES 3‑4 ) ......................................................................................................................... P. clementecruzi View in CoL sp. nov.
— Metafemoral clave with half to two-thirds of apex black. Male urosternite I entirely pale yellow, rest of abdomen black. Scape entirely yellow. Antennal tubercles separated by more than maximum width of scape ....................................................................................................................................................5
5. Elytral punctures regularly dispersed. In female, width of inferior lobe of eye 1.0-1.5 width of interocular space, the latter rather rugosely punctured. Bolivia (Amazon Forest). ( Figs. 4A, 4B View FIGURES 3‑4 ) ... P. melgarae View in CoL sp. nov.
— Elytral punctures sparser on basal third. In female, width of inferior lobe of eye 1.75 width of interocular space, the latter not rugosely punctured. Bolivia (Chaco Forest). ( Figs. 5A, 5B View FIGURES 5‑6 ) ... P. tomhacketti View in CoL sp. nov.
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