Emmallodera obesa costata Kulzer

Flores, Gustavo E., 2009, Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies, Zootaxa 1985, pp. 21-33 : 29

Emmallodera obesa costata Kulzer

( Figs. 16–17 )

Emmallodera obesa costata Kulzer, 1955: 463 .

Emmallodera ceii Marcuzzi, 1977: 149 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Type material. Paratype of Emmallodera obesa costata ( Fig. 16 ): [Junín (de los Andes, sic)] [Rep. Argentina / Prov. Neuquén/ H. Richter] [Paratype] [ Emmallodera / obesa ssp./ costata Klzr. / det. H. Kulzer 1955] ( MLPA).

Holotype of Emmallodera ceii ( Fig. 17 ): [Neuquén/ Meliquina/ 21-XII-63 (pro 1963)] [Holotypus] [ Emmallodera / ceii mihi] [Holotypus / Emmallodera / ceii / Marcuzzi, 1977] [Museo Genova/ coll. G. Marcuzzi/ (acquisto 2000)] ( MSNG).

Discussion. The type specimens of both nominal species present the same characters given by Kulzer (1955) in his key of Emmallodera and description of E. obesa costata and by Marcuzzi (1977) in his description of E. ceii ( Figs. 16–17 ): pronotum with posterior margin same width than anterior margin, lateral margins feebly raised, anterior angles and posterior angles obtuse; each elytron with six carinae on dorsal surface (the seventh carina represents the lateral margin) formed by protuberances in alignment and fused, the three external carinae more evident, intercostal spaces concave, with punctures.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 17. 16. Emmallodera obesa costata, paratype; 17. E. ceii, holotype.