Muisca maculosa

Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston, 2018, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 587-653 : 614-615

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scientific name	Muisca maculosa
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Muisca maculosa ( GORHAM, 1877) ( Figs 22 View Figs 14-33 , 62, 96, 109, 138)

Muisca maculosa (GORHAM), 1877: 424. Lectotype. ♂. Brazil, Rio Jan., Fry ( BMNH) CORPORAAL 1950 : 282 . Paralectotypes: Two. Brazil: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Fry ( BMNH; MNHN) (forebody missing in paralectotypes) .

D i a g n o s i s: Muisca maculosa specimens may be distinguished from those of its sister species, M. hexa , by coloration of the pronotal disc. In M. maculosa specimens the pronotal disc shows 2 brown maculae. In M. hexa specimens the pronotal disc is uniformly castaneous.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 138 View Figs 137-140 . Color: Light castaneous, except frons and epicranium dark castaneous, pronotal disc with 2 large black maculae, and each elytron with 4 black spots. Head: Funicular antennomeres decreasing in length towards capitulum, capitulum much longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 oblong triangular ( Fig. 22 View Figs 14-33 ), antennomere 11 obovate; frons as wide as width of eye (EW/FW 29/29). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 62) quadrate (PW/PL 90/90), side margin with well-developed tubercle, disc cribrate; elytral asetiferous punctation striate, prominent at basal 3/4 th (EL/EW 250/70). Abdomen: Pygidium subquadrate, distal margin strongly concave; 6 th visible sternite concave in posterior margin; aedeagus phallobase very weakly sclerotized, phallic apex as in Fig. 109. View Figs 107-115

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.0-6.0 mm; width 1.8-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: A non-type specimen was collected during December.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig.96 View Fig ): In addition to the 2 types, I examined 2 specimens: Brazil: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro ; Tijuca,?- XII-1884, E. Gounelle. Specimens are deposited in BMNH, MNHN, and WOPC .

References

CORPORAAL J. B. (1950): Cleridae. - In: H INKS W. D. (ed.), Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa, Pars 23 (editio secunda). W. Junk's, Gravenhagen, The Netherlands. 373 pp.

GORHAM H. S. (1877): Descriptions of new species of Cleridae, with notes on the genera and corrections of synonymy. - Transactions of the Royal Entomologi cal Society of London 1877 (4): 401 - 426.

Figures

Figs 14-33: Antennae. (14) Muisca dilatata, male. (15) M. apicalis, male. (16) M. hirtula, male. (17) M. xanthura, male. (18) M. angulicollis, male. (19) M. signa, male. (20) M. fera, male. (21) M. octonotata, male. (22) M. maculosa, male. (23) M. anachyma, male. (24) M. insigna, male. (25) M. dozieri, male. (26) M. togata, male. (27) M. irrorata, male. (28) M. menda, female. (29) M. hexa, female. (30) M. heppneri, male. (31) M. magdalena, female. (32) M. mestolinea, male. (33) M. omma, male.

Figs 137-140: Habitus. (137) Muisca hexa. (138) M. maculosa. (139) M. anachyma. (140) M. mestolinea.

Figs 107-115: Phalli. (107) Muisca signa. (108) M. angulicollis. (109) M. maculosa. (110) M. mestolinea. (111) M. omma. (112) M. heppneri. (113) M. lateripunctata. (114) M. octonotata. (115) M. tetraspilota.