New Species And Records Of Platycrepidius Candèze From Costa Rica And Panama (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Author
Johnson, Paul J.
Insect Research Collection Box 2207 A, South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007, U. S. A.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2000
2000-09-01
54
3
284
290
journal article
310561
10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0284:nsarop]2.0.co;2
e2664c19-5274-4cb0-aeab-e67761c9a000
1938-4394
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Platycrepidius costaricensis
new species
Type Series.
Holotype
,
♂
, labeled ‘‘
Sect. San Ramón de Dos Rios
,
Prov. Alaju
,
COSTA RICA
,
620m
,
20 FEB3 MAR 1995
,
C. Cano
, L
_
N
_
318100
_
381900 #
4398
;
INBIO
CRI002175694
.’’
Figs. 1–6.
Platycrepidius
spp.
, aedeagi, all in dorsal aspect.
1
)
P. alajuelensis
n. sp.
;
2
)
P. bosque
n. sp.
;
3
)
P. costaricensis
n. sp.
;
4
)
P. decimnotatus
n. sp.
;
5
)
P. duodecimnotatus
n. sp.
;
6
)
P. tico
n. sp.
Etymology.
Named for the country of
Costa Rica
.
Diagnosis.
Body entirely piceous to black and each elytron with 5 ivory colored burnishes. Pretarsal claws as above.
Description.
Length
12.2–12.4 mm
, width
3.1–3.3 mm
; elongate, silhouette subfusiform, shallowly convex; integument subshining, moderately to coarsely punctured, finely pubescent. Body piceous to nigrous throughout, except anterior portion of frons, epipleuron, and legs pale flavous; antennal segments 1–3 infuscate, segments 4–11 piceous; five ivory burnishes on each elytron. Frons with a shallow subtriangular impression, frontal margin obtuse, slightly projecting over labrum; antennae strongly serrate from segment 4. Pronotum with hind angles strongly divergent, unicarinate dorsally; pronotal base with short median carina obsolescent posteriorly, subtuberculate anteriorly; hypomeron with mesal margin shallowly grooved and slightly flaired anteriorly. Elytra with apices divergent, acuminate from interval 1; each elytron with 5 ivory burnishes. Aedeagus (
Fig. 3
) with median lobe shallowly constricted at midlength, narrow apically, apex obtuse; paramere narrowly sagittate, with 11– 13 dorsal and 13–15 ventral setae.
Additional Material Examined.
COSTA RICA
,
Prov. Limón
,
CRI000397846
(
♀
);
Prov. Guanacaste
,
2 mi.
N. Bijagus
(
♀
)(
UNLC
)
.