Cryptognatha amicta Gorham

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5. Cryptognatha amicta Gorham

Cryptognatha amicta Gorham 1897: 259 ; Korschefsky 1931: 219; Blackwelder 1945: 449.

Description. Male. Length 3.0 mm, width 2.8 mm. Dorsal surface entirely shiny. Color yellow; pronotum with black basal maculae in basal 3/8, yellow area weakly indenting basal black macula medially; elytron with complete macula on lateral margin from base of elytron to sutural margin, apical margin of elytron narrowly yellowish red ( Fig. 26 ); ventral surface pale yellowish brown. Head without punctures; pronotal punctures small, separated by less than a diameter; elytral punctures larger than on pronotum, separated by less than a diameter to twice a diameter; prosternal punctures small, separated by less than a diameter; meso- and metasternal punctures large, separated by a diameter or less on mesosternum, widely separated in median 1/3 of metasternum, lateral 1/3 without punctures; basal abdominal ventrite with coarse punctures separated by about a diameter medially, lateral 1/3 of ventrite and ventrites 2–4 lacking punctation, ventrite 5 with dense, fine punctation. Head with frons parallel-sided, medially depressed, nearly 3 times as wide as eye, apex truncate medially, lateral 1/8 slightly retracted, angle acute ( Fig. 27 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side extended from apex of intercoxal process 1/3 distance to apex of prosternum. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite evenly curved, extended 3/4 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia long, penis guide nearly as long as paramere, parallel-sided with apical 1/8 narrowed to rounded apex; paramere slender, parallel-sided, apex rounded ( Fig. 29, 30 ); penis slender, equal in width throughout, apex acute, penis capsule with inner arm long, slender, outer arm short, tapered from base to apex ( Fig. 31 ).

Female. None examined.

Variation. Length 2.7 to 3.0 mm, width 1.6 to 2.8 mm. Elytral spots with tendency to unite, sometimes with anterior 3 spots partially fused or with spots united to form a single, large spot.

Type locality. Panama, Bugaba; lectotype here designated.

Type material. Lectotype here designated: A specimen in the BMNH is labeled lectotype “ Type /Bugaba. Panama. Champion./ Cryptognatha amicta, Gorh. /B.C.A., Col., VII. Cryptognatha amicta, Gorh. ” Gorham (1897) stated he had two type specimens of this species.

Geographical distribution. Colombia. Panama.

Specimens examined. 4. Colombia. Choco, Istmina. Panama. Type locality .

Remarks. Cryptognatha amicta has a distinctive color pattern not seen elsewhere in Cryptognatha . It is described from Panama but is also present in Colombia.

Figures

Figures 21–39. Cryptognatha spp. 21–25) Cryptognatha pam. 21) Habitus. 22) Frons. 23) Proleg. 24) Phallobase ventral. 25) Spermathecal capsule. 26–31) Cryptognatha amicta. 26) Habitus. 27) Frons. 28) Proleg. 29) Phallobase ventral. 30) Phallobase lateral. 31) Penis. 32–39) Cryptognatha kellie. 32) Habitus. 33) Frons. 34) Proleg. 35) Phallobase ventral. 36) Phallobase lateral. 37) Penis. 38) Spermathecal capsule. 39) Genital plates.