Cardiophorus pallipes Solier 1851:17

Arias, Elizabeth T., 2004, A New Click Beetle Genus from Chilean Temperate Forests, ALYMA (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Pomachiliini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (3), pp. 413-427 : 413-427

Holotype. Cardiophorus pallipes Solier 1851:17 (original designation).

Deromecus pallipes Fleutiaux 1907:200 .

Description. Body: Stout; reddish brown; integument dull, vestiture semi-erect, gold; length 6.9 mm, width 2.4 mm; PEI: 2.9.

Head: convex; frontoclypeal carina region sloping downward; labrum 2.4 3 as long as wide; antennomera 2–3 conical, remaining ones serrate, antennomere 11 tubular, reaching apex of pronotal posterior angles, [AP: 7-8-9-10-10-10-12-10-10-14], ( Fig. 6 ).

Prothorax: strongly convex medially; punctate; longitudinal short impression over posterior half; pronotal posterior angles divergent; prosternum convex; hypomeron rugulose, apically antennal groove not carinate, bi-excavate, ( Fig. 14 ); prosternum at procoxae marginate, pronotal

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Scutellum : oval, long hairs decumbent; mesocoxae separated by 0.4 3 mesocoxal diameter; posterior margin of mesosternal cavity extending posteriorly 0.3 3 mesocoxal diameter.

Elytra: not parallel-sided, second third widest; striate, punctures dense; apex truncate. Leg: yellowish, vestiture light yellowish brown, tarsomere 4 very small [TP: 43-23-13-4-17] ( Fig. 22 ).

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418 Type Material. Cardiophorus pallipes Solier 1851:17 , CHILE (female), 6.9 mm in length, examined. [ MNHN]. The specimen is in poor condition .

Biology. Alyma pallipes has been collected in araucarian forests. There is no other information on the biology of this species.

Distribution. IX Region, Chile, ( Fig. 34 ).

Remarks. Alyma pallipes can be recognized by its dull reddish integument, gold semi-erect vestiture and pronotal posterior angles divergent.

Figures

Figs. 6–13. Antenna of Alyma species. 6) A. pallipes; 7) A. ariasvillegasai; 8) A.

Figs. 14–21. Pronotal hypomera of Alyma species. 14) A. pallipes; 15) A. ariasvillegasai; 16) A. calafquenensis; 17) A. contulmoensis; 18) A. lawlerae; 19) A. quiriquinaensis; 20) A.

Figs. 22–28. Tarsi of Alyma species. 22) A. pallipes; 23) A. ariasvillegasai; 24) A.

Fig. 34. Distribution map of Alyma species. Alyma pallipes (Solier) (N), A. ariasvillegasai