Ceratopriomorphus humeralis Pic, 1922

Barancikova, Barbora, Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do & Bocakova, Milada, 2010, Review of the genus Ceratopriomorphus Pic, 1922 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2683 (1), pp. 61-65 : 63

Ceratopriomorphus humeralis Pic, 1922

Ceratopriomorphus humeralis Pic, 1922: 21 .

Syntypes. 2 males, ‘ BRAZIL, São Paulo’, det. Pic ( MNHN) .

Diagnosis. Similar to following C. piceus , differs in light brown pronotal sides and in shorter phallobase.

Redescription. Whole body dark brown, only lateral margins and posterior angles of pronotum light brown ( Fig. 2 ). Distance between eyes 1.5× longer than maximal eye diameter. Maxillary and labial palpi dark brown. Antennomere 3 1.4× shorter than 4 ( Fig.8 ). Pronotum ( Fig. 5 ) twice wider than long. Elytra 3.5× longer than wide in humeral portion. Male genitalia ( Figs. 11–12 ) with phallus tapered distally, parameres as long as 2/5 of phallus, phallobase as long as parameres. Body length: 4.7 mm, humeral width: 1.1 mm.

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Habitus photographs of Ceratopriomorphus. (1) C. bolivianus sp. nov.; (2) Ceratopriomorphus humeralis; (3) Ceratopriomorphus piceus. Scales 1.0 mm.

Figures 4-8. (4–6) Head and pronotum in dorsal view. (4) Ceratopriomorphus bolivianus sp. nov.; (5) C. humeralis; (6) C. piceus; (7–8) Basal antennomeres. (7) Ceratopriomorphus bolivianus sp. nov.; (8) C. humeralis. Scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 9–14. Male genitalia ventrad and laterad. (9, 10) Ceratopriomorphus bolivianus sp. nov.; (11, 12) C. humeralis; (13, 14) C. piceus. Scale 0.5 mm.