Ceratopriomorphus piceus ( 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 : 64

Ceratopriomorphus piceus ( Pic, 1922)

Callanganum piceum Pic, 1922: 21 .

Ceratopriomorphus piceus: Bocakova 2003: 230 .

Holotype of Callanganum piceum , male, ‘Callanga, PERU’ ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. Close to C. humeralis , from which it differs in having whole pronotum black, posterior pronotal angles less prominent laterally, and long phallobase.

Redescription. Body dark brown, only lateral pronotal margins light brown ( Fig. 3 ). Distance between eyes 1.3× longer than maximal eye diameter. Maxillary and labial palpi dark brown. Pronotum ( Fig. 6 ) 1.8× wider than long. Elytra 4× longer than wide in humeral portion. Male genitalia ( Figs. 13–14 ) with phallobase as long as 2/3 of phallus, parameres with thorns apically, slightly shorter than half of phallus. Body length: 4.8 mm, humeral width: 1.1 mm.

Remark. Both antennae of the holotype missing.

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.