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LOCALITY DATA. 66 specimens examined
from AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNH, CNCI,
DEIC, EMEC, FSCA, HAHC, MCZC, MGFT,
MNHN, MXAL, OSAC, SMTD, USNM,
ZMHB, ZMUH.
COLOMBIA (60). ANTIOQUIA (5): Yarumal,
No Data. CALDAS (1): Manizales. CAQUETÁ
(1): No Data. CAUCA (25): País Pamba,
Pereira, Popayán, Silvia (20 km W), Timbío,
No Data. DISTRITO CAPITAL (3): Bogotá,
Santé Fé de Bogotá. QUINDÍO (1): Quindío.
VALLE DE CAUCA (10): Cali, Cali (18 km W),
Calima, San Antonio. NO DATA (14).
NO DATA (6).
One specimen labeled “Barranquilla” was
considered from Colombia with no further
data. Four specimens labeled “Venezuela”
were considered to have no data. One specimen
labeled “Venezuela D. F. Co Narquata”
was considered to have no data. These localities
are either far out of the known range or
too low in elevation to support populations of
this species.
TEMPORAL DATA. January (1), February
(1), March (3), April (3), May (2), July (8), September
(2), October (2), December (1).
21. Platycoelia humeralis Bates,
1888
(Figs. 59, 60)
Platycoelia humeralis Bates, 1888 (valid
name)
CATALOG. Platycoelia humeralis, Bates
1888:293 [original description]; Ohaus
1904b:294, 297, 305, 306, 339, 340 [redescription];
Ohaus 1905:167 [illustration]; Ohaus
1918:177 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder
1944:247 [checklist]; Machatschke 1965:56,
58 [catalog listing]; De Ruette 1970:93 [catalog
listing]; Machatschke 1972:302 [catalog
listing]; Martínez 1976:328 [distribution];
Thomas 1993:402 [checklist]; Morón
1994b:17, 44 [distribution, biology, key to
Scarabaeoidea of Sierra de Hidalgo, México];
Morón 1995:195 [comment on distribution];
Morón 1997:51 [redescription]; Ratcliffe
MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 97
2002:26 [checklist]; Smith 2002a:381 [phylogenetic
analysis of Brachysternina].
TYPE SPECIMENS. Platycoelia humeralis
Bates 1888: 293. Lectotype female at BMNH
labeled a) “Type” (round label with red border,
typeface), b) “Sp. figured.” (typeface), c) “V. de
Chiriqui, 4000 ft. Champion.” (typeface), d)
“Platycoelia humeralis Bates” (handwritten),
e) “B. C. A. Coll. II. (2). Platycoelia humeralis.”
(typeface), f) “PLATYCOELIA HUMERALIS
BATES DET: A. B. T. SMITH 2001 LECTO-
TYPE F” (red label, handwritten and typeface).
Lectotype here designated. See
Methods and Materials section for a statement
of taxonomic purpose. Nine male paralectotypes
at ANSP, BMNH, MCZC, MNHN (4),
USNM, and ZMHB all bearing the label “V.
de Chiriqui, 4000-6000 ft. Champion.” (typeface)
and my yellow paralectotype label.
Twenty-one female paralectotypes at AMNH,
ANSP (2), BMNH (2), CNCI, DEIC (3), MCZC
(2), MNHN (5), SMTD, USNM (2), and ZMHB
(2) all bearing the same labels as above. One
female paralectotype at MNHN labeled
“Coatepec Mexico” (handwritten) and bearing
my yellow paralectotype label. Five female
paralectotypes at BMNH (2), USNM, and
ZMHB (2) all bearing the label “Bugaba,
Panama. Champion.” (typeface) and my yellow
paralectotype label. Although Bugaba was
not explicitly mentioned as a locality in the
original description of the species, Bates
(1888) must have used these specimens for his
original description. Both Bugaba specimens
from the BMNH bear the label “B. C. A. Coll.
II. (2). Platycoelia humeralis.” This is a typical
label seen on many specimens used to
write the Biologia Centrali-Americana. Therefore
these specimens are paralectotypes. The
locations of approximately 13 remaining
paralectotypes are unknown. Type locality:
Volcán de Chiriqui, Chiriqui, Panamá.
DESCRIPTION. Male (n=285). Length 21.5-
29.3 mm, width 12.8-17.4 mm (Fig. 59). Color
lime green (sometimes darkened to olive
green or brownish-green) or yellow; elytral intervals
1, 3, 5, 7 lighter green (sometimes obsolete,
lighter yellow in yellow specimens);
yellow elytron, pronotum margins; yellow