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MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 117
PARALECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow
label, handwritten and typeface). One female
paralectotype at ZMHB labeled a)
“Columbia” (typeface), b) “C.Bts. Obrth.”
(typeface), c) “F” (typeface), d) “Platycoelia
puncticollis Cotype Ohs.” (orange label, handwritten),
e) “PLATYCOELIA PUNCTICOL-
LIS OHAUS F PARALECTOTYPE A.B.T.
SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and
typeface). One male paralectotype (now classified
as P. traceyae) at ZMHB labeled a)
“Sarayacu Ecuador. Buckley 1879” (handwritten),
b) “Ex-Musæo D. Sharp 1890” (typeface),
c) “Ohaus determ. Platycoelia puncticollis
Ohs.” (handwritten), d) “PLATYCOELIA
PUNCTICOLLIS OHAUS M PARALECTO-
TYPE A.B.T. SMITH 2002” (yellow label,
handwritten and typeface), e) “PLATYCOE-
LIA TRACEYAE SMITH M PARATYPE” (yellow
label, handwritten and typeface). The
existence and location of other specimens
from Ohaus’ original type series are unknown.
Ohaus (1904b) described two varieties of this
species (some specimens housed at ZMHB).
These are infrasubspecific (unavailable)
names that are not regulated by the ICZN.
The specimens labeled by Ohaus as “types” of
these varieties are excluded from the type series
of P. puncticollis under ICZN Article 72.4.1.
The two female specimens considered to be of
the variety “binineata” are at ZMHB labeled
“Bogota Columb.” and “Ecuador Sarayacu.” The
latter specimen is conspecific with P. traceyae.
The two (one male, one female) specimens
considered to be of the variety “unicolor” are
at ZMHB. The male is labeled “Vene-zuela”
and the female is labeled “Columb. La Vega.”
Type locality: Cauca, Colombia.
DESCRIPTION. Male (n=124). Length 17.3-
21.8 mm, width 10.0-12.2 mm (Fig. 64). Color
of dorsal surface lime green to olive green or
yellowish-green (sometimes darkened to
brownish-green); elytral interval 4 (or 3) with
weak yellow, longitudinal stripe; elytral interval
7 (or 6) with wide, strong, yellow, longitudinal
stripe. Ventral surface yellow to lime
green. Body ovate, convex. Head: Dorsal surface
glabrous. Frons rugopunctate, clypeus
rugose, punctures moderate. Frons not
depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete.
Clypeal apex rounded, deflexed. Eyes separated
by approximately 3.9 transverse
eye-widths. Labrum rugopunctate, with moderately
large, setose punctures, setae tawny.
Apex of labrum with acute, triangular, medial
tooth, apex of tooth weakly overlapping apex
of mentum. Mandibular scissorial region with
1 apical tooth, molar region with strong lamellae.
Maxilla with 3 apical teeth, interior 2
teeth bifurcate. Apex of mentum with acute
medial tooth. Antenna 10-segmented; club approximately
equal to other segments combined,
approximately equal to length of frons.
Pronotum: Surface glabrous, densely punctate,
with moderate punctures. Marginal bead
weak laterally, absent elsewhere. Elytron:
Surface glabrous; longitudinal striae punctate,
punctures moderate with dark coloration
(sometimes without dark coloration); intervals
sparsely punctate, punctures moderate.
Suture apically with acuminate to acute
spine. Pygidium: Width approximately 2.4
times length medially. Surface weakly convex,
moderately punctate; punctures moderately
large, setose (in apical half); setae short,
tawny. Venter: Thorax densely setose (except
sparsely setose medially), setae cream colored.
Mesothoracic process moderately produced,
projecting anteriorly past mesocoxa;
shape conical-elongate, apex rounded, dorsoventrally
flattened. Abdomen sparsely setose,
setae tawny. Apical 2 spiracles weakly
extruding, cylindrical. Legs: Protibia with 3
subequal in size teeth in apical half.
Mesotibia and metatibia widest medially.
Protarsomeres 2-4 wider than long, cupshaped.
Protarsomere 3-4 with internoapical
stridulatory ridge. Protarsomere 5 with
internomedial tooth. Mesotarsomere and
metatarsomere 5 with internomedial tooth or
swelling. Unguitractor plate cylindrical, with
2 apical setae. Modified protarsal claw with
length greater than protarsomere 5, thickened
and elongate when compared with other
claw, laterally flattened, apex unevenly bifurcate.
Modified mesotarsal and metatarsal
claws elongated with ventral tooth, not thickened.
Male Genitalia: Phallobase approximately
1.5 times longer than length of
parameres (Fig. 30). Parameres strongly conical;
apex rounded, expanded (Fig. 22).