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MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 137 Fig. 68. Distribution of Platycoelia butleri, P. hirta, P. altiplana, and P. confluens in Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia. collect the allotype of this species (while the rest of the expedition enjoyed a steak dinner in Cochabamba). DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinguished from all other species in the genus Platycoelia by the following combination of characters: frontoclypeal suture complete; apex of the labrum with a broad, triangular tooth weakly overlapping the mentum; mentum with a distinct tooth curved into the oral cavity; antenna 10-segmented; elytron with a distinct, yellow, reticulated pattern; elytral apices not capable of completely covering the pygidium; elytral suture yellow, apex without an acute spine; metasternum with a dark medial patch; abdominal sternites green to yellow; mesothoracic process projecting apically to the procoxa; apical abdominal spiracle not protuberant; mesotarsomere 5 and metatarsomere
138 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM 5 without an internal tooth; parameres with the apex rounded, strongly curved downward. DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 68). Occurs on the Andes Mountains from southern Ecuador to central Bolivia. LOCALITY DATA. 5 specimens examined from ABTS, DJCC, EGRC, FMNH, MNHN. ECUADOR (1). LOJA (1): Loja. PERÚ (1). LA LIBERTAD (1) Uctubamba. BOLIVIA (3). COCHABAMBA (3): Chaparé, Corani, Cristal-Mayu. TEMPORAL DATA. October (1), November (1), December (2). 40. Platycoelia hirta Ohaus, 1904 (Fig. 68) Platycoelia hirta Ohaus, 1904 (valid name) CATALOG. Platycoelia hirta, Ohaus 1904b:317, 339 [original description]; Ohaus 1918:177 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder 1944:247 [checklist]; Machatschke 1965:59 [catalog listing]; Machatschke 1972:303 [catalog listing]. TYPE SPECIMENS. Platycoelia hirta Ohaus lectotype male at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), c) “Typus!” (red label, typeface), d) “Pl. hirta Ohaus” (red label, handwritten), e) “PLATYCOELIA HIRTA OHAUS M LECTO- TYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (red label, handwritten and typeface). Lectotype here designated. See Methods and Materials section for a statement of taxonomic purpose. Four male paralectotypes at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “Ohaus determ. Pl. hirta Ohs. M Cotyp.” (typeface and handwritten), c) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), d) “PLATY- COELIA HIRTA OHAUS M PARALECTO- TYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). One male paralectotype at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “Ohaus determ. Pl. hirta Ohs. M Type.” (typeface and handwritten), c) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), d) “PLATY- COELIA HIRTA OHAUS M PARA- LECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). One female paralectotype at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “F” (typeface), c) “Typus!” (red label, typeface), d) “Pl. hirta Ohaus” (red label, handwritten), e) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), f) “PLATYCOELIA HIRTA OHAUS F PARALECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). One female paralectotype at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “Ohaus determ. Pl. hirta Ohs. F Cotyp.” (typeface and handwritten), c) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), d) “PLATY- COELIA HIRTA OHAUS F PARALECTO- TYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). One female paralectotype at MNHN labeled a) “Bolivie Prov.Cochabamba P.Germain 1889” (typeface), b) “Ohaus determ. Pl. hirta Ohs. F Type.” (typeface and handwritten), c) “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903.” (typeface), d) “PLATY- COELIA HIRTA OHAUS F PARALECTO- TYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). Ohaus (1904b) stated that there were six males and three females in the original type series, so all type specimens are accounted for. Type locality: Cochabamba, Bolivia. DESCRIPTION. Male (n=75). Length 16.9- 21.0 mm, width 8.9-10.0 mm. Color of dorsal surface olive green to lime green or yellow; yellow head, pronotum, scutellum, and elytron margins; elytron with irregular, translucent splotches giving water soaked appearance; 3 thin, yellow longitudinal stripes on elytral intervals; suture with thick yellow margin. Ventral surface yellow to yellowishgreen with medial brown patch on metasternum (sometimes covering entire metasternum); abdominal sternites with brown along medial margins. Body ovate, con-
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C O N T E N T S Abstract...........
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LIST OF FIGURES Fig. 1. Platycoelia
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Bulletin of the University of Nebra
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Members of the genus Platycoelia De
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alone to divide up the rutelines (a
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eing the most recent authority on t
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els Amongst the Great Andes of the
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tion. Zischka was a German who live
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Puncture size: large = 0.17 mm or l
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26. Pronotal surface sparsely punct
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Fig. 11. Platycoelia alternans male
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MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA
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Fig. 33. Platycoelia rufosignata me
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CNCI Canadian National Collection o
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subspecies AND varieties in the sam
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PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS AND BIOGEOGRA
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metaunguitractor plate usually with
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larvae, and Paucar-Cabrera and Smit
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Erichson (1847) did not state how m
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species]; Ohaus 1918:178 [catalog l
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Platycoelia marginata and Platycoel
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tarsomere and metatarsomere 5 with
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5. Platycoelia meridensis new speci
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in apical half. Protarsomere 4 with
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7. Platycoelia prasina Erichson, 18
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written and typeface), e) “PLATYC
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mentum. Apex of mentum with triangu
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green to yellow; parameres with the
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duced tooth. Apex of mentum with tr
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Mnisnech,” “Dr Ohaus Vidit 1903
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VARIATION. Male (n=19). Length 19.2
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“Platycoelia forcipalis cotype Oh
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males with internomedial stridulato
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Calloodes nitidissimus Lea, 1919 (C
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