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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-