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172 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
Blackwelder 1944:247 [checklist]; Ohaus
1952:8 [distribution].
Callichloris (Callichloris) kirschi, Gutiérrez
1951:118, 120 [new combination, key to species
of Callichloris].
Platycoelia kirschi, Machatschke 1965:59
[new combination, catalog listing]; Machatschke
1972:304 [catalog listing].
TYPE SPECIMEN. Callichloris kirschi
Ohaus holotype female at SMTD labeled a)
“Dr. Bässler Chanchomayo” (green label), b)
“F” (white label with black border), c) “Typus!”
(red label), d) “C. Kirschi Ohaus” (red label),
e) “CALLICHLORIS KIRSCHI OHAUS F
HOLOTYPE” (red label, handwritten and
typeface), f) “Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde
Dresden,” g) “Kirschi Ohaus” (handwritten
green label), h) “Platycoelia KIRSCHI
(OHAUS, 1904) F Det: A.B.T. Smith 2002”
(typeface and handwritten). There is only one
specimen in the type series (Ohaus 1904b)
therefore the holotype is fixed by monotypy.
Type locality: Chanchamayo, Junín, Perú.
DESCRIPTION. Female (n=1). Length 21.2
mm, width 12.5 mm. Color dorsally black;
ventrally reddish-brown to dark brown. Body
subelliptical, convex. Head: Dorsal surface
glabrous. Frons moderately punctate (base) to
rugose (apex), clypeus rugose, punctures moderate.
Frons broadly depressed medioapically.
Frontoclypeal suture complete, obscured by
punctures. Clypeus broadly rounded, apex
slightly reflexed. Eyes separated by approximately
3.2 transverse eye-widths. Labrum
densely punctate, with moderately large, setose
punctures, setae tawny. Apex of labrum
with minute, triangular, medial tooth, apex of
tooth well separated from apex of mentum.
Mandibular scissorial region with three teeth;
apical 2 teeth adjacent, third tooth near base;
molar region with lamellae. Maxilla with
three apical teeth. Apex of mentum with medial
notch. Antenna 10-segmented; club
approximately equal to segments 2-7,
approximately equal to clypeal length.
Pronotum: Surface glabrous, sparsely punctate,
with moderate punctures. Marginal bead
present apically (except medially) and later-
ally, absent basally. Elytron: Surface glabrous;
longitudinal striae weakly punctate; intervals
impunctate. Suture apically rounded. Pygidium:
Width approximately 1.8 times
length medially. Surface smooth, flat,
impunctate (except sparsely punctate near
apex); punctures moderate with scattered setae;
setae long, tawny. Venter: Thorax moderately
setose laterally; setae long, tawny.
Mesothoracic process barely produced, projecting
anteriorly to subapex of mesocoxa.
Abdomen sparsely setose; setae moderatelysized,
tawny. Apical spiracles not extruding.
Legs: Protibia with 3 teeth in apical half; first
and second teeth subequal in size; third tooth
shorter, removed slightly from apical teeth.
Mesotibia and metatibia widest apically.
Protarsomeres 2-4 wider than long. Protarsomere
5 and mesotarsomere 5 without internal
tooth. Unguitractor plate cylindrical, with
1 apical and 1 subapical seta. Modified protarsal
claw with ventral tooth, not thickened.
Male: Unknown.
DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinguished
from all other species in the genus Platycoelia
by the following combination of characters:
dorsal color black; frons medioapically depressed;
frontoclypeal suture complete; apex
of the labrum with a reduced, triangular tooth
not overlapping the mentum; mentum with a
medial notch; antenna 10-segmented; elytron
without distinct, yellow, longitudinal lines;
elytral apices not capable of completely covering
the pygidium; apex of the elytral suture
without an acute spine; mesothoracic process
nub to weakly projecting apically; apical abdominal
spiracle not protuberant; mesotarsomere
5 and metatarsomere 5 without an
internal tooth.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 73). The only known
locality is Chanchamayo, Perú.
LOCALITY DATA. 1 specimen examined
from SMTD.
PERÚ (1). JUNÍN (1): Chanchamayo.