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178 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
ten), b) “Callichloris (Epicallichloris) alticola
– Gut M R. Gutiérrez-Det.50” (handwritten
and typeface), c) “CALLICHLORIS ALTI-
COLA GUTIÉRREZ M PARATYPE” (yellow
label, handwritten and typeface), d) “FMNH,
1986 L. Peña Coll. Acc. # 17-422” (typeface),
e) “CALLICHLORIS ALTICOLA GUTIÉR-
REZ NEOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2002” (red label,
handwritten and typeface). f) “Platycoelia
alticola (Gutiérrez, 1951) M Det:A.B.T.Smith
2002” (typeface). The location of the holotype
from Gutiérrez’s original type series is unknown.
The holotype male was deposited in
Antonio Martínez’s personal collection
(Gutiérrez 1951). This collection was purchased
by Henry and Anne Howden (HAHC),
and at the time of purchase, all the primary
types were deposited at MACN. The holotype
is not at MACN according to Axel Bachmann
(a curator at MACN) and Federico Ocampo
(who searched for the specimen on my behalf),
HAHC (which I searched myself), or any of
the other collections from which I borrowed
material. I can only conclude that it has been
lost. The neotype is also the sole paratype of
this species (Gutiérrez 1951). Gutiérrez based
the original description on two specimens.
The holotype was from Bolivia with the following
data “Chapare dep. de Cochabamba;
Yungas del Palmar; 3500 m; I-1949”
(Gutiérrez 1951). The neotype is also from
Cochabamba (Bolivia), therefore, the type locality
for the species is not significantly altered.
Neotype here designated. See
Methods and Materials section for a statement
of taxonomic purpose. The neotype was
originally deposited as a paratype by
Gutiérrez in the “Sociedad Científica Chilena
Claudio Gay” collection. This short-lived collection
was absorbed into the Luis Peña Collection,
which was purchased by FMNH in
1986. Type locality: Cochabamba, Bolivia.
DESCRIPTION. Male (n=2). Length 15.1-
16.6 mm, width 8.9-9.1 mm. Color dorsally
dark brown to black with light brown elytron;
ventrally brown to light brown. Body ovate,
convex. Head: Dorsal surface setose, setae
tawny. Frons moderately punctate (base) to
rugose (apex), clypeus rugose, punctures moderate.
Frons slightly depressed. Frontoclypeal
suture obscured by punctures. Clypeus
broadly rounded, apex reflexed. Eyes separated
by approximately 4.2 transverse eyewidths.
Labrum rugose, setose; setae tawny.
Apex of labrum with triangular, medial tooth,
apex of tooth well separated from apex of
mentum. Apex of mentum with weak medial
notch. Antenna 9-segmented; club slightly
longer than other segments combined,
slightly longer than frons. Pronotum: Surface
setose along apex; setae long, tawny. Surface
moderately punctate, with moderate punctures.
Marginal bead present apically (except
medially), laterally, absent basally. Elytron:
Surface glabrous; longitudinal striae weakly
punctate; impunctate. Suture apically angled.
Pygidium: Width approximately 2.0 times
length medially. Surface rugose, weakly convex,
moderately setose; setae long, tawny.
Venter: Thorax densely setose; setae long,
tawny. Mesothoracic process reduced to nub,
adjacent to mesocoxa. Abdomen sparsely setose,
setae tawny. Apical spiracles not extruding.
Legs: Protibia with 3 subequal in size
teeth in apical half. Mesotibia and metatibia
widest medially, apically. Protarsomeres 2-4
wider than long, cup-shaped. Protarsomere 4
with weak internoapical stridulatory ridge.
Protarsomere 5 without internal tooth.
Mesotarsomere 5 and metatarsomere 5 without
internal teeth. Unguitractor plate cylindrical,
with 1 apical and 1 subapical seta.
Modified protarsal claw with length approximately
equal to protarsomere 5, thickened
and elongated when compared with other
claw, flattened dorsoventrally, apex unevenly
bifurcate (small bifurcation reduced to nub).
Modified mesotarsal claw elongated, apex
unevenly bifurcate. Modified metatarsal claw
elongate, with ventral tooth, not thickened.
Male Genitalia: Phallobase 1.2 times longer
than length of parameres. Parameres with
apex rounded, weakly expanded subapically.
Female: Unknown.
DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinguished
from all other species in the genus Platycoelia
by the following combination of characters:
dorsal color dark brown to black with light
brown elytron; frons sparsely setose laterally;
frontoclypeal suture complete; apex of the la-