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MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 179
brum with a reduced, triangular tooth not
overlapping the mentum; mentum with a medial
notch; antenna 9-segmented; pronotum
well-separated from the eyes, sparsely setose
adjacent to the margins; 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; parameres with the apex rounded, not
expanded.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 73). Known from
Cochabamba, Bolivia. Occurs in the Andes
Mountains at high elevation (3,500- 4,000 m).
LOCALITY DATA. 2 specimens examined
from HAHC, FMNH.
BOLIVIA (2). COCHABAMBA (2): Cochabamba.
TEMPORAL DATA. January (1), September (1).
60. Platycoelia inca new species
(Figs. 73, 77)
TYPE SPECIMENS. Male holotype, female
allotype and 133 paratypes (126 male, 7 female).
Holotype male, allotype female, 98
male paratypes, and 3 female paratypes at
CASC, eight male and two female paratypes
at ABTS, three male and two female
paratypes at UNSM, four male paratypes at
HAHC, two male paratypes at BCRC, two
male paratypes at MLJC, two male paratypes
at ZMHB, two male paratypes at USNM, two
male paratypes at FMNH, one male paratype
at VMCP, and 2 male paratypes at DJCC labeled
“PERU 40 km.S.of Ayacucho III-8-
1951,” “Ross and Michelbacher Collectors,”
and “Altiplano. Flying at dusk.” Type locality:
40 km south of Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Perú.
HOLOTYPE. Male: Length 16.1 mm, width
9.8 mm. Color dorsally of tan head and scutellum,
brown pronotum and pygidium, dark
brown elytron. Ventrally tan with brown ab-
dominal sternites. Body subelliptical, convex.
Head: Dorsal surface with clypeus moderately
setose, setae tawny. Frons moderately punctate
(base) to rugose, clypeus rugose. Frons
not depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete.
Clypeus rounded with well-defined apical
margin. Eyes separated by approximately 4.2
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. Apex of mentum
with medial notch. Antenna 9-segmented;
club slightly shorter than segments 2-7, approximately
equal to clypeal length.
Pronotum: Surface setose; setae long, tawny.
Surface moderately punctate, with moderate
punctures. Marginal bead weak laterally, absent
apically and basally. Elytron: Surface
glabrous; longitudinal striae weakly impressed,
weakly punctate; punctures moderate;
intervals impunctate. Suture rounded
apically, without spine. Pygidium: Width approximately
2.0 times length medially. Surface
weakly convex, sparsely punctate;
punctures moderate, setose near apex; setae
long, tawny. Venter: Thorax densely setose,
setae tawny. Mesothoracic process greatly reduced
nub adjacent to mesocoxa. Abdomen
sparsely setose; setae long, tawny. Apical 2
spiracles strongly extruding, cylindrical.
Legs: Protibia with 3 teeth in apical half; apical
2 teeth close together, longer; third tooth
shorter. Mesotibia and metatibia widest medially.
Protarsomeres 3-4 wider than long,
cup-shaped. Protarsomere 4 without stridulatory
ridge. Protarsomere 5 without internal
tooth. Mesotarsomere and metatarsomere 5
without internal swelling or tooth. Unguitractor
plate cylindrical, with 1 apical, 1 subapical
seta. Modified protarsal claw with
length approximately equal to protarsomere
5, greatly thickened and elongate when compared
with other claw, dorsoventrally flattened,
apex unevenly bifurcate. Modified
mesotarsal and metatarsal claws elongated
with ventral tooth, not thickened.
ALLOTYPE. Length 19.5 mm, width 10.9
mm. As male except in the following respects.
Venter: Apical 2 spiracles weakly extruded.