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48 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
LOCALITY DATA. 634 specimens examined
from ABTS, AMNH, ANCB, ANSP, ARLG,
BCRC, BDGC, BMNH, CASC, CBAC, CMNC,
DJCC, EAPZ, FCOC, FMNH, FSCA, HAHC,
HNHM, LACM, MCZC, MGFT, MLJC, MLPA,
MNHN, MNNC, NHMB, RACC, RFMC, SLTC,
SMFD, SMTD, UAIC, UCDC, UCRC, UNSM,
USNM, ZMHB, ZMUH, ZSMC.
PERÚ (27). CUSCO (6): Paucartambo, Quince
Mil. JUNÍN (8): Chanchamayo, La Merced,
Perené, Vitoc. MADRE DE DIOS (7): Avispas.
NO DATA (6).
BOLIVIA (99). CHUQUISACA (1): Monteagudo.
COCHABAMBA (44): Chaparé, Cochabamba,
Cristal-Mayu, Incachaca, Vacas. LA PAZ (7):
Guanay, Mapiri, Yanacachi, Yungas de La Paz.
POTOSÍ (2): No Data. SANTA CRUZ (28):
Comarapa, Mataral, Samaipata, Santa Cruz No
Data. TARIJA (9): Salinas, Villa Montes,
Yacuiba. NO DATA (8).
ARGENTINA (488). CATAMARCA (40):
Andalgalá, Belén, El Alto, El Rodeo, La
Merced, La Viña, Los Ángeles, Mutquín.
JUJUY (59): Jujuy, Parque Nacional
Calilegua, Quemado, Río Lozano. LA RIOJA
(2): Chuquis. SALTA (258): Campo Quijano,
Cerrillos, Chicoana (12 km W), Coronel
Moldes, El Carril, El Naranjo, La Caldera
(20 km N), Las Víboras, Macueta, Metán,
Parque Nacional El Rey, Rosario de Lerma,
Salta, San Carlos, San Lorenzo, San Martín,
Tablillas, Urundel. TUCUMÁN (96): Ciudad
Universitaria, El Infiernillo, La Criolla,
Monteros, Quebrada de Lules, Río Tapia, San
Javier, San Miguel de Tucumán, San Pedro de
Colalao, Tacanas, Tafí del Valle, Villa
Nougues. NO DATA (33).
NO DATA (20).
Two specimens labeled “Columbia” were
considered to have no data.
TEMPORAL DATA. January (105), February
(239), March (22), April (15), May (2), July
(2), August (2), September (13), October (13),
November (31), December (83).
3. Platycoelia nervosa Kirsch, 1871
(Fig. 42)
Platycoelia nervosa Kirsch, 1871 (valid name)
CATALOG. Platycoelia nervosa, Kirsch
1871:369 [original description]; Ohaus
1904b:285, 287, 289, 338, 341 [redescription];
Ohaus 1918:178 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder
1944:247 [checklist]; Machatschke 1965:57
[catalog listing]; Machatschke 1972:301 [catalog
listing]; Martínez 1976:329 [comparison
with Platycoelia scutellata].
TYPE SPECIMENS. Platycoelia nervosa
Kirsch lectotype female at SMTD labeled a)
“Bogota Kirsch” (green label, handwritten), b)
“Type” (green label, handwritten), c) “Typus!”
(pink label, typeface), d) “PLATYCOELIA
NERVOSA KIRSCH F LECTOTYPE A.B.T.
SMITH 2002” (red label, handwritten and
typeface), e) “nervosa Kirsch 1870” (green label,
handwritten). Lectotype here designated.
See Methods and Materials section for
a statement of taxonomic purpose. Kirsch
(1871) did not state how many specimens
were in the original type series. The existence
and location of paralectotypes are unknown.
Type locality: Bogotá, Colombia.
DESCRIPTION. Male (n=2). Length 19.3-
24.1 mm, width 11.9-14.4 mm. Color olive
green (sometimes darkened to brownishgreen);
elytral interval 3, 5 with lighter green,
longitudinal stripe; head, pronotum, scutellum,
elytron with yellow lateral margin. Body
ovate, strongly convex. Head: Dorsal surface
glabrous. Frons densely punctate, clypeus
rugopunctate, punctures moderate. Frons not
depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete.
Clypeal apex rounded. Eyes separated by approximately
3.8 transverse eye-widths. Labrum
densely punctate, with moderately
large, setose punctures, setae tawny. Apex of
labrum with triangular, medial tooth, apex of
tooth overlapping apex of mentum. Mandibular
scissorial region with 2 teeth, molar region
with strong lamellae. Maxilla with 3 cupshaped
teeth. Mentum with apicomedial tooth
curved into oral cavity. Antenna 9-segmented;
club slightly shorter than other segments
combined, slightly shorter than length of