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50 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
length slightly shorter than protarsomere 5,
thickened and elongate when compared with
other claw, diagonally flattened, apex unevenly
bifurcate. Modified mesotarsal claw
thickened, elongate when compared with
other claw, dorsoventrally flattened, apex unevenly
bifurcate. Modified metatarsal claw
elongate, with ventral tooth, not thickened.
Male Genitalia: Parameres approximately 1.4
times longer than length of phallobase.
Parameres with apex rounded, slightly dorsoventrally
flattened, weakly expanded.
Female (n=9). Length 21.7-26.4 mm,
width 13.3-15.3 mm. As male except in the
following respects. Legs: Protarsomere 4
without internoapical stridulatory ridge.
Protarsomere 5 without internal tooth. Modified
protarsal and mesotarsal claw with ventral
tooth, not thickened.
DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinguished
from all other species in the genus Platycoelia
by the following combination of characters:
labrum with a broad, triangular apical tooth
strongly overlapping mentum; antenna 9-segmented;
elytral striae 3 and 5 with light green
coloration; mesothoracic process conical;
protibia with 1 prominent tooth; protibial apical
tooth acuminate; protarsomere 5 with an
internoapical stridulatory tooth; protarsal
claw diagonally flattened; modified mesotarsal
claw with the apex bifurcate, dorsoventrally
flattened; apex of paramere distinctly
expanded.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 42). Eastern slope of
the Andes Mountains from central Colombia
to central Ecuador.
LOCALITY DATA. 11 specimens examined
from FMNH, ISNB, QCAZ, SMTD, UMRM,
ZMHB.
COLOMBIA (6). BOYACÁ (3): Muzo. DISTRITO
CAPITAL (2): Bogotá. NO DATA (1).
ECUADOR (5). MORONA SANTIAGO (1):
Macas. NAPO (1): Sarayacu. PASTAZA (2):
Canelos, Mera. SUCUMBÍOS (1): Lumbaqui.
TEMPORAL DATA. August (1), December (2).
4. Platycoelia marginata
Burmeister, 1844
(Figs. 42, 43)
Platycoelia marginata Burmeister, 1844
(valid name)
Platycoelia olivacea Blanchard, 1851 (junior
synonym)
Platycoelia laevis Burmeister, 1855 (junior
synonym)
Platycoelia scutellata Guérin-Méneville, 1855
(junior synonym)
CATALOG. Platycoelia marginata,
Burmeister 1844:453 [original description];
Blanchard 1851:227 [catalog listing];
Burmeister 1855:525 [key to species of Platycoelia];
Lacordaire 1856:372 [distribution];
Harold 1869:1230 [catalog listing]; Ohaus
1904b:282, 284, 285, 287, 289, 290, 325, 338,
340 [redescription]; Ohaus 1905:121, 167
[comparison with Leucopelaea, illustration];
Ohaus 1918:178 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder
1944:247 [checklist]; Ohaus 1952:9 [distribution];
Machatschke 1965:57, 145 [catalog listing,
illustration]; Machatschke 1972:301
[catalog listing]; Martínez 1976:328 [comparison
with Platycoelia scutellata]; Martínez and
Martínez 1994:548 [comparison with Platycoelia
selanderi].
Platycoelia olivacea, Blanchard 1851:227
[original description]; Burmeister 1855:525
[listed as male of Platycoelia laevis];
Lacordaire 1856:372 [distribution]; Harold
1869:1230 [catalog listing as synonym of
Platycoelia prasina]; Ohaus 1904b:338 [checklist
as possible synonym of Platycoelia
marginata]; Ohaus 1918:178 [catalog listing
as synonym of Platycoelia marginata];
Blackwelder 1944:247 [checklist as synonym
of Platycoelia marginata]; Machatschke
1965:57 [catalog listing as synonym of Platycoelia
marginata]; Machatschke 1972:301
[catalog listing as synonym of Platycoelia
marginata].
Platycoelia laevis, Burmeister 1855:525
[original description, key to species of Platycoelia];
Ohaus 1904b:284 [placed in synonymy
with Platycoelia marginata]; Ohaus 1918:177,
178 [catalog listing as synonym of Platycoelia
prasina and Platycoelia marginata]; Blackwelder
1944:247 [checklist as synonym of