tarsomere and metatarsomere 5 with or without internal tooth. Unguitractor plate cylindrical, with 2 apical setae. Modified protarsal claw approximately equal in length to protarsomere 5, thickened and elongate when compared with other claw, diagonally flattened, apex unevenly bifurcate. Modified mesotarsal and metatarsal claw elongate, with ventral tooth, not thickened. Male Genitalia: Phallobase approximately 1.1 times longer than length <strong>of</strong> parameres. Parameres with apex rounded, setose, expanded. Female (n=167). Length 19.0-29.4 mm, width 10.2-15.5 mm (Fig. 43). As male except in the following respects. Legs: Protibia with 3 distinct teeth in apical half. 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 <strong>of</strong> characters: labrum with a broad, triangular apical tooth strongly overlapping the mentum; antenna 9-segmented; mesothoracic process cylindrical; metasternum brown to black; abdominal sternites dark brown to black (at least medially); protibia with 1 prominent tooth; protibial apical tooth acuminate; protarsomere 5 with an internoapical stridulatory tooth; modified mesotarsal claw with a ventral tooth; paramere with apex distinctly expanded. DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 42). Eastern slope <strong>of</strong> the Andes Mountains from western Venezuela to northern Perú. LOCALITY DATA. 501 specimens examined from ABTS, AJRC, AMNH, ANSP, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, CMNH, CNCI, DCCC, DEIC, DJCC, FGIC, FMNH, FSCA, HAHC, HNHM, HSIC, ISNB, LACM, LEMQ, MGFT, MIZA, MLUH, MNHN, QCAZ, RACC, SEMC, SLTC, SMFD, SMTD, UNSM, USNM, VMCP, ZMHB. VENEZUELA (281). MÉRIDA (259): Chachopo, Culata, La Mucuy, Mérida, Santo Domingo, MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 53 Timotes, Valle Grande. TÁCHIRA (2): Betania. TRUJILLO (8): Boconó, Escora, Teta de Niquitao. NO DATA (12). COLO<strong>MB</strong>IA (24). BOYACA (1): Villa de Leiva. CAUCA (1): No Data. CUNDINAMARCA (3): Cordillera de Veraguas, Monterredondo. DISTRITO CAPITAL (7): Bogotá. HUILA (2): Gigante. NORTE DE SANTANDER (1): Pamplona (13 km SW). QUINDÍO (1): Salento. NO DATA (8). ECUADOR (187). AZUAY (3): Cuenca, Valle de Yunguilla. CARCHI (6): Maldonado (18 km SE), Tufiño (50 km W), Tulcán. CHI<strong>MB</strong>ORAZO (2): Ríobamba. COTOPAXI (5): Otongo. I<strong>MB</strong>ABURA (26): Atuntaquí, Chachimbiro, Cotacachi, Ibarra, Lago San Pablo, Otavalo, Peguche. LOJA (9): Loja, Rocafuerte, San Lucas. NAPO (50): Baeza, Cosanga, Hacienda San Isidro, Las Palmas, Papallacta (11 km W), Puente Azuela, Río Chapli Grande, Río Salado, Sarayacu, Sierrazul. PASTAZA (2): Canelos. PICHIN- CHA (70): Alóag, Argelia, Chiriboga, Conocoto, Guayllabamba, Hacienda La Esperie, La Armenia, La Virgen, Las Laureles, Machachi (26 km WNW), Nayón, Quito, Palmeras, Puerto Quito, Río Guajalito, San Antonio de Pichincha, San Rafael, Tandapi, Tinalandia, Toachi, Valle de los Chillos. SUCU<strong>MB</strong>ÍOS (10): Dureno, Lumbaqui, Reventador, Santa Bárbara, Sebundoy. TUNGURAHUA (1): Baños. ZAMORA CHINCHIPE (2): Zamora. NO DATA (1). PERÚ (5). AMAZONAS (1): Chachapoyas (70 km E). CAJAMARCA (2): Hacienda Taulis. SAN MARTÍN (2): Almirante (55 km W <strong>of</strong> Rioja), Huallaga. NO DATA (4). TEMPORAL DATA. January (18), February (37), March (15), April (13), May (26), June (13), July (3), August (3), September (10), October (28), November (36), December (10).
54 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM Fig. 43. Platycoelia marginata female.