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5. Platycoelia meridensis new
species
(Figs. 42, 44)
TYPE SPECIMENS. Male holotype, female
allotype and 15 paratypes (1 male, 14 female).
Holotype male at MIZA labeled “Venezuela
Meri-da. 2,200 m 12-VIII-1976,” “La Mucuy,”
“Donación Mattei” and “LA MUCUY Edo.
MERIDA 2200 mts 12-VIII-76.” Allotype female
and one female paratype at MIZA, one
female paratype at ABTS, and one female
paratype at UNSM labeled “Venezuela Merida.
2000 m.,” “La Mucuy 8-14-VIII-88,” and
“col. F. Cerda.” One male paratype at ABTS
labeled “La Mucuy, 2300 m (Edo. Mérida)
VENEZ. Bordón leg. 13 VIII 1978.” One female
paratype at MIZA labeled “Venezuela
Meri-da. 2000 m. 8-14-VIII-88,” “La Mucuy,”
and “col. F. Cerda.” One female paratype at
CBAC labeled “La Mucuy, 2300 Tabay
(MERIDA) VENEZ. Bordón leg. 19-31 V
1977.” One female paratype at MIZA labeled
“Venezuela- La Mucuy Merida 2,400 m. 7-IX-
56” and “C.J.Rosales col.” Three female
paratypes at CMNC and one female paratype
at ABTS labeled “VEN: Merida, Tabay
LaMucuyValley 15.VI-30.VII.89 agric. Zone,
UVlight 1900m, S&JPeck.” One female
paratype at ZMHB labeled “Merida (Venez.)
14.7.1934 Farenholtz E. 6687,” “F ,” and
“Platycoelia limbata Ohs.” One female
paratype at CBAC labeled “Mucuchíes
2700m. Mérida. VENEZ. Bordón 16 VI 93.”
One female paratype at ABTS labeled
“VENEZUELA: Mérida Tabay, La Mucuy 19-
31 V 1977 2300 m C. Bordón.” One male
paratype at UCDC labeled “La Mucuy
Pedraza Barinas VZLA VIII 4 1979” and “R.
W. Brooks A. A. Grigarick J. McLaughlin R.
O. Schuster.” Type locality: La Mucuy,
Mérida, Venezuela.
HOLOTYPE. Male: length 19.4 mm, width
11.3 mm. Color of dorsal surface olive green;
elytral intervals 2, 4, 6 yellow; elytral margin
with thick yellow stripe. Ventral surface olive
green to brownish-green. Body ovate, convex.
Head: Dorsal surface glabrous. Frons densely
MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 55
punctate, clypeus rugopunctate. Frons not
depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete.
Clypeal apex broadly rounded. Eyes separated
by approximately 3.5 transverse eyewidths.
Labrum moderately punctate, with
moderately large, setose punctures, setae
tawny. Apex of labrum with small, triangular,
medial tooth, apex of tooth weakly overlapping
with apex of mentum. Apex of mentum
with medial tooth curved into oral cavity. Antenna
9-segmented; club approximately equal
to other segments combined, approximately
equal to length of clypeus. Pronotum: Surface
glabrous, moderately punctate, with small
and moderate punctures. Marginal bead
weak laterally, absent apically and basally.
Elytron: Surface glabrous; longitudinal striae
impressed, punctate, punctures moderate.
Sutural apex angled, without spine. Pygidium:
Width approximately 2.1 times
length medially. Surface weakly convex,
sparsely punctate; punctures moderate, setose
(near apex); setae long, tawny. Venter:
Thorax densely setose, setae cream colored.
Mesothoracic process projecting anteriorly to
procoxa; shape conical, dorsoventrally flattened.
Abdomen sparsely setose, setae cream
colored. Apical spiracles not extruding. Legs:
Protibia with 1 apical tooth. Mesotibia and
metatibia widest apically. Protarsomeres 2-4
wider than long, cup-shaped. Protarsomere 4
with apical stridulatory ridge. Protarsomere
5 with internomedial tooth. Mesotarsomere
and metatarsomere 5 without internal tooth.
Unguitractor plate cylindrical, with 2 apical
setae. Modified protarsal claw length approximately
equal to protarsomere 5, greatly
thickened and elongate when compared with
other claw, dorsoventrally flattened, apex unevenly
bifurcate. Modified mesotarsal and
metatarsal claw elongate, with ventral tooth,
not thickened. Male Genitalia: Phallobase
approximately 1.2 times longer than length of
parameres. Paramere with apex rounded, setose,
expanded.
ALLOTYPE. Female: length 21.3 mm, width
12.3 mm. As holotype except in the following
respects. Legs: Protibia with 3 distinct teeth