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green to yellow; parameres with the apex
rounded, expanded; parameres apicolaterally
without a triangular hook or diagonal striae.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 47). Eastern slope of
the Andes Mountains in Perú and Bolivia
though the Rondonia, chaqueña, and cerrado
highlands of central Brazil.
LOCALITY DATA. 125 specimens examined
from AMNH, BMNH, CMNH, FSCA, HAHC,
HNHM, ISNB, LACM, MGFT, MIZA, MLJC,
MLPA, MNHN, RFMC, SEMC, SMFD,
SMTD, USNM, ZMHB, ZMUH, ZSMC.
PERÚ (49). CUSCO (1): Río Urubamba.
HUÁNUCO (15): Tingo María, No Data.
JUNÍN (26): Chanchamayo, La Merced, Río
Oxabamba, Vitoc. PASCO (1): Pozuzo. SAN
MARTÍN (1): Moyobamba. UCAYALI (1): No
Data. NO DATA (4).
BOLIVIA (30). BENI (1): Trinidad.
COCHABAMBA (3): Cristal-Mayu, Yungas
del Palmar. LA PAZ (3): Tumupasa, Yungas de
La Paz. SANTA CRUZ (19): Buena Vista, San
Javier, Sara. NO DATA (4).
BRAZIL (41). ACRE (1): Rio Branco.
AMAZONAS (1): No Data. GOIÁS (18):
Jatahy, Leopoldo de Bulhões. MATO
GROSSO (6): Corumbá, Miranda, Planalto do
Panecis. PARÁ (10): Cachimbo. RONDÔNIA
(3): Forte Principe da Beira. NO DATA (2).
NO DATA (5).
One specimen labeled Baños, Ecuador
and one labeled Linares, Chile were considered
erroneous. These localities are far out of
range for this species.
TEMPORAL DATA. March (6), April (1),
August (1), September (2), October (15), November
(24), December (5).
MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 69
11. Platycoelia occidentalis Ohaus,
1904
(Figs. 19, 48)
Platycoelia occidentalis Ohaus, 1904 (valid
name)
CATALOG. Platycoelia occidentalis, Ohaus
1904b:257, 296, 338 [original description];
Ohaus 1905:167 [illustration]; Ohaus
1918:177 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder
1944:247 [checklist]; Machatschke 1965:58
[catalog listing]; Machatschke 1972:302 [catalog
listing].
TYPE SPECIMENS. Platycoelia occidentalis
Ohaus lectotype male at ZMHB labeled a) “R.
Dagua, Colombia W. Rosenberg” (typeface), b)
“Typus!” (red label, typeface), c) “Pl.
occidentalis Ohaus” (red label, handwritten),
d) “PLATYCOELIA OCCIDENTALIS
OHAUS M LECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2001”
(red label, handwritten and typeface). Lectotype
here designated. See Methods and
Materials section for a statement of taxonomic
purpose. Two male and one female
paralectotypes at ZMHB bearing labels similar
to the lectotype and my yellow paralectotype
label. The existence and location of
other specimens from Ohaus’ original type
series are unknown. Type locality: Río Dagua,
Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
DESCRIPTION. Male (n=16). Length 20.9-
24.2 mm, width 13.5-14.9 mm. Color light
green with thick yellow marginal band along
basal half of elytral interval 2, lateral margin
of elytron, medial base of elytron; yellow tarsi,
protibia, mesothoracic process, head margins;
weak, thin, longitudinal bands along elytral
striae 1-6 (sometimes not visible). Body ovate,
strongly convex. Head: Dorsal surface glabrous.
Frons sparsely punctate, clypeus
densely punctate, punctures moderate. Frons
not depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete.
Clypeal apex broadly rounded. Eyes separated
by approximately 4.0 transverse eyewidths.
Labrum sparsely punctate, with
moderately large, setose punctures, setae
tawny. Apex of labrum with triangular, medial
tooth; apex of tooth weakly truncate, extending
past apex of mentum. Mandibular