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scissorial region with strong apical tooth,
weak medial tooth; molar region with welldeveloped
lamellae. Maxilla with 3 apical,
cup-like teeth. Apex of mentum with triangular
medial tooth curved into oral cavity. Antenna
10-segmented; club slightly shorter
than other segments combined, approximately
equal to clypeal length. Pronotum:
Surface glabrous, sparsely punctate, with
moderate punctures. Marginal bead weak laterally,
absent apically and basally. Elytron:
Surface glabrous; longitudinal striae weakly
punctate, punctures moderate with dark coloration;
intervals sparsely punctate to
impunctate. Suture with distinct apical spine
(sometimes worn down). Pygidium: Width
approximately 2.8 times length medially. Surface
rugose, weakly convex, glabrous except
near apex; setae short, tawny. Venter: Thorax
sparsely setose, setae white. Mesothoracic
process strongly produced, projecting anteriorly
past protrochanter; apex rounded; shape
conical-elongate, not flattened. Abdomen glabrous.
Apical spiracles not extruding. Legs:
Protibia with 3 teeth in apical half; 2 apical
teeth subequal in size, third tooth weak.
Mesotibia and metatibia widest medially.
Protarsomeres 2-4 wider than long, cupshaped.
Protarsomere 3-4 with internoapical
stridulatory ridge. Protarsomere 5 without
internal tooth. Mesotarsomere and metatarsomere
5 with internobasal tooth. Unguitractor
plate cylindrical, with 2 apical
setae. Modified protarsal claw with length
approximately equal to protarsomere 5, thickened
and elongate when compared with other
claw, dorsoventrally flattened, apex unevenly
bifurcate. Modified mesotarsal and metatarsal
claws elongated with ventral tooth, not
thickened. Male Genitalia: Phallobase 1.1
times longer than length of parameres.
Parameres smooth, with strong lateral hook
at apex (Fig. 19).
Female (n=18). Length 23.0-28.7 mm,
width 14.3-16.9 mm. As male except in the following
respects. Head: Antennal club shorter
than segments 2-7. Legs: Protarsomere 3-4
without internoapical stridulatory ridge.
Modified protarsal 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:
frontoclypeal suture complete; apex of the
clypeus not reflexed; labrum with a broad, triangular
apical tooth strongly overlapping the
mentum; mentum with a distinct tooth curved
into the oral cavity; antenna 10-segmented;
protibia dorsally without green coloration;
elytron with the apex forming a weak nub or
spine; elytron with yellow, longitudinal lines
on interval 2 and base of striae 1; elytral apices
not capable of completely covering the pygidium;
metasternum and abdominal
sternites uniformly green to yellow; mesothoracic
process without strong green coloration;
parameres with the apex rounded, expanded;
parameres apicolaterally with a triangular
hook and diagonal striae.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 48). Northwestern
Andes Mountains in western Colombia.
LOCALITY DATA. 34 specimens examined
from BCRC, BMNH, CASC, DEIC, ISNB,
LACM, MGFT, USNM, ZMHB.
COLOMBIA (25). ANTIOQUIA (6): Jericó,
Medellin, Quebrada Honda. BOLÍVAR (2):
Carmen. CHOCÓ (2): El Siete, Río Atrato.
VALLE DEL CAUCA (5): Cali, Río Dagua. NO
DATA (10).
NO DATA (9).
TEMPORAL DATA. February (2), March (4),
August (1).