MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 73 Fig. 49. Platycoelia valida male.
74 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM parameres apicolaterally with diagonal striae, without a triangular hook. DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 48). Eastern cordillera <strong>of</strong> the Andes Mountains through Colombia. Found mainly in the Páramo biogeographic region (defined by Luteyn 1999, Morrone 1999). LOCALITY DATA. 181 specimens examined from ABTS, AMNH, BCRC, CASC, CMNH, DJCC, FMNH, FSCA, HAHC, HNHM, MGFT, MIZA, MLUH, MXAL, PKLC, RACC, ROME, SEMC, SLTC, SMFD, SMTD, UNSM, USNM, ZMHB. COLO<strong>MB</strong>IA (177). BOYACÁ (6): Muzo. CAQUETA (17): Gigante (vicinity), Vega del Caqueta, Yarí. CAUCA (4): Popayán, Tierra Adentro, No data. CUNDINAMARCA (17): Nimaima, Pacho, Villeta. DISTRITO CAPI- TAL (2): Bogotá. HUILA (110): Gigante, San Agustín. SANTANDER (7): La Carmen, La Cimitarra, Vélez. VALLE DEL CAUCA (2): Cali, Cartago. NO DATA (13). NO DATA (4). Specimens erroneously labeled Quito, Ecuador; Caracas, Venezuela; and Birmingham, Alabama were considered to have erroneous data. TEMPORAL DATA. January (2), February (77), March (34), April (3), May (3), August (12), September (2), October (3), November (7), December (1). 13. Platycoelia mesosternalis Ohaus, 1904 (Figs. 7, 50) Platycoelia mesosternalis Ohaus, 1904 (valid name) CATALOG. Platycoelia mesosternalis, Ohaus 1904b:286, 300, 339, 341 [original description]; Ohaus 1918:177 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder 1944:247 [checklist]; Machatschke 1965:58 [catalog listing]; Machatschke 1972:302 [catalog listing]; Martínez 1976:328 [distribution]; Ratcliffe 2002:26 [checklist]. TYPE SPECIMENS. Platycoelia mesosternalis Ohaus lectotype male at ZMHB labeled a) “Chirripo Atlantique Donkeir” (handwritten), b) “Typus!” (red label, typeface), c) “Pl. mesosternalis Ohaus” (red label, handwritten), d) “PLATYCOELIA MESO- STERNALIS OHAUS M DET:A.B.T. SMITH 2001 LECTOTYPE” (red label, handwritten and typeface). Lectotype here designated. See Methods and Materials section for a statement <strong>of</strong> taxonomic purpose. One female paralectotype at ZMHB labeled a) “Panama” (typeface), b) “F” (typeface), c) “Platycoelia mesosternalis Cotype Ohs.” (orange label, handwritten), d) “PLATYCOELIA MESO- STERNALIS OHAUS F PARALECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2001” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). One female paralectotype at ZMHB labeled a) “Columb. Rio Dagua” (typeface), b) “F” (typeface), c) “Platycoelia mesosternalis Cotype Ohs.” (orange label, handwritten), d) “PLATYCOELIA MESO- STERNALIS OHAUS F PARALECTOTYPE A.B.T.SMITH 2001” (yellow label, handwritten and typeface). The existence and location <strong>of</strong> other paralectotypes are unknown. Type locality: Chirripó Valley, Cartago, Costa Rica. DESCRIPTION. Male (n=74). Length 20.3- 24.4 mm, width 12.7-14.9 mm. Color dorsally light green (sometimes darkened to brownishgreen after death); yellow elytral, pronotal, head margin; weak yellowish-green longitudinal stripes on elytron. Ventrally light green, yellow. Body ovate, strongly convex. Head: Dorsal surface glabrous. Frons sparsely punctate (base) to moderately punctate (apex), clypeus densely punctate, punctures moderate. Frons not depressed. Frontoclypeal suture complete. Clypeal apex broadly rounded, weakly elevated. Eyes separated by approximately 5.3 transverse eye-widths. Labrum densely punctate; punctures moderately large, setose; setae tawny. Apex <strong>of</strong> labrum with large, triangular, medial tooth; apex <strong>of</strong> tooth broadly truncate, extending past apex <strong>of</strong> mentum. Mandibular scissorial region with strong apical tooth, weak medial tooth; molar region with well-developed lamellae. Maxilla with 1 apical, cup-like tooth enveloping 1 re-