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parameres apicolaterally with diagonal
striae, without a triangular hook.
DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 48). Eastern cordillera
of 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.
COLOMBIA (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 of 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
of 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 of labrum
with large, triangular, medial tooth; apex of
tooth broadly truncate, extending past apex
of 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-