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tures moderate with dark coloration; intervals<br />

densely punctate, punctures small. Suture<br />

angled apically, without spine. Pygidium:<br />

Width approximately 2.5 times length medially.<br />

Surface weakly convex, densely punctate;<br />

punctures small or moderate, setose; setae<br />

short, cream colored. Venter: Thorax densely<br />

setose (except glabrous medially), setae cream<br />

colored. Mesothoracic process strongly produced,<br />

projecting anteriorly to protrochanter;<br />

shape conical-elongate, apex rounded, dorsoventrally<br />

flattened. Abdomen sparsely setose,<br />

setae cream colored. Apical spiracles not<br />

extruding. Legs: Protibia with 2 teeth in apical<br />

quarter. Mesotibia and metatibia widest<br />

medially. Protarsomeres 2-4 wider than long,<br />

cup-shaped. Protarsomere 3-4 with internoapical<br />

stridulatory ridge. Protarsomere 5 with<br />

internal stridulatory ridge. Mesotarsomere<br />

and metatarsomere 5 with internobasal tooth.<br />

Unguitractor plate cylindrical, with 2 apical<br />

setae. Modified protarsal claw with length<br />

greater than protarsomere 5, thickened and<br />

elongate when compared with other claw, laterally<br />

flattened, apex unevenly bifurcate.<br />

Modified mesotarsal and metatarsal claws<br />

elongated with ventral tooth, not thickened.<br />

Male Genitalia: Phallobase 1.5 times longer<br />

than length <strong>of</strong> parameres. Parameres dorsoventrally<br />

flattened, apicomedially acute.<br />

Female (n=15). Length 25.4-29.1 mm,<br />

width 15.0-18.3 mm. As male except in the following<br />

respects. Head: Antennal club slightly<br />

shorter than other segments combined. Legs:<br />

Protibia with 3 teeth in apical half, third tooth<br />

shorter. Protarsomere 3-4 without internoapical<br />

stridulatory ridge. Protarsomere 5<br />

without internal tooth or ridge. Modified<br />

protarsal claw with ventral tooth, not thickened.<br />

DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinguished<br />

from all other species in the genus Platycoelia<br />

by the following combination <strong>of</strong> characters:<br />

frontoclypeal suture complete; labrum with a<br />

well-developed, truncate apical tooth strongly<br />

overlapping the mentum; mentum with a distinct<br />

tooth curved into the oral cavity; antenna<br />

10-segmented, club length greater than<br />

other segments combined; pronotum surface<br />

densely punctate with mix <strong>of</strong> small and mod-<br />

MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF PLATYCOELIA 87<br />

erate punctures; elytron with well-defined,<br />

yellow to light green, longitudinal lines on<br />

striae 3 and 5; elytral apices capable <strong>of</strong> completely<br />

covering the pygidium; pygidium entirely<br />

setose; metasternum and abdominal<br />

sternites green or yellow; protibial spur noticeably<br />

shorter than the adjacent tibial apex;<br />

mesotarsomere 4 and metatarsomere 4 in<br />

males with an apical stridulatory ridge;<br />

mesotarsomere 5 and metatarsomere 5 with<br />

an internobasal tooth; parameres with the<br />

apex dorsoventrally flattened.<br />

DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 54). Western slope <strong>of</strong><br />

the Andes Mountains in north-central Ecuador.<br />

LOCALITY DATA. 19 specimens examined<br />

from DCCC, HAHC, MGFT, QCAZ, UNSM.<br />

ECUADOR (16). COTOPAXI (4): Otonga.<br />

PICHINCHA (12): Las Laureles, Santo<br />

Domingo (near Quito).<br />

NO DATA (3).<br />

Three specimens are at UNSM labeled<br />

“Zamora Chinchipe, Zamora.” I consider this<br />

data to be unreliable (that locality is in the<br />

lowlands east <strong>of</strong> the Andes Mountains) and<br />

consider the specimens to be from Ecuador<br />

with no further data.<br />

TEMPORAL DATA. February (15), March (1).<br />

18. Platycoelia galerana new<br />

species<br />

(Fig. 56)<br />

TYPE SPECIMENS. Male holotype, female<br />

allotype and 58 paratypes (40 male, 18 female).<br />

Holotype male at HAHC and one male<br />

paratype at ABTS labeled “ECUADOR Prov.<br />

NAPO Lumbaqui, 400 m Benedict<strong>of</strong>f leg. Coll.<br />

Martínez Marz.976” and “H. & A. HOWDEN<br />

COLLECTION ex. A. Martinez coll.” Allotype<br />

female and two male paratypes at HAHC and<br />

one female paratype at UNSM labeled “EC-<br />

UADOR Pcia Napo Cosanga, 2150 m Nadia<br />

V.-leg. Coll. Martínez Marz.976” and “H. & A.<br />

HOWDEN COLLECTION ex. A. Martinez<br />

coll.” One male paratype at ZMUH labeled

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