Plocamocera ambra, OPITZ, 2004

OPITZ, WESTON, 2004, Classification, Natural History, And Evolution Of The Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part Ii. The Genera Chaetophloeus Opitz And Plocamocera Spinola, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2004 (280), pp. 1-82 : 60

Plocamocera ambra , new species Figures 155, 176 ; map 7

HOLOTYPE: Male. Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Est. Agujas. 300 m., 18–24 SET 1996, A. Azofeifa. 2pSp276750p526550 # 8486 ( INBC). (Specimen point mounted; antenna and sex label affixed to paper point, white, machine printed; locality label, white, machine printed; electronic identification label, plastic, white, machine printed; INBC repository label, white, machine printed; holotype label, red, machine printed.)

PARATYPES: Three specimens; two from the type locality ( INBC, 1; WOPC, 1). Costa Rica: Alajuela: 20 km S Upala , 8­XI­1990, D. D. Parker ( EMUS, 1) .

DIAGNOSIS: The outer angle on antennomere eight (fig. 155) will identify the members of this species within the sericella species group.

DESCRIPTION: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Integument: Cranium dark castaneous, frons piceous; pronotum dark castaneous, disc piceous; elytra variegated, humerus flavotestaceous; pale setae arranged into three irregular fascia; legs bicolorous, femora and tibiae infuscated. Head: Antennal club as in figure 115. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin moderately projected at middle; pronotal swellings feebly developed; elytral epipleural margin with six filamentous setae; protibial anterior margin with three spines. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in figure 176; male and female pygidia broad­scutiform.

VARIATION: The intensity of the infuscation on the frons varies.

NATURAL HISTORY: The specimen from Alajuela was collected in November ; those from Puntarenas were collected at 300 m.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is a Latin noun that means amber. I refer to the amberlike luster emitted by the elytra.

Figures

Figs. 170–180. Various organs. Aedeagi. 170. Plocamocera prolixa. 171. P. salasis, 172. P. auratilis. 173. P. taruma. 174. P. sericellopsis. 175. P. bolivari. 176. P. ambra. 177. P. similis. Elytra. 178. P. specula. 179. P. quadrula. Antennomere. 180. P. specula.