Lycomorphon fulvohumeralis, Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do & Bocakova, Milada, 2009

Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do & Bocakova, Milada, 2009, A revision of the genus Lycomorphon (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2132, pp. 40-52 : 49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188405

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216249

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787CD-FF89-FFD5-2892-13E41D83FD4F

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scientific name

Lycomorphon fulvohumeralis
status

sp. nov.

Lycomorphon fulvohumeralis sp. n.

( Figs. 15 View FIGURES 10 – 19 , 38–40 View FIGURES 38 – 52 )

Holotype, male, COLOMBIA: ‘Hac.Pehlke E.Pehlke S.’ 1914 ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. Body dark brown with humeral portions yellow. Eyes protuberant, elytra with 3 longitudinal costae, costa 3 entirely absent, Phallus almost straight, paramerae slightly shorter than half of phallus.

Redescription. Interocular distance 1.1 times longer than eye diameter. Antennomere 4 slightly longer than 3 and 5 ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 10 – 19 ). Mandibles reduced, maxillary and labial palpi elongate, pointed, maxillary palpi tips slightly truncate. Pronotum trapezoidal, dark brown with lateral margins yellow, median longitudinal carina simple in anterior half, forming longitudinal groove posteriorly. Elytra elongate, dark brown with yellow humeri. Each elytron with 3 costae, costa 3 entirely absent, costa 1 shortened, missing apically, reticulate cells largely rectangular, regular. Abdominal sternum 8 triangularly emarginate distally. Sternum 9 elongate, rounded proximally and distally. Phallus straight dorsally, teary orifice in distal half. Paramerae slightly shorter than half of phallus length ( Figs. 38–40 View FIGURES 38 – 52 ). Body length: 6 mm, humeral width: 1.3 mm.

Etymology: the name refers to the elytral coloration, with humeral portions yellow.

Distribution: Colombia.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lycidae

Genus

Lycomorphon

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