Platycrepidius decimnotatus, Johnson, Paul J., 2000

Johnson, Paul J., 2000, New Species And Records Of Platycrepidius Candèze From Costa Rica And Panama (Coleoptera: Elateridae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3), pp. 284-290 : 287

Platycrepidius decimnotatus new species

Type Series. Holotype,?, labeled ‘‘Sector Cerro Cocori, Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, Prov. Limón, COSTA RICA, Feb 1993, E. Rojas, L­N­286000, 567500; INBIO CRI001405261 .’’

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘‘ decimnotatus ’’ refers to the 10 ivory colored burnishes on the elytra.

Diagnosis. Elytra reddish­brown basally, piceous apically, with 5 ivory colored burnishes each. Pretarsal claws as above.

Description. Length 6.9–9.0 mm, width 2.0– 2.5 mm; elongate, silhouette subfusiform, shallowly convex; integument subshining, moderately to coarsely punctured, finely pubescent. Head rufobrunneous; frons with a shallow subtriangular impression, frontal margin obtuse, slightly projecting over labrum, anterior margin flavous; antenna serrate from segment 4, segments 1–3 flavobrunneous, segments 4–11 infuscate. Pronotum rufobrunneous; hind angles divergent, unicarinate dorsally; pronotal base subtuberculate at declivity; hypomeron rufobrunneous, with an infuscate area posteriorly; mesal margin shallowly grooved and slightly flaired anteriorly. Elytra rufobrunneous in basal half, piceous apically; epipleuron with flavous mark near metacoxa; apices divergent, acuminate from interval 1; each elytron with 5 ivory burnishes. Prosternum, mesosternum, and metasternum rufobrunneous. Legs pale flavous. Abdominal ventrites piceous. Aedeagus ( Fig. 4 ) with median lobe shallowly constricted at midlength, narrow apically, apex obtuse; paramere narrowly sagittate, with 2–4 dorsal and 4–6 ventral setae.

Additional Material Examined. COSTA RICA, Prov. Limón, CRI000405051 (?), CRI002415266 (?), CRI001343469 (/), CRI000698112 (/), CRI000998059 (/), CRI001770668 (?), CRI001405261 (?) ( PJJC) ; Prov. Heredia, CRI002282247 (/), F. La Selva, 3 km S. Pto. Viejo (?)( PJJC) ; Prov. Cartago, Turrialba (?)( UCRC) ; Prov. Alajuela, Falda N.E Volcan (?/)(2, PJJC) .

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Platycrepidius spp., aedeagi, all in dorsal aspect. 1) P. alajuelensis n. sp.; 2) P. bosque n. sp.; 3) P. costaricensis n. sp.; 4) P. decimnotatus n. sp.; 5) P. duodecimnotatus n. sp.; 6) P. tico n. sp.