Macrolygistopterus kirschi Pic, 1931

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2016, A revision of the genus Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929 (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calochromini), Zootaxa 4105 (4), pp. 321-338 : 334-335

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.2

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057055

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Macrolygistopterus kirschi Pic, 1931
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Macrolygistopterus kirschi Pic, 1931

( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 18 View FIGURES 10 – 18 , 35 View FIGURES 27 – 35 , 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 )

Macrolygistopterus kirschi Pic, 1931: 4 (original description); Kleine, 1933: 104 (catalogue); Blackwelder, 1945: 351 (catalogue).

Type material. Macrolygistopterus kirschi : syntype, female, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Kirsch col, 1878, hereby designated as lectotype, deposited at SGFN.

Diagnosis. A wide black stripe on pronotum with only lateral margins testaceous and elytral costae I and II apically fused, forming an arch; costae III subapically fused with the arch formed by costae I+II; costa IV following alone without touching the elytral apex ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Redescription. Head black, with short rostrum, as long as 3x the median interocular distance of eyes ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 10 – 18 ); median interocular distance of 3x the width of eyes. Mandibles short, slightly curved, testaceous, connates to labrum. Antennae black, scape subconic, pedicel small, ca. 1/4 the length of scape; antennomere III as long as sum of I+II; antennomere IV slightly longer and wider than III; antennomeres V to XI gradually decreasing in length.

Pronotum pentagonal, with rounded angles; with a wide black stripe on pronotum, with only lateral margins testaceous; a pair of longitudinal elevations parallels, broadened in middle third; a pair of oblique elevations starting from posterior angles and touching the broadened region in the middle third.

Elytra subparallel, lateral margins stout, testaceous, apical third blackened. Arrangement of elytral costae: elytral costae I and II apically fused, forming an arch; costae III subapically fused with the arch formed by costae I+II; costa IV following alone without touching the elytral apex ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 27 – 35 ).

Width at humeri> 3.2mm. Elytral length—9.6mm.

Distribution. Buenos Aires, Argentine, only known by the lectotype ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 45 – 46 ).

Examined material. Lectotype: ♂, Buenos Ayres Kirsch, [18]78, Kirschi n. sp., 1♂ (photography provided by SGFN).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lycidae

Genus

Macrolygistopterus

Loc

Macrolygistopterus kirschi Pic, 1931

Ferreira, Vinicius S. 2016
2016
Loc

Macrolygistopterus kirschi

Blackwelder 1945: 351
Kleine 1933: 104
Pic 1931: 4
1931
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