Muisca maculosa

Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston, 2018, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 587-653 : 614-615

Muisca maculosa ( GORHAM, 1877) ( Figs 22 , 62, 96, 109, 138)

Muisca maculosa (GORHAM), 1877: 424. Lectotype. ♂. Brazil, Rio Jan., Fry ( BMNH) CORPORAAL 1950 : 282 . Paralectotypes: Two. Brazil: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Fry ( BMNH; MNHN) (forebody missing in paralectotypes) .

D i a g n o s i s: Muisca maculosa specimens may be distinguished from those of its sister species, M. hexa , by coloration of the pronotal disc. In M. maculosa specimens the pronotal disc shows 2 brown maculae. In M. hexa specimens the pronotal disc is uniformly castaneous.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 138 . Color: Light castaneous, except frons and epicranium dark castaneous, pronotal disc with 2 large black maculae, and each elytron with 4 black spots. Head: Funicular antennomeres decreasing in length towards capitulum, capitulum much longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 oblong triangular ( Fig. 22 ), antennomere 11 obovate; frons as wide as width of eye (EW/FW 29/29). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 62) quadrate (PW/PL 90/90), side margin with well-developed tubercle, disc cribrate; elytral asetiferous punctation striate, prominent at basal 3/4 th (EL/EW 250/70). Abdomen: Pygidium subquadrate, distal margin strongly concave; 6 th visible sternite concave in posterior margin; aedeagus phallobase very weakly sclerotized, phallic apex as in Fig. 109.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.0-6.0 mm; width 1.8-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: A non-type specimen was collected during December.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig.96 ): In addition to the 2 types, I examined 2 specimens: Brazil: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro ; Tijuca,?- XII-1884, E. Gounelle. Specimens are deposited in BMNH, MNHN, and WOPC .

Figures

Figs 14-33: Antennae. (14) Muisca dilatata, male. (15) M. apicalis, male. (16) M. hirtula, male. (17) M. xanthura, male. (18) M. angulicollis, male. (19) M. signa, male. (20) M. fera, male. (21) M. octonotata, male. (22) M. maculosa, male. (23) M. anachyma, male. (24) M. insigna, male. (25) M. dozieri, male. (26) M. togata, male. (27) M. irrorata, male. (28) M. menda, female. (29) M. hexa, female. (30) M. heppneri, male. (31) M. magdalena, female. (32) M. mestolinea, male. (33) M. omma, male.

Figs 137-140: Habitus. (137) Muisca hexa. (138) M. maculosa. (139) M. anachyma. (140) M. mestolinea.

Figs 107-115: Phalli. (107) Muisca signa. (108) M. angulicollis. (109) M. maculosa. (110) M. mestolinea. (111) M. omma. (112) M. heppneri. (113) M. lateripunctata. (114) M. octonotata. (115) M. tetraspilota.

Fig. 96: Geographic distribution of Muisca species as listed.