Pyticara championi GORHAM , 1883
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Pyticara championi GORHAM, 1883 ( Figs 3, 8, 15, 16 View Figs 1-20 , 21-28, 30 View Figs 21-26 View Figs 27-30 , 33 View Fig , 41 View Fig )
Pyticara championi GORHAM, 1883: 184 . Lectotype: ♀. Here designated. S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion (BMNH). Corporaal 1950: 274.
Paralectotypes: Two specimens from Guatemala, San Geronimo, Champion (BMNH).
D i a g n o s i s: Within Pyticara , specimens of P. championi have the basal half of the elytra testaceous. This characteristic distinguishes the members of this species from congeners.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.0 mm; width 4.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 33 View Fig . Color: Cranium mostly black, venter yellow; pronotum and mesoscutellum testaceous; elytra bicolored, testaceous in basal half, dark brown in remainder; front and middle femora flavotestaceous, hind femora brown. Head: As wide as anterior margin of pronotum ( Figs 21-22 View Figs 21-26 ); antennomere 9 ( Figs 3 View Figs 1-20 , 23-25 View Figs 21-26 ) longer than funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 34/42. Thorax: As wide as anterior margin of pronotum, pronotum transverse, side margin rounded ( Fig. 8 View Figs 1-20 ); PW/PL 140/112; elytra gradually increasing in diameter from base to elytral half; EL/EW 410//140; protibial spines ( Fig. 26 View Figs 21-26 ), unguis denticle ( Fig. 27 View Figs 27-30 ), secretory pit in male metatibiae ( Fig. 28 View Figs 27-30 ), and elytral pubescence ( Fig. 30 View Figs 27-30 ) well developed Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at distal margin; aedeagus as in Figs 15, 16 View Figs 1-20 ; tegminal lobes strongly fimbriate.
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 8.0-10.0 mm; width 4.0-5.0 mm. The anterior half of the elytra is sometimes infused with light brown infuscations.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during February, April, May, June, and August, at altitudes ranging from 0- 600 m. One specimen was collected with a Malaise trap; others were collected by aspirating flowers of Ficus insipida WILLD. (Moraceae) and Jacaranda copaida (AUBL.) D. DON. One beetle was gathered by beating blossoms of Psychtria L. ( Rubiaceae ). J. P. Donahue, C. C. Hair, N. K. Moore, and M. A. Hopkins collected a specimen of the galerucine Monocesta depressa CLARK ( Fig. 39 View Figs 36-39 ), undoubtedly a Batesian model for P. championi .
D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 41 View Fig ): In addition to 3 syntypes I examined 13 specimens. Costa Rica, Alajuela, 20 km S Upsala, 10-29-V-1991, F. D. Parker ; Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva , 30-VI-1995, 50- 150 m, 10°26' N 84°01', Proy. ALAS ; Guan., 3 km SE R. Naranjo , 24-30-VIII-1993, F. D. Parker ; Limón, Est Cuatro Esquinas, PN Tortuguero , 0 m, II-1993, R. Delgado ; Guanacaste, Estac. Maritza, Westside Volcan Orosi, 1988, Malaise , 1-VIII- 1924, 600 m. Panamá, Panamá, 8-13 N El Llano , 20-V-1987, on Psychotria blossoms, F. T. Hovore ; 10.5 km N El Llano , 3-5-VI-1984, F. Hovore ; Bayano , 3 km S Ipiti, 24-V-1992, J. E. Wappes ; Parque Nacional Metropolitano , 4-VIII- 1995, on Ficus insipida, F. Oedegaard ; Colon, Fort Sherman, Fort Sherman , 9°17' N 79°59' W, 12-IV-2002, on Jacaranda copaia, F. Oedegaard. Specimens are deposited in BMNH, FMNH, JEWC, OLML, WFBM, and WOPC GoogleMaps .
N o t e s: GORHAM (1883: 184) indicates that his description of this species is based on 5 specimens; only 3 syntypes have been found in the BMNH .
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Pyticara championi GORHAM , 1883
| Opitz, Weston 2015 |
Pyticara championi
| CORPORAAL J 1950: 274 |
| GORHAM H 1883: 184 |