Plateros flavidus Kleine, 1933

Tvardik, David & Bocak, Ladislav, 2001, Review of the genus Plateros Bourgeois (Coleoptera; Lycidae) from Sulawesi, Zootaxa 16, pp. 1-12 : 4

Plateros flavidus Kleine, 1933

Plateros flavidus Kleine, 1933: 14 .

Holotype: female, "Süd Celebes, Tjamba, Doherty" ( BMNH).

Diagnosis. P. flavidus differs from similar P. toliensis nom. n. in the almost straight frontal margin of pronotum and lightly coloured legs and basal antennomeres.

Redescription of female. Body moderately slender, flat, light brown to yellow, only abdomen and eyes dark brown to black. Head small, with interocular distance much longer than eye diameter, eyes hemispherically prominent. Antennal tubercles weak, antennae acutely serrate in antennomeres 3­4, processes shorter in apical part of antenna ( Fig. 20 ). Antennae with relatively short pubescence. Pronotum transverse, 1.83 times wider than long at midline. Frontal margin slightly projected, shallowly emarginate at frontal angles. Frontal angles distinct, almost rectangular. Lateral margins straight, posterior angles very slightly projected. Elytra 3.5 times longer than wide at humeri, with fine longitudinal and transverse costae. Male unknown.

Measurements: BL 7.05 mm, WH 1.70 mm, PL 0.92 mm, PW 1.65 mm.

Distribution. South Sulawesi. The species is known only by the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 11 ­ 27. 11 ­ 13: Male genitalia. 11: Plateros rubromamasensis sp. n.; 12 ­ 13: P. lalui sp. n.; 14 ­ 19: Male pronota. 14: P. kalamensis sp. n.; 15: P. mamasensis sp. n.; 16: P. milenae sp. n.; 17: P. orobuensis sp. n.; 18: P. rubromamasensis sp. n.; 19: P. tanatorajensis sp. n.; 20: Female antenna. 20: P. flavidus Kleine, 1933; 21 ­ 27: Male antennae. 21: P. kalamensis sp. n.; 22: P. lalui sp. n.; 23: P. mamasensis sp. n.; 24: P. milenae sp. n.; 25: P. orobuensis sp. n.; 26: P. rubromamasensis sp. n.; 27: P. tanatorajensis sp. n. Scale 0.5 mm.