Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S
Author
Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston
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Muisca apicalis
(
SPINOLA
,
1844b) (
Figs 15
, 49, 93, 100, 127)
Pelonium apicale
SPINOLA, 1844b: 155
.
Lectotype
:
♂
. Designation by EKIS (now OPITZ) 1975: 55. Le
Bresil
(
Brazil
) (MRSN).
CORPORAAL 1950: 279
.
D i a g n o s i s: The members of this species resemble superficially those of
M. dozieri
, but
M. apicalis
specimens differ in that the white marking at the elytral apex is sharply defined, which is not the case in
M. dozieri
specimens.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length
6.5 mm
; width
2.2 mm
. Form: As in
Fig. 127
. Color: Mostly castaneous, femora and abdomen more testaceous; elytral disc castaneous, except yellow angular marking near apex. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, progressively more triangular, 5
th
funicular antennomere expanded, capitulum expanded, about twice as long as combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 with distal margins concave; anterior angles acute (
Fig. 15
), antennomere 11 narrow elongate; frons narrower than width of eye (EW/FW 30/20). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 49) elongate (PW/PL 67/110), side margin with very shallow tubercle, disc narrowly subglabrous at middle; elytral asetiferous punctation striate, to distal 4/5
th
, (EL/EW 240/70). Abdomen: Distal margin of male 6
th
visible sternite slightly concave; aedeagus, phallic apex as in
Fig. 100.
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 4.0-
7.5 mm
; width 2.0-3.0 mm. The castaneous marking near the apex of the elytra varies in its ending.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during October and November, some in a tropical transition forest, at altitudes that ranges from
405 to
430 m
.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (
Fig. 93
):
In
addition to the
lectotype
, I examined
44 specimens
:
Bolivia
:
Departamento de Santa Cruz
,
Buena Vista
,
Hotel Flora
&
Fauna
,
14-17-XI-2003
,
Morris
,
Nearns
,
Wappes
;
idem,
22-31-X-2002
,
Wappes
&
Morris
;
idem,
21-25-X-2003
,
Morris
,
Nearns
,
Wappes
;
idem,
27-31-X-2002
,
Morris
&
Wappes
;
idem,
17°29.949'S
63°33.52'W
,
5-15-XI-
2001
, 405 m, tropical transition forest,
M. C. Thomas
&
B. K. Dozier
;
idem,
17°29.925'S
63°39.128'W
,
10-22-X-2004
,
J. E. Eger
;
idem,
17°29.949'S
63°33.152'W
,
5-15-XI-2001
,
M. C. Thomas
;
3.7 km
SSE,
Buena Vista
,
Hotel Flora
&
Fauna
,
14-28-X-
2000
, 430 m,
B. K. Dozier
;
20 km
S Buena Vista
,
18-25-X-1992
, E.
Giesbert
;
Potrerillos del Guenda
,
17°40'S
63°27'W
, 40 k NW
Santa Cruz
,
10-15-X-2007
,
J. Wappes
&
A. Cline
;
idem,
Snake Farm
,
21-24-X-2011
, 350-400,
Wappes
&
Skillman
;
idem,
14-16-X-2011
,
Wappes
&
Skillman
;
idem,
16-22-X-2006
,
Wappes
,
Nearns
&
Eya
;
Departamento de Cochabamba
,
Carrasco El Sacta
,
Morris
&
Wappes.
Brazil
:
Estado
do
Rio de Janeiro
,
Rio de Janeiro
,?-?-1883,
P. Germain
;
Tijuca
,?-
XII-1884
,
E. Gounelle
;
Estado
do
Bahia
, S.
Antonio da Barra
,
11-XII-1988
,
Gounelle
;
Cachimbo
,?-?-1890,
Ch. Pujol
;
Estado
do
Minas Gerais
,?-?-1990,
J. DeGaulle
;
Estado
do
São Paulo
,
Caraca
,?-?-1884,
P. Germain. Specimens
are deposited in
ACMT
,
CMNH
,
FMNH
,
FSCA
,
JNRC
,
MNHN
, and
WOPC
.