Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900

(Fig. 6)

Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900: 6 (original description of the species, two syntypes, a drawing of the pronotum in a fig., page 14, photographs of the species in pl. 1, figs 1, 3). — Hancock 1902: 161 (reproduction of the original description). — Kirby 1910: 59 (catalogued). — Bruner 1910: 139 (the genus [then only containing P. scaber] is likely to occur in South America but has not yet been found). — Grant 1955a: 58 (updated diagnosis, scapular area of the pronotum designated as an important character and shown in Fig. 1A, page 59). — Mariño-Pérez et al. 2016: 28 (a living specimen pictured in pl. 1, fig. H). — Silva et al. 2021: 20 (catalogued).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 1 ♀ syntype, 1 ♂ syntype; Cachi; Rogers leg.; ANSP.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 1 ♀; env. de Cartago; 1800 m a.s.l; 1910; G. Picado leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10731 .

ADDITIONAL DATA. — A photograph in Mariño-Pérez et al. (2016).

DISTRIBUTION. — Costa Rica. See Figure 1.

REMARK

Type material consists of two syntypes, male and female (ANSP). There are no available photographs of the syntypes. We examined the drawings of the pronotum drawn by Morse (1900).