Falsocaenia veracruzi, Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2016

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2016, A new species of Falsocaenia Pic, 1922 from Amazonian Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with an updated key to the species, Zootaxa 4105 (5), pp. 497-499 : 499

Updated key to the species of Falsocaenia (modified from Bocákova et al. 2012)

1. Elytra widened distally ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 - Elytra slender, each elytron parallel–sided........................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Transverse yellow stripe on elytra broad, present in posterior 1/2–4/5 of elytra ......................... F. excavatipes Pic, 1938 ( Bolivia) - Transverse yellow stripe on elytra slender, present in posterior 1/2–7/12 of elytra ............................ F. g r i s e a Kleine, 1951 ( Peru) 3. Each elytron in posterior 1/3 twice wider than humeral width, parameres as long as 3/4 of phallus, reaching to apical phallic con-

striction ....................................................................................................................................... F. meridana Pic, 1922 ( Venezuela) - Elytra slenderer, up to 1.7x wider in posterior 1/3 than humeral width............................................................................................4 4. Longitudinal and transverse elytral costae orange, inner cells dark brown, distal portion of phallus slender, oval ...........................

....................................................................................................................................... F. aurantiacocostata Pic, 1932 ( Colombia) - Elytral coloration forming unicoloured portions, distal enlargement of phallus almost circular ..................................................... 5 5. Whole elytra orange, only basal sutural stripe slightly infuscate, distal enlargement of phallus circular ..........................................

................................................................................................................. F. decipiens (Gorham, 1884) ( Panama and Costa Rica) - Elytra partly dark brown to black......................................................................................................................................................6 6. Except paired yellow spots elytra dark brown .................................................................................................................................. 7 - Yellow portions of elytra large, usually forming transverse or longitudinal stripes. ........................................................................ 8 7. Only posterior spots in apical 1/6 of elytra yellow, distal enlargement of phallus circular, wider than parameres in posterior 1/3 ...

................................................................................................................................. F. melanopteron Bocákova, 2012 ( Colombia) - Most of elytra black, only humeral spots yellow ............................................................................................................................ 13 8. Elytral apex yellow .................................................................................................................... F. longehumeralis Pic, 1931 ( Peru) - Elytral apex dark brown to black ......................................................................................................................................................9 9. Parameres reaching apical 1/8 of phallus, elytra largely yellow, only basal 3/5 of suture, two transverse median spots, and apical

1/6 of elytra dark brown ................................................................................................................ F. irregularis Pic, 1931 ( Bolivia) - Parameres shorter ............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 10. Basal 3/5 of elytra largely yellow, only sutural region in basal quarter dark brown, male genitalia slender, distal enlargement cir-

cular. ........................................................................................................................................ F. paranana (Pic, 1922) ( Argentina) - Basal 3/5 of elytra with longitudinal black stripes..........................................................................................................................11 11. Each elytron with a yellow transverse stripe behind elytral midlength ..........................................................................................12 - Each elytron with a longitudinal black stripe............................................................................ F. incognitus Kleine, 1942 ( Brazil) 12. Pronotum with whole lateral margins yellow, elytra with a transverse black stripe in basal 1/5–1/2, distal enlargement of phallus

circular to transversely oval ...................................................................................F. apicicornis (Pic, 1922) ( Peru and Colombia) - Yellow lateral margins of pronotum slender, each elytron with longitudinal yellow stripe along primary costa 3............................

.................................................................................................................................................. F. diversecostata Pic, 1931 ( Bolivia) 13. Pronotum margin with lateral and apex of antennnomere XI yellow ..................................................... F. veracruzi n. sp. ( Brazil) - Pronotum margin and apex of antennnomere XI black.............................................. F. ecuadorensis Bocákova, 2012 ( Ecuador)