Plocamocera bolivari, OPITZ, 2004

OPITZ, WESTON, 2004, Classification, Natural History, And Evolution Of The Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part Ii. The Genera Chaetophloeus Opitz And Plocamocera Spinola, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2004 (280), pp. 1-82 : 59-60

Plocamocera bolivari , new species Figures 148, 175 , 206 ; map 6

HOLOTYPE: Male. Venezuela: Trujillo: La Guira. er. Betijoque, 9 ° 19 ̍ North, 70 ° 24 ̍ West , 4–9­XII­1996, 500 meters, Entrampa Malaise, J. Clavijo, J. L. Garcia, De Marmels, A. Chacon ( IZAV). (Specimen point mounted, sex label affixed to paper point, white, machine printed; collectors label, white, machine printed; collecting technique label, white, machine printed; ownership label, green, machine printed; IZAV repository label, white, machine printed; holotype label, red, machine printed.)

PARATYPES: Five specimens from the same locality as the holotype ( IZAV, 3; WOPC, 2) .

DIAGNOSIS: This species is closely related to P. auratilis , n. sp. and P. ambra , n. sp. However, in P. bolivari specimens the body is shorter and more squat. Further, P. bolivari specimens differ from P. auratilis specimens by having the pygidium feebly emarginated, and the integument is generally more piceous. In P. auratilis beetles the pygidium is truncate and the integument is predominantly light castaneous. From P. ambra specimens, P. bolivari specimens differ by having a considerably narrower phallobasic apodeme.

DESCRIPTION: Size: Length 4.2–5.2 mm; width 1.5–2.2 mm. Integument: Cranium castaneous, frons piceous; pronotum castaneous near margins, disc piceous; elytra variegated, anterior third and posterior to middle broadly light castaneous, disc piceous in remainder; aggregates of light setae extended from epipleural to sutural margins; legs predominantly piceous, extremities of legs flavotestaceous. Head: Antennal club as in figure 148. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin moderately projected at middle; discal swellings prominent; elytral epipleural margin with five con­ spicuous trichobothria; protibial anterior margin with three spines. Abdomen: Male pygidium broad­scutiform, feebly emarginate, female pygidium broad­scutiform; aedeagus as in figure 175.

VARIATION: The piceous regions of the elytra vary in intensity.

NATURAL HISTORY: The available specimens were collected from the eastern Andes of Venezuela, at 500 m. in a Malaise trap.

DISTRIBUTION (map 6): Known only from the type locality.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is a surname patronym and is used to honor General Simon Bolivar, a great liberator of the fine people of South America.

Figures

Figs. 170–180. Various organs. Aedeagi. 170. Plocamocera prolixa. 171. P. salasis, 172. P. auratilis. 173. P. taruma. 174. P. sericellopsis. 175. P. bolivari. 176. P. ambra. 177. P. similis. Elytra. 178. P. specula. 179. P. quadrula. Antennomere. 180. P. specula.

Figs. 196–212. Antennal clubs. 196. Plocamocera sesquipedalis. 197. P. similis. 198. P. coactilis. 199. P. aspera. 200. P. santa. 201. P. onorei. 202. P. bispina. 203. P. carnegei. 204. P. paris. 205. P. ambra. 206. P. bolivari. 207. P. auratilis. 208. P. insula. 209. P. selva. 210. P. cericellopsis. 211. P.