Pseudotoglossa Mateu 1961

Erwin, Terry L., 2004, The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genera of the Cryptobatida group of subtribe Agrina, tribe Lebiini, with new species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 662, pp. 1-54 : 43

Pseudotoglossa Mateu 1961

Pseudotoglossa Mateu 1961:173 . Type species: Otoglossa terminalis Chaudoir 1872:161 (original designation). Type locality: BRAZIL, Petrópolis.

Diagnosis. (cf. Figs. 25 , 27, 29, 31). Head, pronotum, and elytra smooth, not punctate, dark in color markedly contrasting with apex of elytra and abdomen. Antennomere 4 multisetiferous in apical half, in addition to apical ring setae. Pronotum with lateral margin very narrowly reflexed from base to apex, subangulate at mid­lateral setiferous pore. Elytron at basal third depressed, surface uneven, without trace of tubercles, with callus laterally at apical third. Male endophallus with flagellum; flagellum apex barbed.

Dispersal potential. These beetles are fully winged and likely are good dispersers.

Geographic distribution. This widespread genus is found from México south to Brazil, east to French Guiana.

Notes. Four species of eight in the Neotropical Region which constitute this genus occur in Costa Rica. Adults of six additional undescribed species from México and South America are in NMNH and await revision (Erwin & Ball, in prep).

Figures

FIGURE 25. Pseudotoglossa marginella FIGURE 27. Pseudotoglossa obscurella (Bates), female, dorsal aspect, specimen # (Bates), Female, dorsal aspect, specimen # CRI 000672994. ADP 060001 (4.8 km W Cocoli, Panamá).