Pyticara duponti SPINOLA , 1844

Opitz, Weston, 2015, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Enopliinae GISTEL (Coleoptera Cleridae). Part IV. The New World genus Pyticara SPINOLA, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 711-730 : 718-719

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Pyticara duponti SPINOLA , 1844
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Pyticara duponti SPINOLA, 1844 ( Figs 2, 9, 17, 18 View Figs 1-20 , 29 View Figs 27-30 , 34 View Fig , 38 View Figs 36-39 , 40 View Fig )

Pyticara duponti SPINOLA, 1844: 71 . Neotype: ♀. Here selected. Nova Teutonia, Sta. Catarina View in CoL ,

BRAZ ( Brazil), 1: XII: 41, Fritz Plaumann leg. (FSCA). Corporaal 1950: 274. Ekis (now

Opitz) (1975: 63). Pyticara immarginata PIC (1950: 8) Pyticara suturalis SCHENKLING (1906: 311) Pyticara coronata GORHAM (1877: 416) . nov.syn. Pyticara flavicollis GORHAM (1877: 416). nov.syn.

The characteristics upon which these nominal species synonyms are based fall into the range of variation of P. duponti (SPINOLA) .

D i a g n o s i s: Some specimens of P. duponti have the epipleural region yellow which is also the case in the P. simoata specimen. However, the epipleural region is not as explanate in the P. duponti beetles as it is in P. simoata beetles (compare Figs 34 View Fig , 37, 38 View Figs 36-39 ). Specimens of P. duponti , that have the elytral disc entirely brown, are similarly distinguishable from P. simoata specimens.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 10.5 mm; width 4.4 mm. Form: As in Fig. 34 View Fig . Color: Cranium mostly black, head venter testaceous, narrowly testaceous in vertex and behind eyes, lower frons testaceous; pronotum testaceous; mesoscutellum black; elytra bicolored, mostly black, with broadly yellow epipleural border; legs black. Head: As wide as anterior margin of pronotum; antennal funicle very compact ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1-20 ); antennomere 9 much longer than funicle; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 35/45. Thorax: Pronotum transverse, side margin rounded ( Fig. 9 View Figs 1-20 ); PW/PL 150/115; elytra explanate near epipleural margin, gradually increasing in diameter from base to elytral half; EL/EW 490//155; pronotal partial commissure ( Fig. 29 View Figs 27-30 ) well developed. Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at distal margin; aedeagus as in Figs 17, 18 View Figs 1-20 ; tegminal lobes strongly fimbriate.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 13.0-11.0 mm; width 4.0-4.8 mm. The expression of testaceous regions of the cranium varies as does the coloration of the pronotal disc. The latter may have two broad black lines on its disc. The mesoscutellum may be testaceous and the elytral disc entirely black.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during August, October, November, January, and February, at altitudes ranging from 250 – 400 m. They were gathered in a Malaise trap and flight intercept trap. Wilford J. Hansen captured a specimen in Rondonia, Brazil, by placing a Malaise trap over a stack of recently felled tree trunks (for photograph of this method of collecting Cleridae see OPITZ 2004: 14, Fig. 2 View Figs 1-20 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 40 View Fig ): I examined 20 specimens from: Colombia, 320 m, Putumayo, PNN La Paya, Canaña Viviano Cocha, 0°7'S 74°56'W, Malaise , 15-30-X- 2001, R. Cobete. French Guiana, Roura, RN 2 PK 22, Magne des Cevaux , 4-I-2009, piége vitre d’ interception, P. H. Dalens GoogleMaps ; Régina, Montagne de Kaw, PK 36, 10-VIII- 2005, piége malaise, J. A. Cerda. Ecuador, Napo, Yasuni Research Station, 19-30-X- 1998, W. J. Hanson, 250 m, 6°36'W 0°38'S Brazil, Vilhena , Rondonia, XI-1973, M. Alvarenga GoogleMaps ; Rondonia, 62 km SE Ariquemes , 8-20-XI-1994, W. J. Hansen ; Rio Caraguata , Mato Grosso, XII-1953, 21°48' W 32°27'N, 400 m, Fritz Plaumann GoogleMaps ; Amazonas, Reserva Ducke, 26 km NE Manaus, Barbosa , M. G. V, Malaise ; Santa Catarina , Nova Teutonia , II-1956, F. Plaumann ; Amazon , Ega ; Alto de Serra ; Rio Madeira , Abuna, Mann & Baker ; Sta. Tereza , 26-X-1964, C. Elias ; Linhares, ES, 9-15-I-1975, C. Elias. Specimens are deposited in EMUS, FMNH, JNRC, GMCF, WFBM, and WOPC .

N o t e s: In 1975 I examined the Spinola collection and found no trace of the holotype of this species ( EKIS 1975: 63). It has not been found in the Paris Museum. Fortunately, Spinola provided a fine illustration of the missing holotype. The description is based on a specimen that looks very similar to the aforementioned habitus illustration. However, to fix the name of this species, which is characterized by having two color morphs, I select a Neotype in conformity with Article 75 of the ICZN (1999).

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

WFBM

W.F. Barr Entomological Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Pyticara

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Pyticara duponti SPINOLA , 1844

Opitz, Weston 2015
2015
Loc

Pyticara duponti

SPINOLA M 1844: 71
1844
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