Falsocaenia paranana ( Pic, 1922 )

Bocakova, Milada, Baciakova, Barbora & Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do, 2012, Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 3478, pp. 282-296 : 288

Falsocaenia paranana ( Pic, 1922)

( Figs 10 , 25 , 37 , 63–65 )

Idiopteron (Falsocaenia) parananum Pic, 1922: 24 .

Type material. Holotype, male, ‘ Argentina: Rio Parana, Territoire des Missions‘ ( MNHN) .

Diagnosis. Close to F. apicicorne , from which it differs in body coloration having a broad, transverse, yellow stripe medially.

Redescription. Whole body dark brown, only sides of pronotum, elongate humeral portions and median stripe in elytral ¼–3/5 ( Fig. 10 ), coxae, trochanters, and proximal portions of femora yellow. Eyes medium-sized, distance between eyes 1.2x longer than maximal eye diameter. Maxillary palpi brown, only palpomeres 1–2 yellow, labial palpi brown. Antennae reaching elytral ¾, antennomere 3 1.1x longer than antennomere 4 ( Fig. 37 ). Pronotum ( Fig. 25 ) 1.6x wider than long. Elytra 4x longer than humeral width. Male genitalia slender ( Fig. 63–65 ), lateral margins of parameres almost parallel-sided, phallus straight in lateral view. Body length: 5.1 mm, humeral width: 1.1 mm.

Remark. Holotype with left antennomere 4–11 missing.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Habitus photograph of: (7) Falsocaenia excavatipes; (8) F. apicicornis; (9) F. g r i s e a; (10) F. paranana; (11) F. incognitus; (12) F. diversecostata. Scales 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 30. Head and pronotum of: (16) Falsocaenia meridana; (17) F. irregularis; (18) F. ecuadorensis sp. nov.; (19) Holotype of F. callangana; (20) F. longehumeralis; (21) F. melanopteron sp. nov. (22) F. excavatipes, (23) F. apicicornis; (24) F. g r i s e a; (25) F. paranana; (26) F. incognitus; (27) F. diversecostata; (28) F. decipiens; (29) F. aurantiacocostata; (30) Idiopteron nigripenne. Scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 31 – 41. Basal antennomeres of: (31) Falsocaenia meridana; (32) F. ecuadorensis sp. nov.; (33) F. melanopteron sp. nov.; (34) F. excavatipes; (35) F. apicicornis; (36) F. g r i s e a; (37) F. paranana; (38) F. incognitus; (39) F. decipiens; (40) F. aurantiacocostata; (41) Idiopteron nigripenne. Scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 54 – 65. Male genitalia in dorsal, lateral and ventral view: (54 – 56) Falsocaenia decipiens; (57 – 59) F. callangana, holotype; (60 – 62) F. g r i s e a; (63 – 65) F. paranana. Scales 0.5 mm.