Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883

Perger, Robert, Grossi, Paschoal Coelho & Guerra, Fernando, 2017, Description of a new species of the stag beetle genus Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 302, pp. 1-10 : 3-5

Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883

Fig. 2 A–B

Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883: 387 .

Auxicerus platyceps – Jakowlew 1900: 38. — Blackwelder 1944: 195. — Weinreich 1963: 202. — Benesh 1960: 51. — Maes 1992: 64. — Mizunuma & Nagai 1994: 279.

Material examined

Holotype

PERU: ♂, 1917 [no other data], BL 13 mm ( BMNH).

Other material

PERU: 1 ♂, Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Puerto Bermudez, 2200 m a.s.l., Feb. 2009 ( AGC); 1 ♂, Chanchamayo ( AGC).

BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz Department: 2 ♂♂, BL 10.15 and 14.9 mm, Amboro National Park, Los Volcanes, 1000 m a.s.l., 18°06′ S, 63°36′ W, 20 Nov.–12 Dec. 2004, MV light sheet on stream beach, M. V.L. Barclay and H. Mendel leg. ( EPGC); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, BL 12.5 and 9.1 mm, Los Volcanes, 4 km N of Bermejo Ref., 1350 m a.s.l., 8–11 Nov. 2011, 18°06′ S, 63°36′ W, Wappes, Lingafelter, Morris and Woodley leg. ( EPGC). — La Paz Department: 1 ♂, BL 11 mm, Consata, 2000 m a.s.l., Sep. 2008 ( EPGC); 1 ♂, BL 12.0 mm, Nor Yungas, Coroico, 16º12′ S, 67º48′ W, 1200 m a.s.l., 18–28 Nov. 2008 ( EPCG).

Geographical distribution

Peru (Canchamayo); Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz).

Figures

Fig. 2. A–B. Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883. A. Holotype, ♂, BL 13 mm (BMNH). B. Head, ♂, BL 11 mm, Bolivia, Consata (EPCG). — C. Auxicerus aethiops Jakowleff, 1900, holotype, ♂, BL 16 mm, Bolivia (ZIRAS). — D–E. Auxicerus magnipunctatus sp. nov., holotype, ♂, BL 10.7 mm (CBF). D. Dorsal habitus. E. Head. Diagnostic characters indicated by arrows: (1) ocellate punctures on mesosternum, (2) posterior end of ocular canthus, (3) anterior edge of ocular canthus and (4) antennal lamellae. Scale bars: A, C–D = 5 mm; B, E = 2.5 mm.