Plastocerus angulosus ( Germar, 1844 )

Németh, Tamás, Hoffmannova, Johana, Kakiopoulos, George, Kramp, Katja & Kundrata, Robin, 2023, Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844) (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) an enigmatic click beetle with a convoluted taxonomic history, Zootaxa 5284 (2), pp. 271-290 : 274

Plastocerus angulosus ( Germar, 1844)

( Figs 1–3 )

Callirhipis angulosa Germar, 1844 : plate 5.

Campylus orientalis Frivaldszky, 1845: 177 [unavailable name, nomen nudum, published without description; see Bálint & Abadjiev 2006].

Plastocerus angulosus: Schaum, 1852: 49 .

Phyllocerus angulosus: Marseul, 1857: 99 ; see Candèze (1863: 486).

Ceroplastus angulosus: Heyden et al., 1883: 111 .

Pseudophyllocerus atricolor Reitter, 1896: 234 ; synonymized with P. angulosus by Schwarz (1897: 64).

Cladocerus angulosus: Schwarz, 1902: 200 .

Ceroplastus atricolor: Reitter, 1910: 178 .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Morphology of Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844). Male habitus. A. Turkey, Kemer, dorsal view; B. Turkey, Kusadasi, ventral view; C. Turkey, Kusadasi, dorsal view. Female habitus. D. Turkey, Taurus, dorsal view; E. Turkey, Taurus, ventral view; F. Turkey, Zeytindağ, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A–C), 5.00 mm (D–F).

FIGURE 2. Morphology of Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844). A. male head, frontal view; B. female head, frontal view; C. male antenna; D. female antenna; E. male labrum; F. male left mandible; G. male right mandible; H. male maxilla; I. male labium; J. male pronotum, dorsal view; K. female pronotum, dorsal view; L. male prosternal process and mesoventrite; M. male prosternum; N. male mesoventrite; O. male scutellum, lateral view; P. male scutellum, dorsal view; Q. male hind wing; R. male metacoxal plate; S. male fore tibia and tarsus. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (C,D,Q), 1.0 mm (A,B,J,K,M,R,S), 0.5 mm (F–H,I,N,O,P,R), 0.2 mm (E).

FIGURE 3. Morphology of Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844), abdominal pregenital segments and genitalia. Male. A–E, abdominal tergites IX–X. A. Lebanon, Beirut; B. Turkey, Kusadasi; C. Syria, Shatha al Dardar; D. Greece, Taygetos Mts.; E. Turkey, Bursa; F–J. abdominal sternite IX; F. Lebanon, Beirut; G. Turkey, Kusadasi; H. Syria, Shatha al Dardar; I. Greece, Taygetos Mts.; J. Turkey, Bursa; K–M. aedeagus, ventral view; K. Lebanon, Beirut; L. Turkey, Kusadasi; M. Syria, Shatha al Dardar; N–O. aedeagus, dorsal view; N. Greece, Taygetos Mts.; O. Turkey, Bursa; P. abdominal tergite VIII; Q. abdominal sternite VIII. Female. R. abdominal tergite VIII; S. abdominal sternite VIII; T. ovipositor; U. inner sclerites of bursa copulatrix. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.