Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S Author Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 587 653 journal article 21064 10.5281/zenodo.4004283 bedafe83-1cab-4329-8c1d-0152874f3907 0253-116X 4004283 Muisca mestolinea OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 32 , 63, 96, 110, 140) Holotype : . ECUADOR , COTOPAXI , LAS PAMPAS , 12 JUN 1997 , G. ONORE ( QCAZ ). Paratypes : 23 specimens . Ecuador : Provincia de Cotopaxi , Las Pampas , 26-IV-1997 , 1500 m , G. Onore ( QCAZ , 1) ; N of San Francisco de los Pampas , vicinity Rio Esmeraldas , 14-15-V- 1993 , 4400-5000 feet , Mercury vapor light, L. Herman ( AMNH , 1) ; Provincia de Pichincha , Alluriquín , 26-I-1985 , M. Jiménez ( QCAZ , 1) ; Rio Mindo , 3-IV-2001 , F. T. Hovore ( JNRC , 1) ; Mindo , 26-I-2004 , F. T. Hovore ( WOPC , 1) ; Tinalandia , 2-XI-1983 , L, Huggert ( WOPC , 3) ; U del Toachi , Cuesta del Gallinazo , 6-III- 1997 , 950 m, G. Onore ( WOPC , 1) ; Provincia de Bolivar , Balzapamba ,?-III-IV-1894, M. de Mathan ( MNHN , 10; WOPC , 4) . D i a g n o s i s: Muisca mestolinea specimens may be distinguished from those of its sister species, M. anachyma , by coloration of the elytral disc. In M. mestolinea specimens the elytral disc shows 4 dark brown lines. In M. anachyma specimens the elytral disc is nearly uniformly castaneous with a faint indication of 3 punctiform infuscations. Also, the sutural margin is dark brown in specimens of M. mestolinea , which is not the case in those of M. anachyma . D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.5 mm ; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 140 . Color: Mostly light castaneous; pronotum with 2 paralateral black lines; elytral sutural margins darkened and each disc with 4 black short lines. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, capitulum about as long as combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular ( Fig. 32 ), antennomere 11 obovate; frons wider than width of eye ( EW /FW 20/30). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 63) oblong ( PW /PL 73/85), side margin with well-developed tubercle, disc subglabrous at midline; elytral asetiferous punctation minute, striate to distal 2/3 rd ( EL /EW 230/60). Abdomen: Pygidium subquadrate; posterior margin of 6 th visible sternite concave at middle; aedeagus, phallic apex as in Fig. 110. V a r i a t i o n: Length 5.2-7.3 mm ; width 2.0- 2.7 mm . The infuscation of the sutural margin varies in expression. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected from April to June, one with a Mercury vapor light set at an altitude between 1341-1524 m . One specimen was collected at 950 m . E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, mestolinea , is a compound name that stems from the Greek mesto (= filled) and the Latin linea (= line). The name refers to the dark lines on the dorsum of this beetle. D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig.96 ): This species is known from Ecuador .