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Falsocaenia paranana Pic 1922

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Bocakova, Milada, Baciakova, Barbora & Nascimento, Elynton Alves Do, 2012, Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae), pp. 282-296 in Zootaxa 3478 on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.27, http://zenodo.org/record/282255

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Scientific name authorship
Pic
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Lycidae
Genus
Falsocaenia
Species
paranana
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Falsocaenia paranana Pic, 1922 sec. Bocakova, Baciakova & Nascimento, 2012

References

  • Pic, M. (1922) Contribution a l'etude des Lycides. L'Echange, 407 - 410, 13 - 28 hors texte.