Pelecium nicki Straneo 1955
Creators: name: Orsetti, Artur
name: Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Pelecium
Pelecium nicki

description: Pelecium nicki Straneo, 1955
Figs 10I–P, 16D, 17A, 22A, 22B, 26
Specimens examined
BRAZIL • 2 ♂♂; Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, UCAD; 5–12 Jan. 2004; C. Espirito Santo leg.; CERPE • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, UCAD; 3–10 Nov. 2003; C. Espirito Santo leg.; CERPE • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; FZBR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, P.N. do Itatiaia; Jan. 1957; L.C. Alvarenga leg.; MZSP • 1 ♂; Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, P.N. Itatiaia; Jan. 1993; CERPE • 1 ♂; Santa Catarina, Urubici, Pq. Nac. São Joaquim; Jun.–Dec. 2015; P.G. da Silva leg.; CAMB • 1 ♀; Santa Catarina, Florianópolis; 9 Mar. 2013; P.G. Silva leg.; CERPE.
Notes
Known specimens of P. nicki are from the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, South Region of Brazil, in the Pampean and the Paraná Forest provinces, respectively. The new record is from the Atlantic Forest province in the Paraná dominion.
Complementary description
ABDOMINAL TERGITE IX (Fig. 10M). Oval, asymmetrical; sides subparallel at base and converging at middle in projection on apex; inner anterior angle rounded; apex straight with inner posterior angle rounded.
AEDEAGUS (Fig. 10K–L, N–O). With median lobe (Fig. 10K–L) cylindrical, slender, asymmetrical; slightly sinuous, apical portion expanded; ostium very short, confined to apical fourth; apical lamella moderately long, abruptly narrowed; apical edge sharp; basal bulb thin. Parameres (Fig. 10N–O) asymmetrical, left paramere (Fig. 10N) securiform, longer and thinner than right paramere (Fig. 10O).
GONOCOXITE 1 (Fig. 10P). Outer and inner sides arcuate; inner side forming acute projection on posterior margin; anterior margin dull.
GONOCOXITE 2 (Fig. 10P). Elongate; basal lobe bearing ensiform setae on each side; ensiform setae long, with half the length of gonocoxite 2, inner ensiform setae visibly longer than external setae; slender setae at apex.
MEASUREMENTS (in mm). Males (n = 9): AL1 0.6–0.9 (0.77± 0.12), AL2 0.3–0.5 (0.39 ± 0.08), EL 5.3–6.7 (5.76 ± 0.45), EW 3.9–5.4 (4.46 ± 0.42), PL 3.0–4.0 (3.39 ± 0.31), PW 3.1–4.0 (3.48 ±0.27), HL 1.4–2.0 (1.63± 0.18), HW 2.2–2.8 (2.44 ±0.19), TL 9.7–12.7 (10.78 ± 0.93), TL/EW 2.3–2.6 (2.42 ± 0.09), lp2L 0.5–0.7 (0.57 ±0.07), lp3L 0.6–0.8 (0.67 ± 0.07), lp3 W 0.4 –0.5 (0.42 ± 0.04), mp3L 0.3–0.4 (0.31± 0.03), mp4L 0.6–0.8 (0.68 ± 0.08), mp4 W 0.4 –0.6 (0.43 ± 0.07). Females (n = 3): AL1 0.7–0.8 (0.73± 0.06), AL2 0.3–0.4 (0.33 ± 0.06), EL 5.3–6.0 (5.63± 0.35), EW 4.2–4.4 (4.33 ±0.12), PL 3.2–3.3 (3.23± 0.06), PW 3.4–3.3 (3.43± 0.06), HL 1.3–1.5 (1.43± 0.12), HW 2.2–2.4 (2.3 ± 0.1), TL 10.0–10.8 (10.3± 0.44), TL/EW 2.3–2.5 (2.38 ± 0.09), lp2L 0.5–0.6 (0.53± 0.06), lp3L 0.5–0.6 (0.57± 0.06), lp3 W 0.2 –0.3 (0.27 ± 0.06), mp3L 0.2–0.3 (0.27 ±0.06), mp4L 0.6–0.6 (0.60 ±0.0), mp4 W 0.3 –0.3 (0.3 ±0.0).
description: Published as part of Orsetti, Artur & Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2024, A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Pelecium Kirby (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Peleciini), pp. 1-61 in European Journal of Taxonomy 922 on page 39, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.922.2443, http://zenodo.org/record/10715279