Physodactylus girardi Rosa, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Rosa, Simone Policena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Physodactylus
Physodactylus girardi

description: Physodactylus girardi sp. nov.   
 (Figs. 21 A-I, 35I)   
 Etymology: In homage to the Dr. Claude Girard, for his contribution to the knowledge of Elateridae.   
 Description (male, Fig. 35I): Integument bright; light brown to brown, head darker, ventral abdomen black with lateral borders light brown; pilosity brown. Total length 8-11 mm; elytral base 1.03-1.08x as wide as prothorax, elytra 2.81-2.91x longer than pronotum. Frons flat to slightly concave, frontal carina not produced anteriorly. Antenna (Fig. 21A) reaching the base of posterior angles; antennomere IV 1.05x as wide as long, V 1.14x wider than long, VI-IX 1.1-1.3x wider than long, XI oval 1.66 times longer than wide. Pronotum (Figs. 21B, C) convex 1.07-1.12x wider than long with lateral sides gradually convergent anteriorly from posterior angle; anteromedian margin weakly produced; posterior angles short, convex, parallel and carinate; lateral carina complete, nearly entirely visible dorsally; disc with punctures 2-3 diameters apart, larger and denser on lateral and anterior borders. Protibia (Fig. 21D) with dorsal apical angle obtuse and not produced, lamellae of pro- and mesotarsomeres I minuscule, absent on metatarsomere I. Elytra parallel-sided on anterior 2/3 then tapering to apex, striae with irregular rows of punctures; interstices flat, scarcely punctate, rugose; apical striae with punctures as large as those of pronotal lateral border. Abdomen with ventrites 2-3 slightly concave laterally, ventrite 1 with setae a little smaller than those of ventrite 2, black area of ventrites 2-4 covered with moderately long setae and dense punctation, lateral brown area with punctures smaller and setae sparse. Pregenitalic segments and aedeagus covered with stout brown setae. Sternite VIII with posterior margin straight, anterior sclerotization 0.58x the total width of sternite; sternite IX (Fig. 21G) with apex rounded.   
 Aedeagus (Figs. 21H, I): Phallobase 0.44x the total length of aedeagus, 1.14x longer than wide, length ratio between lateroposterior and median parts 9.5; paramere with ventral surface entirely membranous and translucent; penis with basal strut 0.31x its total length, articulated to parameres by a sclerotized process; ventral sclerite elongate, tapering apicad.   
 Holotype: [BRAZIL: Pirapora, M. Gervais (sic), XI.1975, M. Alvarenga], male (MZUSP).   
 Paratypes: Same label as holotype, 1 ex. (MZUSP), 3 exs. (CNC).   
 Distribution: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Pirapora.   
 Remarks: P. girardi can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: antenna reaching the base of the pronotal posterior angles, lateral carina complete and nearly entirely visible dorsally, pronotal posterior angles short and carinate, apical dorsal angle of protibia not produced, lamella of tarsomere I very small on the pro- and mesothoracic legs and absent on the metathoracic leg.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Simone Policena, 2014, Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Physodactylinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), pp. 217-292 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) (São Paulo) 54 (18) on pages 266-267, DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.18, http://zenodo.org/record/12641367