Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Vol. 13
Plateros californicus n. sp. - Moderately robust, black, prothorax with sides fulvous. Antennae extending backwards beyond middle of body, distinctly serrate, second joint small and transverse, third triangular, but little longer than broad and about two thirds length of fourth, fourth slightly broader than third and one third longer than broad, fifth as broad as third, longer than fourth but distinctly less than twice as long as wide, sixth as long as fifth, slightly narrower and about twice as long as broad, the outer joints gradually narrower, joints 3-0 with outer angle acute and distal side of joint oblique. Prothorax broader than long, not carinate at apex but with apical margin notched, basal cellule rather broad and deep, with its basal and lateral margins elevated and gradually spreading out and merging with the disc in front. Elytra with alternate interstitial lines but slightly more elevated and then only near base, otherwise as in canaliculatus, which it superficially resembles. Length 8 mm., breadth 3 mm.
Type, a unique male in my own collection, collected by myself at Carrville, Trinity Co., Cal., July 5, 1013.
This species closely resembles P. canaliculatus Say but differs principally in having more robust and more distinctly serrate antennae, and in having a very broad basal cellule on the prothorax as against a somewhat linear one in that as in most other species of the genus. This is the first species of the genus to be found on the Pacific coast.
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