Perotis cuprata (Klug, 1829)

Kirçakci, Ali Kemal & Kabalak, Mahmut, 2020, Contributions to the systematics of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) by the first description of male external genital organ and illustrations of six species from Ankara province, Turkish Journal of Zoology 44 (6), pp. 531-537 : 533

Perotis cuprata (Klug, 1829) ( Figure 10 .)

Material examined: Ankara (Pursaklar), 40°08ʹ29.14ʹʹ N, 32°53ʹ21.52ʹʹ E, 1039.43m, 1♂, 11.6.2018 ; Ankara (Çubuk), 40°18ʹ13.67ʹʹ N, 32°55ʹ39.64ʹʹ E, 1163m, 1♂, 11.6.2018 .

Aedeagus ( Figure 11. A–D ): In the dorsal view, phallobase slightly sclerotized, its lateral margins almost parallel, narrowing in the posterior, with a slightly pointed posterior margin; parameres quite sclerotized, and covered with campaniform sensilla in anterior two thirds, lateral margins almost parallel in the posterior third, then expanded in the medial third, and again almost parallel in the anterior third; apex slightly sclerotized, yellowish-white, obliquely truncated, and blunt, yellowish-white area densely long setose; median lobe sclerotized, gradually narrowing in the apical part, increasingly pointed towards the apex, and obtuse at the apex; in the lateral view, the phallobase sclerotized, lateral margins dorsally and ventrally narrowing towards the apex, and apex pointed.

Figures

Figures 8–13. Habitus and aedeagi. 8–9. CapnodIs carbonarIa, 10–11. PerotIs cuprata, 12–13. AnthaxIa (Cratomerus) eugenIae. A–B) Dorsal photograph and drawing of aedeagus. C–D) Lateral photograph and drawing of aedeagus.