Muisca variabilis (SPINOLA, 1844a) (Figs 44, 77, 97, 124, 156) Pelonium variabile SPINOLA, 1844a: 367. Lectotype. ♂. Le Bresil (Brazil) (MRSN). CORPORAAL 1950: 284. EKIS (now OPITZ), 1975: 56. D i a g n o s i s: Funicular antennomeres 4-6 are infuscated only in members of M. variabilis and M. testacea. At this time, only the males of these two species are separable using characteristics of the aedeagus (compare Figs 123, 124). R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.5 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 156. Color: Castaneous, except capitulum and funicular antennomeres 5-6 dark brown. Head: Funicular antennomeres subfiliform, progressively shorter towards capitulum, capitulum longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular (Fig. 44), antennomere 11 obovate; frons wider than width of eye (EW/FW 20/30). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 77) quadrate (PW/PL 87/87), side margin with welldeveloped tubercle, disc uniformly punctate; elytral asetiferous punctation striate to distal 2/3 rd of epipleural region, near sutural margin punctured end at about distal 1/2 (EL/EW 225/70). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; posterior margin of 6 th visible sternite faintly incised; aedeagus, phallic apex as in Fig. 124. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 4.7-6.0 mm; width 2.0- 2.2 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were captured throughout the year, some at 300- 500 m. D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig.97): In addition to the type, I examined 66 specimens: Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Serra do Caraca, Santa Barbara,?- I-1970, F. M. Oliveira; Bocaiúva,?- XI-1965, F. Plaumann; Estado de Paraná, Caveuna,?- IX-1945, A. Maller; Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,?- XII-1856, H. Klark; Tijuca,?- XII-1884, E. Gounelle; Nova Friburgo, 2-3-IV-1903, E. Gounelle; Petropolis,?- II-1857, J. Gray; idem,?- II-1857, H. Clark; Estado do São Paulo, Val. Rio Pardo,?- XII-1898, E. Gounelle; Perelheiros, 6-XII-1975, V. N. Alin; idem, 8-XII-1975, V. N. Alin; São Paulo, 6-IX-1976; Constancia,?- I-1957, J. Gray; Estado do Mato Grosso, Villa Vera,?- X-1973, M. Alvarenga; Estado do Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia,?- I-1974, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; idem,?- XI-1974, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; idem,?- II-1978, F. Plaumann; idem, 27°11'S 52°23'W,?- XI-1977, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; Corupa, XII-1948, A. Maller. Specimens are deposited in MNHN, MRSN, WFBM, and WOPC.

Published as part of Opitz, Pitz Pinola Weston, 2018, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae O (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IX. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca S, pp. 587-653 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on pages 631-632, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004283