Pinacodera laevior Bates 1891

With character states of subgenus Pinacodera and chevrolati complex restricted as follows: OBL 9.33 – 12.00 mm. Length (n= 10 males, 10 females): head 0.92 – 1.04, pronotum 1.80 – 2.28, elytra 4.83 – 6.25, metepisternum 0.86 – 1.1 mm; width: head 1.80 – 2.24, pronotum 2.20 – 3.04, elytra 3.67 – 4.75, metepisternum 0.60 – 0.66 mm. Body proportions. HW/HL 1.92 – 2.33; PWM/PL 1.18 – 1.35; EL/EW 1.27 – 1.45; ML/MW 1.40 – 1.67. Color (Fig. 32). Dorsum of head black to rufo-piceous; legs rufo- piceous. Microsculpture. Elytra with mesh pattern isodiametric, microlines shallow throughout length. Macrosculpture and pilosity. Dorsal punctures with setae present, very short, hardly visible at 50×. Head ventrally with sparse, scattered setigerous punctures from behind eye laterally toward mentum. Pronotum normally with relatively evenly scattered setigerous punctures throughout, more densely so toward margins; few specimens with setigerous punctures along margin and few to no punctures on disc. Elytral epipleuron glabrous. Fixed setae. Pronotum with two setae along each margin. Four to six setae (typically four) along apical margin of sternum VII (Fig. 3). Luster. Elytra glossy throughout. Head (Fig. 37E-G). Mental tooth form varied. Hind wings. Markedly reduced, 1.06–1.57 mm in length, mean 1.32 mm. Male genitalia. Phallus (Fig. 34B) length 2.40–2.60 mm. Female genitalia. Gonocoxite 2 (gc2) (Fig. 35B) long and narrow.