Alarius careoritus OPITZ, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 1024-1025

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3746744
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809140
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1879C-D814-FF98-3CB4-FA6031D3F90F
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Alarius careoritus OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Alarius careoritus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 59 View Figs 43-60 , 174 View Figs 171-178 , 358 View Figs 358-361 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Ecuador: Prov. Cotopaxi, Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, 3500 m, 18-I- 1987 ( QCAZ).

D i a g n o s i s: This is the only species in the genus. The generic diagnosis will suffice to identify the members of Alarius careoritus.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.6 mm. Form: As in Fig. 358 View Figs 358-361 . Color: Testaceous. Head: Eyes small, coarsely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 15/42); antenna capitate ( Fig. 59 View Figs 43-60 ), funicular antennomeres filiform, capitular antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 ovate. Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 174 View Figs 171-178 ) slightly transverse, pronotal tubercles well-developed (PW/PL 82/70), disc coarsely punctate and with 4 small tumescences; elytral disc with substriate asetiferous punctures (EL/EW 190/60). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected in January, at 3500 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from Ecuador.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, careoritus, is a Latin name that stems from careo (= be without); with regard to the apterous condition of the members of this species.