Pujoliclerus lasiosus, Opitz, Weston, 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 : 1015

Pujoliclerus lasiosus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 77 , 121 , 344 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: COSTA RICA, F. NEVERMANN, IX 28. On back of the label it reads: Turrialba ( USNM).

D i a g n o s i s: The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 ( OPITZ 2014d). This work included a key to species. Pujoliclerus lasiosus specimens key to P. flavoapicalus OPITZ from which P. lasiosus specimens differ by lacking red color on the pronotum and the funicular antennomeres are much more expanded laterally.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 344 . Color: Cranium mostly testaceous, upper frons and epicranium brown, brown streak behind eyes; antenna black; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal sides yellow, lower sides of pronotum and pronotal disc with brown streak; pterothorax and elytra brown, except elytral apex slightly yellow; legs bicolorous, femora yellow, tibiae and tarsi brown. Head: Antenna ( Fig. 77 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres transverse, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye slightly narrower than frons (EW/FW 30/32). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 121 ) transverse (PW/PL 90/80), disc finely punctate, lateral tubercles well developed; elytral asetiferous punctures not striate, profusely distributed throughout disc (EL/EW 290/55). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

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

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, lasiosus, is a Greek name that stems from lasios (= hairy); with reference to the highly setose elytral disc.

Figures

Figs 61-91: Antennae; (61) Madoniella muralla; (62) M. nota; (63) M. acicula; (64) M. aspera; (65) M. baja; (66) M. delta; (67) Amboakis bermejo; (68) Pujoliclerus variolus; (69) Megatrachys irrasis; (70) Cregya arima; (71) Nelsopelonium aspikelum; (72) Cregya vicosa; (73) Pujoliclerus abditus; (74) P. dexus; (75) Cregya triguttula; (76) Pyticeroides brevitubulus; (77) Pujoliclerus lasiosus; (78) Cregya biguttula; (79) Sirpa acara; (80) Parapelonides naranjo; (81) Cregya livida; (82) Amboakis collucoatis; (83) Ampleris jatai; (84) Megaphloeus yasuni; (85) Pelonium implacide, male; (86) Epiphloeus prolixicornus; (87) Pelonium implacide, female; (88) Epiphloeus mantillerii; (89) Amboakis mitaraka; (90) Ellipotoma makrosa; (91) Cregya maura.

Figs 118-133: Pronota; (118) Pujoliclerus abditus; (119) Nelsopelonium aspikelum; (120) Parapelonides naranjo; (121) Pujoliclerus lasiosus; (122) Neorthopleura rubra; (123) Pujoliclerus ariquemes; (124) Ichnea cerinis; (125) Ampleris amazon; (126) Pujoliclerus abditus; (127) P. dexsus; (128) Sirpa acara; (129) Madoniella aspera; (130) Pelonium tayrona; (131) Megatrachys irrasis; (132) Ordinis taxis; (133) Pujoliclerus cnecostus.

Figs 342-345: Habitus; (342) Pujoliclerus dexus; (343) P. flavidus; (344) P. lasiosus; (345) P. melonius.