Pujoliclerus ostrinus Opitz, 2014

Opitz, Weston, 2014, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (4), pp. 727-756 : 727-756

Pujoliclerus ostrinus Opitz , new species ( Figs. 45 , 75 , 118 , 126)

Holotype. ♀. PERU: Cusco: Machu Pichin [probably Machu Picchu], 21-XII-1983, L. Huggert ( FSCA).

Paratypes. One specimen. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: Road to Amboro , above Achira , 27-28-X- 2011, Wappes & Skillman ( JEWC, 1) .

Diagnosis. The purpurescent coloration of the elytra will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size: Length 5.8 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 118 . Integument: Head yellow; antenna brown, apex yellow; pronotum mostly yellow, with black macula along anterior and posterior margins; legs yellow and brown, pterothorax, and abdomen brown. Head: Eyes narrower than frons (12:14); funicular antennomeres slightly expanded, 6 th antennomere not acuminate ( Fig. 45 ). Thorax: Pronotum transverse (40:35), lateral tubercle moderately prominent ( Fig. 75 ); asetiferous punctures end at about elytral 4/5, punctures prominent in anterior elytral 3/4; epipleural fold gradually diminishing to elytral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus not available.

Variation. The dark line on the pronotal collar is more slender, and the legs are darker in the paratype.

Natural History. The holotype was collected during December and the paratype in October.

Distribution. Known from Peru and Bolivia ( Fig. 126).

Etymology. The specific epithet ostrinus (= purple) is a Latin adjective. It refers to the purpurescent hue of the elytra.

Figures

Figs. 39–47. Pujoliclerus species, antennae. 39) P. macilentus; 40) P. megalus; 41) P. argus; 42) P. aspigalbus;

Figs. 62–75. Pujoliclerus species, pronota. 62) P. oxinus; 63) P. alajuela; 64) P. megacavus; 65) P. alboordinus; 66) P. pallidus; 67) P. apolegmus; 68) P. catarina; 69) P. macilentus; 70) P. megalus; 71) P. argus; 72) P. aspigalbus; 73) P. flora; 74) P. posticalis; 75) P. ostrinus.

Figs. 116–120. Pujoliclerus species, habitus. 116) P. opsus; 117) P. pallidus; 118) P. ostrinus; 119) P. corumba;