Pujoliclerus abditus OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 73, 118, 247, 337)

Holotype: ♂. Type locality: Ile de Cajenne, "La Chaumiere", 17.XII.1976. A second label reads: Franz Guyana (French Guiana) N. Degallier (FSCA).

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 abditus specimens key to P. helvinus OPITZ from which P. abditus specimens differ in characteristics of the antenna. In Pujoliclerus abditus the capitular antennomeres are bicolorous and much wider than they are in P. helvinus specimens.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.1 mm. Form: As in Fig. 337. Color: Clypeus, frons, and cranial venter yellow; epicranium brown; antenna bicolorous, scape yellow, pedicel, and funicular antennomeres black, disc of capitular antennomeres yellow, posterior margin black; prothorax testaceous, pronotum infuscated at posterior angles; pterothorax and legs yellow, except tarsi black; elytra mostly testaceous, infuscated at humeral angle and at apex; abdomen yellow. Head: Antenna (Fig. 73) capitate, funicular antennomeres shorter towards capitulum, capitular antennomeres oblong; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye wider than frons (EW/FW 38/20). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 118) slightly transverse (PW/PL 90/85), disc finely punctate, pronotal tubercle well developed; at elytral basal 1/3 elytra sculptured with 10 striae of asetiferous punctures, asetiferous punctures not present in elytral distal 2/3 rd (EL/EW 260/70). Abdomen: Pygidium transverse / scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 247.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected during December.

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

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, abditus, is a Latin name with a meaning of "concealed"; with reference to the enigmatic determination of the type location.