Pujoliclerus convexus OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 24, 136, 341)

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: ECUADOR: Orellana, 1 km S Okone Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 220-250 m, 21-VI-1994, T. L. Erwin (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 convexus specimens key to P. argus OPITZ from which P. convexus specimens differ by showing a terminal antennomere that is entirely black and a pronotum that is more convex and more transverse.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 241. Color: Cranium bicolorous, clypeus and cranial venter yellow, frons and epicranium black; antenna black; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal anterior angles yellow, pronotal disc mostly black; pterothorax and abdomen brown; legs mostly yellow, prothoracic tibiae and tarsi infuscated; elytra dark brown. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna (Fig. 24) capitate, most funicular antennomeres triangular, 6 th antennomeres robustly expanded; capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 25/30). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 136) transverse (PW/PL 70/65), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercles well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures (EL/EW 220/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected during June, at an altitude between 220- 250 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, convexus, is a Latin name with the meaning of "arched"; with reference to the very convex pronotal disc.