Agnatis vaurieae, 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 : 972-973

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3746744
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809231
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1879C-D858-FFD4-3CB4-FA6E3197F859
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Agnatis vaurieae
status	nov.sp.

Treatment

Agnatis vaurieae OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 94 View Figs 92-100 , 153 View Figs 153-162 , 215 View Figs 213-218 , 280 View Figs 278-281 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Minas Nuevas , Sonora, Mex., VIII-7-1952, C. & P. Vaurie ( AMNH) . Paratypes: 7 specimens. Mexico: Estado de Sonora, Minas Nuevas , 7-VIII-1952, C. & P. Vaurie ( AMNH, 4; WFBM, 1; WOPC, 2) .

D i a g n o s i s: Among the 2 heretofore known species of Agnatis , A. vaurei most closely approximate A. dugesi ( GORHAM), from which A. vaurei specimens differ by showing a testaceous pronotal color. The pronotum is black in specimens of A. dugesi.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 2.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 280 View Figs 278-281 . Color: Cranium and antenna black; pterothorax, legs, and abdomen piceous; elytra mostly black with a bluish luster, epipleural fold testaceous. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 94 View Figs 92-100 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres gradually wider from pedicel to 8 th antennomere, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 long triangular, antennomere 11 subrectangulate; eyes small, ommatidia small, ocular notch large, eye much narrower than frons (EW/FW 20/38). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 153 View Figs 153-162 ) transverse (PW/PL 93/80), anterior transverse depression absent; disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercle absent, disc concave paralaterally; elytral asetiferous punctures absent, setiferous punctures small and profusely distributed throughout elytral disc (EL/EW 300/90); Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 215 View Figs 213-218 .

Variation: Length 4.0-7.0 mm; width 1.7-2.5 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens were quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected during August.

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

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, vaurieae, is a patronymic that honors the late Patricia Vaurie, for her many contributions to museum and field entomology.