Enoclerus teutonia OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 123-169 : 143-144

Enoclerus teutonia OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 57 , 106 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♁. Type locality: Brazil, Nova Teutonia, 27º11′ B 52º 23′, E 300- 500 m, I-1973, Fritz Plaumann ( WFBM) . Paratypes: 3 specimens. BRAZIL: Estado do Santa Catarina ; Nova Teutonia,?- II-1974, F. Plaumann ( WOPC, 2) ; idem, collection date not noted, collector not noted ( WFBM, 2) .

D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black; antennae, tibiae, and tarsi testaceous; elytra with three yellow markings; elytral apex setose.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.1 mm. Form: As in Fig. 57 . Head. (EW/FW 20/50). Thorax: Subapical depression well defined; pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW-110/110); (EL/EW 240/75). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 106 ).

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, teutonia, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 57-60. Habitus. Enoclerus teutonia (57); E. tucuman (58); E. velha (59); E. vera (60).

Figs 101-110. Aedeagus. Enoclerus rio (101); E. riocuare (102); E. rionegro (103); E. rondonia (104); E. sinop (105); E. teutonia (106); E. tucuman (107); E. vista (108); E. wappesi (109); E. yungas (110).