Enoclerus matamata 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 : 137

Enoclerus matamata OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 36 , 91 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♁. Type locality: Colombia, Amazonas , PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 150 m, MT, M 3273, 3°41'S 70°15'W, 8-12-III-2000, M. Sharkey ( WOPC).

D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black, except each elytron with testaceous tripartite-trigonal marking with and posterior linear marking.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 36 . Head: Frons rough; antenna longer than width across eyes; capitulum slightly acuminate; (EW/FW 35/50). Thorax: Pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW 130/130); (EL/EW 300/60). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 91 ).

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

Figures

Figs 33-36. Habitus. Enoclerus losvolcanes (33); E. luridus (34); E. maldonado (35); E. matamata (36).

Figs 83-91. Aedeagus. Enoclerus huila (83); E. itajura (84); E. junin (85); E. kaw (86); E. larioja (87); E. losvolcanes (88); E. luridus (89); E. maldonado (90); E. matamata (91).