Priocera pustulata SPINOLA , 1844

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the West ern Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1192-1194

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Priocera pustulata SPINOLA , 1844
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Priocera pustulata SPINOLA, 1844 (Figs 69, 98, 158)

Priocera pustulata SPINOLA, 1844: 118 .

Priocera View in CoL flavoguttata CHEVROLAT, 1874: 283.

Priocera View in CoL salamandra SCHENKLING, 1906: 255. nov.syn.

Priocera View in CoL lecontei WOLCOTT, 1910: 356. nov.syn.

HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: México ( MRSN). CORPORAAL 1950 : 100. EKIS (now OPITZ) 1975: 20.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig.98 View Figs 98 ): Inadditiontothetypes, I examined 165 specimens from: México: Estado de Yucatán, Uxmal , Hacienda Uxmal , 11- VIII- 1990, R. W. Flowers ; 1 km S Xcalacoop , 26-V-1984, R. Turnbow ; Estado de Veracruz, San Andres Tuxtla , 27- IV-1973, Ginter Elis ; Cordoba, 11-VII-1941, H. S. Dybas ; 20 km N Catemaco , 24-IV-1991, on Quercus, F. Hovore ; Tlapacoyan , 8-IV-1947, Bolivar ; Fortin de Las Flores , 20-31-VII-1976, E. Giesbert ; Estación de Biologia Los Tuxtlas , 28-IV-1991, H. A. Hespenheide ; Rio Metleo Canyon, NW of Fortin de las Flores , 6-VII-1974, J. A. Chemsak, E. & J. Linsley, & J. Powell ; Cordoba, A. Fenyes ; idem, 6-VII-1966, J. S. Buckett, M. R. & R. C. Garner ; Cotaxtla Experiment Station, Cotaxtla , 23-VI-1962, D. H. Jansen ; Estado de Jalisco, Estación Biologia Chamela , 8-16-VII-1985, at light, J. Chemsak, H. Katsura, A. & E. Mitchelbacher ; Los Mazos , 12 km S Autlán, 10-X-2001, F. Hovore ; Estado de San Luis Potosí , 12 miles S Mante, 21-VI-1975, L. E. Watrous ; Tamazunchale , 20-V-1952, M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, R. Schrammel ; Estado de Tamaulipas, Bocatoma, 7 km SSE, Gomes Farias , 25-30-III-1978, E. G. Riley ; Estado de Quintana Roo, 18-24 km, N San Felipe , 27-V-1-VI-1984, J. E. Wappes ; 20 km N Felipe Carrillo Puerto , 12-14-VI-1983, E. Giesbert ; 18 km N. Carillo Puerto, 29-V-1984, R. Turnbow; Estado de Oaxaca , 23 miles S Matias Romero, 22-IV-1962, F. D. Parker & L. A. Stange ; Oaxaca , collection date not noted, Salle ; 12 km W Palomares , 8- VIII- 1980, E. Giesbert ; 3 km S Temascal , 25-31-VII-1976, E. Giesbert ; Estado do Puebla, Puebla , no other information available ; Estado de Nayarit, San Blas, 22-III- 1962, L. A. Stange ; Estado de Chiapas , 3 km S Motozintla, 23-VII-1994, pine log, R. L. Aalbu ; San Cristobal de Las Casas , 12-IV-1962, F. D. Parker ; El Chorreadero, 26-VI-1990, mercury vapor & black light, R. Turnbow ; 7 km N Pueblo Nuevo, 26-IX-1989, R. L. Penrose. Guatemala: Departamento de Guatemala, Tikal Mayan Ruins, 18-X- 1976, 183 m, E. R. Ross.Belize: Distrito de Stann Creek, Mayflower, Bocawina National Park , 16 km W of Dangriga, 17-19-VI-2016, L. G. Bezark. Honduras: Departamento de Francisco Morazán , Estación Biologica Uyuca, 5-7-VI- 2015, Morris & Wappes ; Departamento de Olancho, Parque Nacional La Muralla , 1-VI-1995, R. Turnbow ; Departamento de Yo r o, Parque Nacional Pico Pijol , 3-VI-2003, R. Turnbow ; 40 km S Tela, 26-V-1979, E. Giesbert. Nicaragua: Departamento de Chontales , Chontales, collection date not noted, Janson ; Departamento de Estelí , 5 miles N Estelí, 22-VII-1965, A. Raske ; Departamento de Matagalpa, Selva Negra, 20-V-2006, 1,280 m, Weston Opitz. Costa Rica: Provincia de Alajuela , 20 km S Upsala, 8-I-1991, F. D. Parker, Provincia de Cartago , 3 km SE Turrialba, 9-10-VI-1988, blacklight, Brown & Powell ; 18 km NE Turrialba , 4-10-II-1978, E. Giesbert ; Provincia de San Jose, Escazu , 21-26-V-1989, F. D. Parker ; Provincia de Heredia , 11 km SE La Virgen, 16-II-2003, 450- 550 m, collector not noted ; El Ceibo, 16-II- 1990, 500 m, collectors name not legible ; Estación Biologia La Selva , 11- VIII- 1998, 50- 150 m, collector not noted ; Provincia de Puntarenas, Monteverde , 27-II-1987, E. Giesbert ; idem, 1-2-V-1974, under bark, P. Opler ; idem, 24-XII-1985, E. Giesbert ; idem, 14-I-1984, R. L. Penrose ; 5 miles N San Vito , 25-V-1983, Dan Heffern ; Monteverde , 1,500 m, 21-30-VII-1989, at light, D. Haber ; Las Mellizas, Parque Internacional La Amistad ,?- VI-1991, M. Ramirez ; Reserva Biologica San Luis, 13-16-IV- 2000, 1,100 m, J. & A. Rifkind, P. Gum ; Provincia de Guanacaste, Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve , 15-VII-2000, on and under bark, 17 m, J. Ashe, R. Brooks, Z. Falin ; Santa Rosa National Park ,?- III-1984, G. C. Stevens ; 9 km S de Santa Cecilia ,?- X- 1996, 700 m, C. Moraga ; 3 km SE Naranjo , 22-30-IV-1992, F. D. Parker ; Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja , 19-25-VII- 1993, 800 m, D. Garcia ; Parque Nacional Guanacaste , Lado SO Volcán Cacao, 21-29-V-1992, 1,000 -1,400 m, K. Taylor GoogleMaps ; Estación Pititla, 8 km SE Santa Cecilia, 5-VII-2005, F. T. Hovore. Panamá: Provincia de Chiriquí, Hartman’s Finca , 5-VII-1997, R. Turnbow ; Provincia de Colón, Fort Sherman , 2-VI- 2001, on Clusia minor, F. Ødegaard ; idem, 13-III-2001, on Simarouba amara, F. Ødegaard ; idem, 18-V-2001, on Clusia minor, F. Ødegaard ; Provincia de Coclé, El Valle, 16-22-V-1981, J. E. Wappes ; Provincia de Panamá, Parque Nacional Metropolitano , 1-V-1995, on Pseudobombax septenatum ; F. Ødegaard; Cerro Azul , 18-19-V-1990, F. Hovore ; Cerro Campana , 4-XII-1958, W. J. Hanson ; 8-10 km E El Llano , 26-IV-4-V-1992, E. Giesbert ; Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island , 26-VI-2-VII-1985, blacklight, Henk Wolda ; Provincia de Darien, Cana Biological Station, Serrania de Pirre , 7-VI-1996, ex. Xylariaceae , 1,100 m, J. Ashe & R. Brooks. Colombia, no other information available. Ecuador: Provincia de Bolívar , Balsapamba , collection date not noted, R. Haensch S. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, AMNH, CASC, CMNC, CNCI, CSUC, EMUS, FSCA, OXUM, RFMC, RHTC, SEMC, TAMU, UCDC, USNM, WFBM, WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Forebody, pterothorax, and legs black; antenna and abdomen brown; elytra mostly black, each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one very small at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one in front of middle near epipleural margin, one behind middle near sutural margin, apex testaceous.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 158 View Figs 156-159 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 45/25). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 70/107); elytra narrow, oblong, disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 315/60); metathoracic femur capitate. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 69.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 4.0-10.0 mm; width 1.2-3.0 mm. The ground color of the body varies from black to dark brown and the yellow spots on the elytral disc vary in size.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected throughout the year at altitudes that range from 17 to 1.500 m. One specimen was collected on a species of oak [ Quercus LINNAEUS (Fagaceae) ], another from a fungus species of the family Xylariaceae TUL. & C. TUL. Frode Ødegaard captured these beetles on Clusia minor LINNAEUS (Clusiaceae) , Simarouba amara AUBLET (Simaroubaceae) , and on Pseudobombax septenatum (JACQ.) Malvaceae .

N o t e s: I examined the Spinola type during my visit to the Tassarolo Castle in 1974. The specimen is not available to me now, therefore, the description is based on a non-type specimen.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

CSUC

California State University, Chico, Vertebrate Museum

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

TAMU

Texas A&M University

UCDC

R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

WFBM

W.F. Barr Entomological Collection

PW

Paleontological Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

Loc

Priocera pustulata SPINOLA , 1844

Opitz, Weston 2021
2021
Loc

Priocera

WOLCOTT A 1910: 356
1910
Loc

Priocera

SCHENKLING S 1906: 255
1906
Loc

Priocera

CHEVROLAT M 1874: 283
1874
Loc

Priocera pustulata

SPINOLA M 1844: 118
1844
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