Priocera lateralis THOMSON , 1860

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 : 1182

Priocera lateralis THOMSON, 1860 (Figs 53, 92, 141)

Priocera lateralis THOMSON, 1860: 55 .

Priocera femoralis KIRSCH, 1865: 93. syn.nov.

LECTOTYPE: Gender not known. Brazilia ( Brazil) ( MNHN) . Paralectotype: One specimen. Brazil (MNHN). The paralectotype is without forebody. CORPORAAL 1950: 100. There is indication that Thomson examined more than one specimen in his description of this species, but he did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

D i a g n o s i s: Forebody castaneous; antenna testaceous; pterothorax dark castaneous; elytra mostly castaneous, apical 1/5 th testaceous, each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one at basal margin, proximal to mesoscutellum, one triangular in front of middle proximal to epipleural margin, one postmedial, proximal to sutural margin; legs bicolorous, proximal 1/2 of femora and distal 1/2 of tibiae testaceous, remainder brown, prothoracic femur mostly dark brown; tarsi testaceous.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.3 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 141 . Head: Cranium finely punctate; frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/7. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight slit at middle (PW/PL 80/120); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend posteriorly just behind elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded (EL/EW 290/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 53.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-9.0 mm; width 1.3-2.1 mm. The testaceous region near the sutural margin varies in size and may not be present.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: From Costa Rica specimens were collected during January; from Colombia during January and August; from Venezuela during February, April, and September; from Bolivia during February, May, October, November, and December, some at altitudes that range from 400-1,350 m; from Peru during April, May, and November; from Brazil during January, February, June, October, November, and December, some at 960 m; and from Argentina during March.

N o t e s: The lectotype was examined, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.

Figures

Figs 140-143. Habitus. Priocera klugi(140), P. lateralis (141), P.laticincta nov.sp. (142), P.longula (143).