Priocera lustruata OPITZ, 2021

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 : 1184-1185

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5274652

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED87CF-620B-8A5A-DA81-E11A7F8BA663

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scientific name

Priocera lustruata OPITZ
status

sp. nov.

Priocera lustruata OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 56, 92, 144)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: BOLIVIA, S. Cruz Dept., 4 kl N Bermejo , 11-17 December 2012, Wappes & Skillman ( FSCA) . PARATYPES: 10 specimens. Bolivia : Departamento de Santa Cruz, 4 km N Bermejo, 11-17-XII-2012, Wappes & Skillman ( ACMT, 1) ; idem, Refugio Los Volcanes , 18°06'S 63°36'W, 4-9-XII-2013, Wappes & Skillman ( WOPC, 1) GoogleMaps ; idem, 7-II-2012, J. Wappes & A. Bonaso ( ACMT, 1) GoogleMaps ; idem, Refugio Los Volcanes , 18°06'S 63°36'W, 8-XI-2011, 1,350 m, Wappes, Lingafelter & Woodley ( ACMT, 1) GoogleMaps ; Florida Province, Vicoquin area above Achira , road to Amboro , 18°07'S 63°47'W, 1,730 m, 22-25-I-2007, J. Prena ( ACMT, 1) GoogleMaps ; Achira area , 5-6-II-2013, Wappes & Bonaso ( ACMT, 1) ; 4-5 km S Pampa Grande, Oleoducto Road , 18- 20-X-2003, Morris, Nearns, Wappes ( RFMC, 1) ; N Achira, 17-XI-2003, 5,400 -5,800 feet, Wappes, Morris & Nearns ( ACMT, 1) GoogleMaps ; Hotel Fauna & Flora, 12-V-2004, Wappes ( WOPC, 1) ; Departamento de La Paz, Plazuela to Inquisivi ,?- XII-1984, collector not noted ( JNRC, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium bicolorous, upper frons testaceous, remainder castaneous; antennae testaceous; prothoracic venter black; pronotum variegated testaceous and black; elytra tricolorous, mostly testaceous with dark brown variegations, each disc with three spots, anterior spot near anterior margin white, posterior 2 spots yellow; legs bicolorous, femora infuscated distally, prothoracic tibiae mostly testaceous, infuscated distally, mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae mostly dark brown; abdomen light brown.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 144 View Figs 144-147 . Head: Frons slightly wider than length antennal pedicel, EW/FW 40/12. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 80/120); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 300/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 56.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.5-8.0 mm; width 1.5-2.0 mm. The 3 yellow spots on the elytral disc may be white.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during February, October, November, and December, at altitudes that range from 1,350 to 1,768 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 92 View Figs 92 ): This species is known from Bolivia.

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, lustruata, is a Latin name that stems from lustro (= luster). I refer to the sparkle emitted from the yellow spots of the elytral disc.

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

PW

Paleontological Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

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