Priocera chilotaxis 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 : 1167-1168

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5274614

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED87CF-623A-8A65-DA81-E1A27DFCA5EB

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Marcus

scientific name

Priocera chilotaxis OPITZ
status

sp. nov.

Priocera chilotaxis OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 86 View Figs 85-87 , 99 View Figs 99 , 118 View Figs 116-119 )

HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: BRAZIL, Rondonia, 62 km SW Ariquemes , nr Fzda. Rancho Grande. A second label reads: Oct.20-31.1997, B. K. Dozier Collector ( FSCA) . PARATYPES: 19 specimens. Ecuador: Provincia de Napo, Loreto Road , vicinity Rio Hollin , 14-IV-1999, F. Hovore ( JNRC, 1). Bolivia : Departamento de Santa Cruz , Potrerillos del Guenda , Reserva Natural , Aka Snake Farm , 17°40'15''S 63°27'26''W, 13-17-X- 2014, 400 m, Wappes & Morris ( WOPC, 1) GoogleMaps ; Buena Vista , Hotel Fauna & Flora, 22-26-X-2002, Morris & Wappes ( RFMC, 1) ; 4- 6 km SSE Buena Vista,Hotel Flora & Fauna, 21-24-XI-2003, J. Wappes, Morris & Nearns ( ACMT, 1). Peru: Provincia de Tambopata, Madre de Dios , Puerto Maldonado, 5-XII-2013, Malaise trap, T. Perez ( WOPC, 1). Brazil: Estado do Rondonia, 7 km NW Costa Marquez, 16- XI-1986, Malaise, R. Wilkerson ( JNRC, 1) ; 62 km SW Ariquemes, Fazenda Rancho Grande , 6- X-1993, C. W. & L. B. O’Brien ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, 1-17-XI-1997, B. K. Dozier ( CUIC, 1) ; idem, 17-18-XI-1985, W. J. Hanson ( ACMT, 1) ; idem, 5-16-XI-1996, W. J. Hanson ( EMUS, 1) ; idem, 22-31-X-1997, W. J. Hanson ( MCZC, 1) ; idem, 6-20-XI-1994, W. J. Hanson ( WFBM, 1) ; idem, 15-22-III-1991, W. J. Hanson & G. Bohart ( FMNH, 1) ; idem, 16-XI-1994, C. W. & L. B. O’Brien ( USNM, 1) ; idem, 16-X-1993. C. W.& L.B. O’Brien ( CASC, 1) ; idem, 10°18'S 62°53'W, 8-20-IV-1997, A. C. Rehn & C. Alexander ( UCDC, 1) GoogleMaps ; idem, 10-X-1993, C. W. & L. B. O’Brien ( WFBM, 1) GoogleMaps ; 7 km NW Costa Marquez, 16- XI-1986, Malaise, R. Wilkerson ( FSCA, 1). Estado do Mato Grosso, Sinop ,?- X-1976, M. Alvarenga ( CMNH, 1)

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, thorax, legs castaneous; antennae testaceous; elytra bicolorous, mostly castaneous, with two yellow lines, one line extends backwards from anterior margin, other is fractured and obliquely positioned at elytral middle, apical 1/5 th yellow; abdomen testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 118 View Figs 116-119 . Head: Frons narrow, about as wide as antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/13. Thorax: Pronotum with 2 tumescenses and small central fissure ( 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 increasing in width to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 86. View Figs 85-87

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-7.0 mm; width 1.5-1.8 mm. The yellow line that extends from the elytral anterior margin varies in prominence, as do the individual components of the oblique medially located yellow line.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during April, October, and November, one at 400 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 99 View Figs 99 ): This species is known from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, chilotaxis, is a compound Greek name that stems from chilo (= border) and taxis (= line). I refer to the line that extends backwards from the anterior margin of the elytra.

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

CUIC

Cornell University Insect Collection

WFBM

W.F. Barr Entomological Collection

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

UCDC

R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

PW

Paleontological Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

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