Priocera bispinosa KLUG , 1842

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1161-1162

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5039008

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scientific name

Priocera bispinosa KLUG , 1842
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Priocera bispinosa KLUG, 1842 (Figs 82, 91, 110, 111)

Priocera bispinosa KLUG, 1842: 284 .

Priocera View in CoL reichei SPINOLA, 1844: 121.

Priocera View in CoL dentipennis THOMSON, 1860: 50. syn.nov.

LECTOTYPE: Gender not determined. Here designated. Type locality: Brasilien ( Brazil) ( ZMHB). CORPORAAL 1950 : 99. EKIS (now OPITZ) 1975: 20. It is not known how many specimens were available to Klug; he did not select a holotype. Therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

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. 91 View Figs 91 ): In addition to the holotype, I examined 41 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Espirito Santo, no other information provided; Estado do Bahia, no other information provided ; Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, no other information available ; Derrumbadas, Parque Est. Turvo , 30-X-2003, R. Ott ; Estado do Santa Catarina, Mafra ,?- III-1942, A Maller ; Nova Teutonia ,?- XI-1965, F. Plaumann ; idem, 9-XII-1959, F. Plaumann ; idem, 3-III-1948, F. Plaumann ; Estado do Paraná, Paraná, Rio Negro ,?- I-1924, M. Wilti. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, FMNH, MCNZ, MNHN, OXUM, SDEI, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, antennae, thorax, and abdomen castaneous; elytra tricolorous, a mosaic of yellow and light brown in basal 1/2 followed by broad dark brown fascia and angular narrow yellow fascia, distal 1/4 th light brown; legs bicolorous, proximal 1/2 brown, distal 1/2 yellow.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 17.5 mm; width 4.5 mm. Form: As in Figs 110, 111 View Figs 108-111 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 75/40. Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses (PW/PL 90/180); elytral disc sculptured with circular striate asetiferous punctures that extend slightly beyond elytral 1/2, elytral apex bispinous (EL/EW 410/65); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 82

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 15.0-18.0 mm; width 3.8-4.5 mm. The dark brown macula on the medial 1/3 rd of the elytral disc may be replaced by a mottling of yellow and brown.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected from March, November, and December, one at an altitude between 300- 500 m.

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

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

MCNZ

Porto Alegre, Museu de Ciencias Naturais da Fundacao Zoo-Botanica do Rio Grande do Sul

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

WFBM

W.F. Barr Entomological Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

Loc

Priocera bispinosa KLUG , 1842

Opitz, Weston 2021
2021
Loc

Priocera

THOMSON J 1860: 50
1860
Loc

Priocera

SPINOLA M 1844: 121
1844
Loc

Priocera bispinosa

KLUG J 1842: 284
1842
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