Priocera costaricana W OLCOTT, 1927

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 : 1173-1174

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

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scientific name

Priocera costaricana W OLCOTT, 1927
status

stat. nov.

Priocera costaricana W OLCOTT, 1927 , stat.nov. ( Figs 39 View Figs 34-42 , 94 View Figs 94 , 125 View Figs 124-127 )

Priocera stictica GORHAM variety costaricana WOLCOTT 1927: 26 .

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Turrialba , Costa Rica, Heyne, Berlin-Wilm. A second label reads: 900 m, IV. A third label reads: coll. 1925, Hayne. A fourth label reads: 1777 ( FMNH) . ALLOTYPE: ♀. Costa Rica: Provincia de Cartago, Turrialba ,?-?- 1925, 900 m, A. Heyne ( FMNH) . PARATYPE: One. ♂. Costa Rica: Provincia de Cartago, Turrialba,?-?-1925, A. Heyne, Berlin-Wilm ( FMNH). Corporaal 1950: 100.

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.94 View Figs 94 ): Inadditiontothetypes, I examined 53 specimens from: México: Estado de Morelos, Xochitepec, 23-VI-1973, Ginter Ekis. Guatemala: Departamento de Guatemala, Santa Catarina Pinula , Puerta Parada , Casa de Jack Schuster , 9-26- VII-2008, Jack Schuster ; Departamento de Suchitepéques, Zapotitlan, Finca Las Nubes , 16-VI- 1973, 1,525 m, Ginter Ekis ; Departamento de Alta Verapaz, Senahú , collection date not noted, Champion ; Chacoj, collection date not noted, Champion. Honduras: Departamento de Copán , 36 km NE Copán, 3- VIII- 1977, L. & C. W. O’Brien & G. B. Marshall ; Departamento de Olancho, Parque Nacional La Muralla , 27-V-1995, R. Turnbow ; idem, 24-27-V-1995, J. E. Wappes ; Departamento de Cortés, Parque Nacional Cusuco , 1-VI-2010, 1,000 -1,300 m, Llama GoogleMaps ; Departamento de Yoro, Parque Nacional Pico Pijol , 4-VI-2003, R. Turnbow ; Sinai , 4-VI-2003, 1,450 m, R. Turnbow ; Departamento de Copán, 6 km NW San Agustin, 19-V-2002, R. Turnbow. Costa Rica: Provincia de Cartago, 6 km S Paraiso , Finca Linda Vista ,?- VI-1993, 1,400 m, P. Hanson ; Interstate I-95, on La Cangreja,?-IX-?- XII-1992, Malaise, P, Hanson ; Turrialba ,?- IX- 1928, F. Nevermann ; Provincia de Guanacaste , 3 km SE Rio Naranjo, 23-27-VII-1993, F. D. Parker ; Volcán Cacao ,?- VII-1993, G. Mora, G. Fonseca, J. Saborio, G. Varela ; Volcán Sendero , 28-XI- 1993, 800 m, Malaise, E. Araya. Panamá: Provincia de Panamá, Cerro Campana, 26-VI- 1971, 850 m, H. A. Hespenheide ; idem, 25-V- 1974, 454 m, H. Stockwell. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, BMNH, BYUC, JNRC, EMUS, FSCA, RHTC, SEMC, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC ,

D i a g n o s i s: Specimens of this species are similar to those of Priocera stictica GORHAM , from which they can only be distinguished by examination of the aedeagus. In P. costaricana , the phallic apex is uncinate, which is not the case in specimens of P. stictica .

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.5 mm; width 2.1 mm. Form: As in Fig. 125 View Figs 124-127 . Head: Frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/10. Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 90/140); elytral disc roughly sculptured with striate, oval punctures in basal 4/5 th, punctures absent in distal 1/5 th, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 360/75); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 39. View Figs 34-42

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.5-10.0 mm; width 1.3-2.6 mm. In specimens from Panamá, the elytral disc is devoid of brown coloration and is generally lighter in color. In some of the specimens from Honduras, the yellow marking on the elytral disc are consolidated into two narrowly connected pale marks. The 3 rd posterior pronotal tumescenses noted by WOLCOTT (1927: 26) is not prominent in some specimens.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during May, June, July, September, and December, at altitudes that range from 200 to 1,500 m.

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

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 costaricana W OLCOTT, 1927

Opitz, Weston 2021
2021
Loc

Priocera stictica GORHAM variety costaricana

WOLCOTT A 1927: 26
1927
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