Labasiella mcclarini, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 127-170 : 143

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3762392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804560
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A412E01D-1C14-3939-E49F-4DA6E2020F04
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Labasiella mcclarini
status	nov.sp.

Treatment

Labasiella mcclarini OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 23 View Figs 1-27 , 48 View Figs 44-56 , 71 View Fig 71 , 78 View Figs 72-80 , 100 View Figs 97-102 )

Holotype: ♀. Ecuador: Provincia de Pichincha, Pichincha, 10-XII-2016, Jim McClarin ( QCAZ). Paratypes: 3 specimens. One beetle from the same locality as the holotype (CSCA, 1). Ecuador: Provincia de Cotapaxi, La Otanga, near San Francisco de las Pampas, 6,500 feet, 17-V-1993, at light, J. J. Morrone (WOPC, 1). Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, El Abra, S-18.11848/W63.80085, Dec. 9, 2009, A. J. Gilbert, N. J. Smith & J. Aramajo Bejarano (WOPC, 1).

Diagnosis: The members of this species resemble superficially those of L. cochabamba , but in L. mcclarini specimens the 2 white angular fascia connect along the sutural margin. Also, the capitulum is proportionally shorter in the members of L. mcclarini , and there are very few asetiferous punctures that extend to the elytral apex.

Description: Size: Length 6.5 mm; width 3.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 78 View Figs 72-80 . Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous; antenna brown; mouthparts mostly testaceous, terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres and mandibles brown; legs mostly brown, proximal region of prothoracic femur testaceous, distal region of profemur, other femora and all tibiae and tarsi brown; pterothorax brown; elytra mostly castaneous, with basal and medial angular yellow fasciae contiguous along sutural margin, apex testaceous. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform ( Fig. 23 View Figs 1-27 ), capitulum lax, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 globose; eyes small, frons wide (EW/FW 15/40); last maxillary and labial palpomere subsecuriform. Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 48 View Figs 44-56 ) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 7 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures substriate, sparse punctures extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin not serrulate near elytral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 100. View Figs 97-102

Variation: Size: Length 4.0-6.5 mm; width 1.5-3.2 mm.

Natural history: Jim McClarin collected the holotype and one paratype by beating bamboo foliage at an altitude between 2,050 to 2,230 m. The beetle from Bolivia was collected at 2,040 m.

Distribution ( Fig. 71 View Fig 71 ): This species is known from Bolivia and Ecuador.

Etymology: The specific epithet, mcclarini, is a dedicative patronymic. It honors Jim McClarin for his dedication to the collection of insects.