Axina megaspina Opitz, 2020

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565119
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C049-4B2B-FF01-49CEFB1C3354
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Axina megaspina Opitz
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Axina megaspina Opitz , new species

Figures 30 View Figures 29–32 , 72 View Figure 72 , 122 View Figures 122–124 .

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: BOLIVIA, S. Cruz Dept. 20 km N Camiri Rd to Eyti, 8-9-XII. 2015, Wappes & Kuckartz ( FSCA). A second label reads: & Skillman, 6–8 km E Hwy 9 El 1250 m, 19°52 ′ S 63°29 ′ W. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The prothoracic femur is bicolorous in the members of this species; it is unicolorous in superficially similar specimens of A. fasciata .

Description. Size. Length 10.2 mm; width 2.3 mm. Form. As in Fig. 122 View Figures 122–124 . Color. Cranium black; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and middle of disc testaceous; pterothorax mostly testaceous, infuscated anteriorly; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, epipleural margin broadly black, black region extends mesally at humerus, elytral middle and prepapically broadly extended across sutural margin near apex; legs bicolorous, distal ½ of femora and proximal region of tibiae black, remainder of legs testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/25. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 115/150; elytra, asetiferous punctures subseriate, punctures extend to elytral ½, interstitial spaces wide; EL/EW 480/90. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 30 View Figures 29–32 ), phallobase with large spine near lobes; phallobasic lobes slightly diverging; edges of phallic plates minutely serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Natural history. The holotype was collected in December at 1,250 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 72 View Figure 72 ). This species is known from Bolivia.

Etymology. The specific epithet, magaspina, is a compound name that stems from the Greek megas (= large) and the Latin spina (= spine). I refer to the very large spine at the base of the phallobasic lobes.