Axina bella 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 : 17

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.4565059
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C073-4B11-FF01-4F3DFDC6310E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Axina bella Opitz
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Axina bella Opitz , new species

Figures 25 View Figures 25–28 , 69 View Figure 69 , 83 View Figures 82–85 .

Type material. Holotype. Male.Type locality: FRENCH GUIANA, Kourou , Savane Matiti, 5°4 ′ 59 ″ N 52°37 ′ 0.12 ″ W, 2013, Piège Vitre, J. L. Giuglaris ( FSCA). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The very attractive color pattern of the elytra as depicted in Fig. 83 View Figures 82–85 will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 12.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 83 View Figures 82–85 . Color. Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal sides black; pronotal middle widely castaneous; pterothorax and legs black; elytra tricolorous, mostly yellow, humerus and epipleural margin widely black, black region extends broadly mesally towards sutural margin at elytral middle and at preapical region, black preapical region extends to sutural margin in form of fascia, apical region castaneous, castaneous region blends into more basal black fascia; abdomen testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 60/13. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 110/155; elytra, few asetiferous punctures concentrated in elytral basal ½ proximal to sutural margin, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 475/90. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 25 View Figures 25–28 ), phallobasic lobes very short, narrowly extended, contiguous; edge of phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme slightly lengthened.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69 View Figure 69 ). This species is known from French Guiana.

Etymology. The specific epithet, bella , is a Latin adjective that stems from bellus (= beauty). I refer to the beautiful coloration of the dorsum of this beetle.