Pujoliclerus abditus, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 1011

Pujoliclerus abditus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 73 , 118 , 247 , 337 )

Holotype: ♂. Type locality: Ile de Cajenne , "La Chaumiere", 17.XII.1976. A second label reads: Franz Guyana (French Guiana) N. Degallier ( FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 ( OPITZ 2014d). This work included a key to species. Pujoliclerus abditus specimens key to P. helvinus OPITZ from which P. abditus specimens differ in characteristics of the antenna. In Pujoliclerus abditus the capitular antennomeres are bicolorous and much wider than they are in P. helvinus specimens.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.1 mm. Form: As in Fig. 337 . Color: Clypeus, frons, and cranial venter yellow; epicranium brown; antenna bicolorous, scape yellow, pedicel, and funicular antennomeres black, disc of capitular antennomeres yellow, posterior margin black; prothorax testaceous, pronotum infuscated at posterior angles; pterothorax and legs yellow, except tarsi black; elytra mostly testaceous, infuscated at humeral angle and at apex; abdomen yellow. Head: Antenna ( Fig. 73 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres shorter towards capitulum, capitular antennomeres oblong; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye wider than frons (EW/FW 38/20). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 118 ) slightly transverse (PW/PL 90/85), disc finely punctate, pronotal tubercle well developed; at elytral basal 1/3 elytra sculptured with 10 striae of asetiferous punctures, asetiferous punctures not present in elytral distal 2/3 rd (EL/EW 260/70). Abdomen: Pygidium transverse / scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 247.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected during December.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from French Guiana.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, abditus, is a Latin name with a meaning of "concealed"; with reference to the enigmatic determination of the type location.

Figures

Figs 61-91: Antennae; (61) Madoniella muralla; (62) M. nota; (63) M. acicula; (64) M. aspera; (65) M. baja; (66) M. delta; (67) Amboakis bermejo; (68) Pujoliclerus variolus; (69) Megatrachys irrasis; (70) Cregya arima; (71) Nelsopelonium aspikelum; (72) Cregya vicosa; (73) Pujoliclerus abditus; (74) P. dexus; (75) Cregya triguttula; (76) Pyticeroides brevitubulus; (77) Pujoliclerus lasiosus; (78) Cregya biguttula; (79) Sirpa acara; (80) Parapelonides naranjo; (81) Cregya livida; (82) Amboakis collucoatis; (83) Ampleris jatai; (84) Megaphloeus yasuni; (85) Pelonium implacide, male; (86) Epiphloeus prolixicornus; (87) Pelonium implacide, female; (88) Epiphloeus mantillerii; (89) Amboakis mitaraka; (90) Ellipotoma makrosa; (91) Cregya maura.

Figs 118-133: Pronota; (118) Pujoliclerus abditus; (119) Nelsopelonium aspikelum; (120) Parapelonides naranjo; (121) Pujoliclerus lasiosus; (122) Neorthopleura rubra; (123) Pujoliclerus ariquemes; (124) Ichnea cerinis; (125) Ampleris amazon; (126) Pujoliclerus abditus; (127) P. dexsus; (128) Sirpa acara; (129) Madoniella aspera; (130) Pelonium tayrona; (131) Megatrachys irrasis; (132) Ordinis taxis; (133) Pujoliclerus cnecostus.

Figs 243-248: Aedeagi; (243) Pelonium falcatum; (244) Nepsudia guenda; (245) Katacompsus jubatus; (246) Isoparis cassidilis; (247) Pujoliclerus abditus; (248) Pujoliclerus ariquemes.

Figs 334-337: Habitus; (334) Pelonium implacide; (335) P. tayrona; (336) P. erudiatum; (337) Pujoliclerus abditus.