Pujoliclerus posticalis (Chapin, 1927)

Opitz, Weston, 2014, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (4), pp. 727-756 : 727-756

Pujoliclerus posticalis (Chapin, 1927) ( Figs. 44 , 74 , 90 , 126)

Cregya posticalis Chapin, 1927: 10 . Holotype. ♂. Rurrenabaque ( Bolivia) (USNM). Corporaal 1950: 283.

120) P. prolatus .

Diagnosis. The narrow yellow streak on the elytral apex will distinguish the members of this species from other specimens in this species-group.

Description. Size: Length 4.0 mm; width 1.7 mm. Form: As in Fig. 116 . Integument: Head yellow; antenna brown; pronotal disc black, slight

dark line along lower margin, remainder yellow; elytra mostly brown, narrowly yellow in posterior limit of epipleural margin; legs mostly yellow, distal region of protibia infuscated; pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head: Eyes narrower than vertex (12:14); funicular antennomeres expanded, 6 th antennomere not very large ( Fig. 44 ). Thorax: Pronotum quadrate (35:35), lateral tubercle very prominent ( Fig. 74 ); epipleural fold gradually diminishing to elytral apex; asetiferous punctures prominent throughout elytral disc. Abdomen: Tegminal lobes and phallic apex as in Fig. 90 .

Variation. The epicranium is black in two paratypes, and the elytral apex may or may not be yellow.

Natural History. Specimens were collected during October in Bolivia and during August in Ecuador, at altitudes ranging from 430 to 1,350 m.

Distribution. Known from Ecuador and Bolivia. I examined 22 specimens from ( Fig. 126): BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: Florida, 4 km N Bermejo, 25-29-X-2011, Wappes & Skillman; 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 430 m, 14-19-X-2002, tropical transition forest, 430 m, M.C. Thomas; idem, 4-6 SSE Buena Vista, F. & F. Hotel, 1-8-XI-2002, J.E. Wappes; idem, 3-8-X-2004; idem, 27-31-X-2002, Morris & Morris; idem, 22-31-X-2002, Wappes & Morris; 4 km N Bermejo, Refugia Los Volcanes, 18°06′ S 63° 36 W′, 16-21-X-2007, 1000 m, A.R. Cline; idem, 8-11-XII-2011, 1350 m, Wappes, Lingafelter, Morris, & Woodley; 11-17-XII-2012, Wappes & Skillman: La Paz: Iturralde, Rio Tuhichi, Parque Nacional Madidi, 16-X-2004, J. Wappes & R. Morris. ECUADOR: Napo: Limoncocha, 15-28-VI-1976, S. & J. Peck: Sucumbios: Shushufindi, 0°10′S 76°38W, 12-VIII-1997, 1000 m, F.G. Andrews. Specimens are deposited in CDAE, FSCA, JEWC, MNKM, and WOPC.

Figures

Figs. 39–47. Pujoliclerus species, antennae. 39) P. macilentus; 40) P. megalus; 41) P. argus; 42) P. aspigalbus;

Figs. 62–75. Pujoliclerus species, pronota. 62) P. oxinus; 63) P. alajuela; 64) P. megacavus; 65) P. alboordinus; 66) P. pallidus; 67) P. apolegmus; 68) P. catarina; 69) P. macilentus; 70) P. megalus; 71) P. argus; 72) P. aspigalbus; 73) P. flora; 74) P. posticalis; 75) P. ostrinus.

Figs. 76–91. Pujoliclerus species, aedeagi. 76) P. helvinus; 77) P. bilineatus; 78) P. calceatus; 79) P. corumba; 80) P. flavolimbatus; 81) P. ovatus (tegmen only); 82) P. wappesi; 83) P. gilvus; 84) P. hermani; 85) P. casselorum; 86) P. catarina (phallus only); 87) P. argus; 88) P. aspigalbus; 89) P. flora; 90) P. posticalis; 91) P. pallidus.

Figs. 116–120. Pujoliclerus species, habitus. 116) P. opsus; 117) P. pallidus; 118) P. ostrinus; 119) P. corumba;