Priocera trinotata KLUG , 1842

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1202

Priocera trinotata KLUG, 1842 ( Figs 77 , 99 , 169 )

Priocera trinotata KLUG, 1842: 283 .

Priocera stictica GORHAM variety remota WOLCOTT, 1927: 26 . nov.syn.

HOLOTYPE: Gender not known. Type locality: Colombia ( SDEI). CORPORAAL 1950 : 101.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig. 99 ): In addition to the holotype, I examined 55 specimens from: México: Estado de Veracruz , La Playa Escondida, Los Tuxtlas , 23- III-1980, S. Keiser, T. C. Bezark ; 4 km SW Fortin , 17-VII- 1990, 900 m, J. Doyen ; Orizaba, collection date and collector not noted; Estación Biologica Los Tuxtlas , 30 km NE Catemaco, 19- 20-IV-2007, R. L. Wescott ; Fortin de las Flores , 7-12-VII-1974, 1,010 m, at lights, J. A. Chemsak, J. Powell ; Estado de Chiapas , 4 miles NE Pichucalco, 14-VI-1965, Burke, Meyer, Schaffner ; Tapachula , collection date not noted, Höge ; Estado de Oaxaca, 21 km W Rizo de Oro, along ridge SE of Cerro Baúl , 6-8-IX-1972, 1615 m, Carolyn Mullinex & D. E. Breedlove. Guatemala ; Departamento de Petén , Parque Nacional El Rosario, 23-XI- 2016, 140 m, under recent fermenting bark, Z.Falin ; Departamento de Alta Verapaz, Trece Aguas , 2-IV-?, Barber & Schwarz ; Telemán, collection date not noted, Champion. Honduras: Departamento de Cortés , Peña Blanca , Lago Yojoa , 22-VI-1979, J. A. Chemsak, A.& M. Michelbacher, W.W.Middlekauff ; Departamento de Santa Bárbara, 13 km SE Mochito, Montaña de Pozo Azul, 31-VII-1977, O’Brien & Marshall. Nicaragua: Departamento de Matagalpa , Selva Negra , 16-17-VI-2007, 1,300 -1,400 m, S. Lingafelter ; North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Parque Nacional Saslaya, 9-V-2011, 100- 290 m, collectors not noted. Costa Rica: Provincia de Cartago , Turrialba , 7-10- VIII- 1965, Raske ; idem, 14-17-V-1974, E. Giesbert ; Provincia de Limón, Santa Clara, Hamburg Farm , Rio Revantazon , 10-II-1923, F. Nevermann ; Provincia de Heredia, La Selva Biologica Station, 3 km S. Puerto Viejo, 19-24-VII-1992, 50- 150 m, Malaise, G. Wright. Panamá: Provincia de Panamá, Gamboa , 24-V-1995, F. Ødegaard ; Bayano , 3 km W Ipeti, 30-IV-3-V-1992, E. Giesbert ; Cerro Campana, near Chica , 2-5-IV-1965, S. S. & W. D. Duckworth ; Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island , 13-VI-1977, H. Hespenheide ; Provincia de Colón, Skunk Hollow , 9.6 km NW Gatun Locks, 12- VI-1993, Steve Lingafelter ; 2.1 km N Rio, Charges, Madden Dam Forest, 20-XII-1993, J. E. Beierl. Colombia: Departamento de Magdalena , PNN Tayrona Cerro San Lucas, 11-16-I- 2003, 450 m, C. Sarmiento. Venezuela ; Estado de Miranda, Cambural, Capaya , 5- VIII- 1962, Carlos Bordon. Ecuador: Provincia de Napo , 28 km NE Campo Cocha, 15-30-III-2001, F. Hovore ; 24 km E Atahualpa , 1-13-X- 1996, 450 m, E. Giesbert ; Provincia de Pichincha, Tinalandia, 15 km SE Santo Domingo de los Colorados , 15-VII-1983, T. H. Gantenbein & P. S. Gantenbein ; Maquipucuna Forest Reserve, 60 km NW Quito, 23-XII-1991, 1,300 m, at light, C. Carlton, R. Lechen. Peru: Provincia de Huancabamba , Tingo Maria , 21-X-1941, 2,200 feet, J. C. Pallister. Specimens are deposited in AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CSCA, EMEC, FSCA, JMLC, RNJC, SEMC, TAMU, USNM, WFBM, WOPC, and ZMHB .

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, antennae, thorax, legs, abdomen castaneous; elytra bicolorous, each elytron with 3 yellow markings, apical 1/4 th testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 169 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 38/15). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 85/120); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 320/60); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 77.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-9.0 mm; width 1.8-2.2 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected throughout the year at altitudes that range from 30 to 1,615 m. One specimen was captured under fermenting bark.

N o t e s: Klug’s type was not available, therefore, the species description is based on a non-type specimen.

Figures

Figs 99. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 70-78. Aedeagus. Priocera quadrigibbosa (70), P.quadrinotata (71), P. spinosa (72), P. stictica (73), P. strigicollis (74), P. strigilla (75), P. theresae (76), P. trinotata (77), P. uncinata (78).

Figs 168-171. Habitus. Priocera theresae (168), P. trinotata (169), P. trituberosa nov.sp. (170), P. uncinata (171).