Priocera bispinosa 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 : 1161-1162

Priocera bispinosa KLUG, 1842 (Figs 82, 91, 110, 111)

Priocera bispinosa KLUG, 1842: 284 .

Priocera reichei SPINOLA, 1844: 121.

Priocera dentipennis THOMSON, 1860: 50. syn.nov.

LECTOTYPE: Gender not determined. Here designated. Type locality: Brasilien ( Brazil) ( ZMHB). CORPORAAL 1950 : 99. EKIS (now OPITZ) 1975: 20. It is not known how many specimens were available to Klug; he did not select a holotype. Therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

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. 91 ): In addition to the holotype, I examined 41 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Espirito Santo, no other information provided; Estado do Bahia, no other information provided ; Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, no other information available ; Derrumbadas, Parque Est. Turvo , 30-X-2003, R. Ott ; Estado do Santa Catarina, Mafra ,?- III-1942, A Maller ; Nova Teutonia ,?- XI-1965, F. Plaumann ; idem, 9-XII-1959, F. Plaumann ; idem, 3-III-1948, F. Plaumann ; Estado do Paraná, Paraná, Rio Negro ,?- I-1924, M. Wilti. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, FMNH, MCNZ, MNHN, OXUM, SDEI, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, antennae, thorax, and abdomen castaneous; elytra tricolorous, a mosaic of yellow and light brown in basal 1/2 followed by broad dark brown fascia and angular narrow yellow fascia, distal 1/4 th light brown; legs bicolorous, proximal 1/2 brown, distal 1/2 yellow.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 17.5 mm; width 4.5 mm. Form: As in Figs 110, 111 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 75/40. Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses (PW/PL 90/180); elytral disc sculptured with circular striate asetiferous punctures that extend slightly beyond elytral 1/2, elytral apex bispinous (EL/EW 410/65); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 82

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 15.0-18.0 mm; width 3.8-4.5 mm. The dark brown macula on the medial 1/3 rd of the elytral disc may be replaced by a mottling of yellow and brown.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected from March, November, and December, one at an altitude between 300- 500 m.

N o t e s: The holotype was examined, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.

Figures

Figs 91. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 108-111. Habitus. Priocera batesi nov.sp. (108), P. bibulla nov.sp. (109), P. bispinosa (110, 111).