Pujoliclerus apolegmus Opitz, 2014

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 apolegmus Opitz , new species ( Figs. 37 , 67 , 109 , 125 )

Holotype. ♀. BRAZIL: São Paulo: Pindamonhangaba, 26-X-1962, Eugênio Lefévre , Exp. Dep. Zool. ( DZUP).

Diagnosis. The black coloration of the clypeus will distinguish the members of this species from others in the species-group.

Description. Size: Length 4.5 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 109 . Integument: Head black; antenna brown, subapical region on last antennomere with yellow spot; pronotum with black macula; fore leg brown, meso- and metafemora yellow, tibiae brown, pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head: Eyes as wide as frons (13:13); funicular antennomeres considerably expanded, 6 th antennomere not acuminate ( Fig. 37 ). Thorax: Pronotum transverse (46:42), lateral tubercle prominent ( Fig. 67 ); asetiferous punctures prominent throughout elytral disc, epipleural fold very wide. Abdomen: Aedeagus not available.

Natural History. The type was collected during October.

Distribution. Known only from Brazil ( Fig. 125 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from apolegma (= hem of a robe), a Greek noun, and refers to the widened epipleural fold.

Figures

Figs. 21–38. Pujoliclerus species, antennae. 21) P. helvinus; 22) P. maracayensis; 23) P. bilineatus; 24) P. calceatus; 25) P. corumba; 26) P. ovatus; 27) P. wappesi; 28) P. amplus; 29) P. flavoapicalus; 30) P. gilvus; 31) P. hermani; 32) P. alajuela; 33) P. orellana; 34) P. megacavus; 35) P. oxinus; 36) P. alboordinus; 37) P. apolegmus; 38) P. catarina.

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. 104–109. Pujoliclerus species, habitus. 104) P. orellana; 105) P. oxinus; 106) P. alajuela; 107) P. megacavus;

Fig. 125. Geographic distribution of six Pujoliclerus species.