Opitzia chiapas (Opitz)

Opitz, Weston, 2008, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemésio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus, Zootaxa 1754, pp. 1-40 : 25-27

Opitzia chiapas (Opitz)

Figures 64–66, 69, 71–80; map 2.

Arenaria chiapas Opitz, 1997: 58 . Type locality: Mexico, Chiapas, 24 miles northwest Comitan, 31-VII-1974, 2164 m, L. & C. W. O’Brien (MCMC). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender symbol affixed to paper point; support card; locality label; holotype label; identification label; plastic vial with abdomen and aedeagus.) Nemésio, 2006: 77. Paratypes: None.

Diagnosis: These beetles may be easily distinguished from members of its congener species by the concolorous (reddish yellow) condition of the elytral disc.

Description: Length 8.5 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: Oblong rectangulate. Integument: Cranium mostly yellow, brown near antennal carina and behind eyes; pronotum dark brown along lower sides, narrowly yellow along upper sides, disc light brown, legs and abdomen brown, elytra reddish yellow, infuscated along elytral deflexion. Head: Eyes small, moderately convex; vertex between eyes broad. Thorax: Side margins very sinuous, anterior transverse depression not evident, punctations small; elytral side margins very deflexed, disc punctations small and organized into 14 rows. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in figure 69.

Variation: Length 6.0–8.0 mm; width 1.5–2.5 mm. Except for size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Natural history: Specimens have been collected from April through July, from elevations that range from

694 to 2165 m.

Distribution (map 2): In addition to the holotype I have examined four additional specimens from: Guatemala: El Progresso, Sierra de las Minas, 19 km N Estancia de La Virgen, 18-29-IV-1990, 1829 m, E. Giesbert; Zacapa: Cerro de Mono, 8-VI-1997, 2275 m, E. Giesbert, J. Monzon. Honduras: Olancho: PN La Muralla, Sendero Pizote, 10-VI-2003, R. Turnbow. Specimens are deposited in FSCA, RHTC, and WOPC.

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