Enoclerus fractus OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 123-169 : 131

Enoclerus fractus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 21 , 78 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♁. Type locality: Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, K. E. Hüdepohl. A second label reads: San Francisco de Paula , XI-1959 ( MCNZ) . Paratype: 1 specimen BRAZIL: Estado do Rio de Grande Sul ; San Francisco de Paula , Pró Mata, 20-I-1998, Roland Mecke ( WOPC, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Integument mostly black; capitulum testaceous; elytron with four maculae; femora testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 21 . Head: Antenna slightly shorter than width across eyes, capitulum slightly compacted; (EW/FW 20/55). Thorax: Pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW 80/80); (EL/EW 230/65). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 78 ).

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, fractus, is a Latin name that refers to the fractured portions on the elytral disc.

Figures

Figs 21-24. Habitus. Enoclerus fractus (21); E. gibboclerus (22); E. gorgona (23); E. grenade (24).

Figs 74-82. Aedeagus. Enoclerus cundinamarca (74); E. farragonis (75); E. fauna (76); E. fascia (77); E. fractus (78); E. gibboclerus (79); E. gorgona (80); E. grenade (81); E. huallaga (82).