Pujoliclerus maracayensis 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 maracayensis Opitz , new species ( Figs. 22 , 49 , 93 , 126)

Holotype. ♀. VENEZ: Aragua, Maracay, Rancho Grande, 11-30.XII.87, B. D. Gill ( FSCA).

Diagnosis. Within the maracayensis speciesgroup, only in specimens of this species are the elytra mostly yellow and the elytral apex black.

Description. Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 93 . Integument: Cranium mostly black, lower frons and venter yellow; pronotum reddish yellow, infuscated at base; elytra mostly yellow, infuscated at base and in apical region; femora decreasingly infuscated from profemur to metafemur; tibiae increasingly more yellow from protibia to metatibia; pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head: Eyes as wide as frons (14:14); funicular antennomeres conspicuously expanded, 6 th antennomere large ( Fig. 22 ). Thorax: Pronotum transverse (39:35), lateral tubercle very prominent ( Fig. 49 ); epipleural fold gradually narrowed to elytral apex, asetiferous punctures prominent to elytral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus not available.

Natural History. The holotype was collected during December.

Distribution. Known only from Venezuela ( Fig. 126).

Etymology. The trivial name indicates the origin of the holoype and honors the good people of Maracay, Venezuela.

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. 48–61. Pujoliclerus species, pronota. 48) P. helvinus; 49) P. maracayensis; 50) P. modestus; 51) P. bilineatus; 52) P. calceatus; 53) P. corumba; 54) P. flavolimbatus; 55) P. ovatus; 56) P. wappesi; 57) P. amplus; 58) P. flavoapicalus; 59) P. gilvus; 60) P. hermani; 61) P. orellana.

Figs. 92–97. Pujoliclerus species, habitus. 92) P. helvinus; 93) P. maracayensis; 94) P. modestus; 95) P. bilineatus;