Enoclerus deletus Wolcott 1927

Rifkind, Jacques, 2017, New species of Mutillid Mimicking Enoclerus Gahan (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) from Mexico and Central America, Zootaxa 4231 (3), pp. 409-420 : 411

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C228937C-DC62-40F9-A42E-0FB2575447E6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6030405
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87C2-CD43-B67E-AFE8-34BEFAA6C2BB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Enoclerus deletus Wolcott 1927
status	stat. nov.

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Enoclerus deletus Wolcott 1927 , new status

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Enoclerus crabronarius var. deletus Wolcott 1927: 62 .

Comparison of the original descriptions and photographs of the types of Enoclerus crabronarius (Spinola) and E. crabronarius var. deletus Wolcott confirms their distinctness, and I therefore propose elevation of the taxon to species rank. I was unable to examine Wolcott’s type specimen (FMNH, designated the holotype of the new species), but a topotypic specimen ( Fig. 1) agrees in all particulars with his detailed description. Enoclerus deletus is separable from E. crabronarius on the basis of the shape of the apical elytral silvery–setaceous fascia: anterior margin curved and fascia interrupted on each elytron by a large macular patch of black setae in E. crabronarius ; fascia in the form of a broad oblique band, interrupted posteriorly before apex, but not encircling a macula in E. deletus . In addition, no typical specimens of E. crabronarius have yet been collected in Costa Rica.

Material examined. 1 ( JNRC), Costa Rica, Cartago Prov. , CATIE, 23–VI –[19]96, F. Hovore, coll.; 1( WFBM), Costa Rica, Puntarenas Prov., 6 km SE Santa Elena , VI–24–1989, F. Hovore, coll. ; 1 ( JNRC), México, Veracruz, Est. Biol. de Los Tuxtlas, 14°35’ N, 95°05’ W, 29–4–1991, H. A. Hespenheide. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Costa Rica; southern México. Probably more extensively distributed in Central America.