Priocera crista OPITZ, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED87CF-6231-8A6F-DA81-E0FF7D13A23E |
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Marcus |
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Priocera crista OPITZ |
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sp. nov. |
Priocera crista OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 40 View Figs 34-42 , 89 View Figs 89 , 126 View Figs 124-127 )
HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Colombia: Boyaca, SFF Iquaque La Planada, Malaise , 13-XI-4-XII- 2000, P. Reina ( FSCA) . PARATYPE: One specimen. Colombia: Departamento de Bolivar, SFF Los Colorados Alto, El Mirador, 3-18- VIII- 2001, 400 m, E. Deulufeut ( WOPC).
D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black; antennae testaceous; pronotal arch and legs dark castaneous, except distal limits of tibiae and tarsi testaceous; elytral apical 1/4 th testaceous; each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one oblong at middle of basal margin, one transverse, premedial near epipleural margin, one transverse, postmedial near sutural margin, abdomen bicolorous, ventrites I-IV dark brown, ventrites V-VI testaceous.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 126 View Figs 124-127 . Head: Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/30. Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight slit at middle ( PW /PL 95/140); elytral disc sculptured with longitudinal ridge and striate, asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral posterior 3/4 th, apex rounded ( EL /EW 430/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 40. View Figs 34-42
V a r i a t i o n: The available specimens are quite homogeneous.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during August and November, in a Malaise trap set at 400 m.
D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 89 View Figs 89 ): The species is known from Colombia.
E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, crista, is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.
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Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology |
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Paleontological Collections |
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