Priocera ensis OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the West ern Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1175-1176

Priocera ensis OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 43, 89, 130)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Equeteur , Soja ( Ecuador), COLL DE GAULLE, 1910 ( MNHN).

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium black, thorax dark castaneous; antenna, legs and abdomen testaceous; elytra mostly dark castaneous, apical 1/4 th testaceous; each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one at elytral base, one in front of middle near epipleural margin, one behind middle near sutural margin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 11.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 130 . Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than width of eye and length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 47/57). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 79/107); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend just beyond elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex narrowly rounded ( EL /EW 400/110); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter towards femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 43.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 89 ): This species is known from Ecuador.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, ensis, is a Latin noun with the meaning of "sword"; with reference to the shape of the aedeagus.

Figures

Figs 89. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 128-131. Habitus. Priocera diverselutea(128, 129), P.ensis nov.sp.(130), P. faronov.sp. (131).