Priocera castanea ( NEWMAN , 1838)

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 : 1163-1166

Priocera castanea ( NEWMAN, 1838) ( Figs 85 , 88 , 114 )

Opilus castaneous NEWMAN, 1838: 380.

HOLOTYPE: ♀. North America, Mount Pleasant, Ohio ( BMNH). CORPORAAL 1950: 99. KNULL 1951: 289. EKIS (now OPITZ) 1975: 20.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig. 88 ): In addition to the holotype, I examined 348 specimens from: The United States of America: Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Rockville, 25-VII-1970, H. B. Kirk; Philadelphia County, Manayunk , no other information ; Green County, Rutan , 6- VIII- 1966, R. W. Surdick ; Fulton County, 0.2 km SE Barnes Gap, Sideling Hill Barrens , 19- VIII- 1996, 245 m, light trap, W. Quin Metheny ; Clinton County, 5.4 km N Monument , 22-VII- 2011, 347 m, P. Woods ; Allegheny County, no other information; New Jersey, Burlington County, Atsion , 10-VI-1945, J. W. Green ; Middlesex County, Jamesburg ,?-IX-?, collector not noted ; Ocean County,?- VII-1915, collector not noted ; Burlington County, Medford Township, Lake Pine , 2-VII-1975, D. C. Rentz ; idem, Tabernacle Turnpike, Oak Shade-Flyatt Road , 30-VI-1971, blacklight trap, Howard P. Boyd ; Fulton County, 3 m N Cowans Gap Park, 10-VII-1988, J. E. Wappes, Illinois, Will County , Joliet , 20-VII-1935, collector not noted ; Putnam County, 8 km W Magnolia , 24-VII-1985, J. Powell ; La Salle County, Starved Rock , 3-VII-1948, Floyd G. Werner ; Fayette County, 2.7 km SW Vandalia , 22-VI-22-VII- 2016, 168 m, C. Wetzel ; Saint Clair County, 1.1 km NNW East Saint Louis , 14-30-VI-2016, S. Mils ; McLean County, 12-VII-1896, A. B. Wolcott ; New York, Suffolk County, Yaphank, Long Island , 30-VII-1895, A. C. Weeks ; Bronx County, Van Courtland Park, no other information ; Seneca County,?- VIII- 1971, Lenczy ; Tompkins County, Ithaca, Cornell Campus , 1- VIII- 1979, R. & K. Gemmill ; Tompkins County, Groton , 20- VI-1956, N. M. Downie ; Indiana, Porter County, Dunes State Park , 9-VII-1966, M. N. Downie ; Tippecanoe County, W Lafayette, 24-VI-1977, J. F. MacDonald ; Kansas, Johnson County, Overland Park Arboretum , nursery, 6-12-VI-2006, canopy trap, A Cruz ; Wabaunsee County, Bolton Wildlife Area , near Paxico, NE access point, 22-V-2012, Z. H. Falin ; Woodson County, Cross Timbers State Park, East Spillway Access , near lagoon, 8-11-VI-2010, Z. H. Falin, K. T. Eldrege, S. R. Cave, J. Ortega-Blanco ; Douglas County, Lawrence, KU West Campus , 8-14-VII-1995, Steve Lingafelter ; Pottawatomie County, Onaga , no other information available ; Labette County, Oswego , 28-VI-1962, night lights, G. F. Hevel ; idem, 20-VI-1964, under bark, G. H. Hevel ; Clark County, State Lake , 19- VIII- 2004, Malaise trap, G. Salsbury ; Ohio, Scioto County, 3-VII-1949, J. F. Smith ; Clinton County, 9-VII-1956, collector not noted ; Clinton County, 8-VII-1956, F. Moore ; Allen County, Lima , 16-VII-1990, J. A. Green ; Auglaize County, 1 km NE Wapakoneta , 10-22-VII-2013, C. Poe ; Hamilton County, Cincinnati , no other information ; Hocking County, 8- VIII- 1924, J. N. Knull ; Michigan, Monroe County, 26-VI-1965, Malaise trap, James Truchan ; Allegan County, Allegan State Forest , 3- VIII- 1972, collector not noted ; Wayne County, Detroit, Schwarz ; Ingham County, East Lansing , 21-VII-1972, Daniel K. Young ; Montana, Ravalli County, New Florence , 6-VII-1980, Douglas Yanega ; Missouri, Randolph County, 10- VIII- 1975, E. G. Riley ; Carter County, Pinewoods Lake , 22-VI-1987, reared from dead Pinus echinata, T. C. MacRae ; Saint Louis County, 2.4 km E Maryland , heights, 27-VI-11-VII- 2016, 193 m, L. Trevathan ; Cole County, 25- VII-1970, Ramon Gass ; Boone County, 30-VI-1974, P. Kinslowe ; idem, Columbia , 27-VII-1971, W. S. Craig ; Jefferson County, Arnold, Bay Shore subdivision, 16-VII-1975, S. E. Thewke ; Holt County, Mound City , 14-VII-1968, Malaise trap, collector not noted ; Randolph County, Moberly , 11- VIII- 1972, W. Bivin ; Washington D. C., Glen Echo ,?- VII-1939, J. C. Bridwell ; West Virginia, Greenbrier County, White Sulphur Springs ,?-VII-?, collector not noted ; Virginia, Roanoke County, Roanoke , 12-17-VI-1991, E. Riley ; Rockbridge County, 2.1 km NE Buena Vista , 20-IV-17-VI- 2018, D. Hetzel ; Maryland, Prince George’s County, Beltsville , 21- VIII- 1958, H. P. Lanchester ; Montgomery County, Plummers Island , 13-VII-2002, W. E. Steiner & J. M. Swearinger ; Talbot County, Wittman , 28-VII-1974, W. E. Steiner ; Little, Bennett Regional park, Campground area , 25- VII- 2015, 180 m, MV/UV light, S. M. Lingafelter ; Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain , 22-VII-1921, C. F. Dalman ; North Carolina, Craven County, 1 mile NE, Bachlor , 14-VI-1965, H. A. Hespenheide ; Catawba County, Hog Hill 3-10-VI-1976, R. Turnbow ; Currituck County, Currituck , 13-VI-1991, R. W. Surdick ; Dare County, Roanoke Island , 16-VI-1983, S. W. Gifford ; Wake County , 2 miles NW Raleigh, 19-VI-1964, George A. Matuza ; Dare County, Manteo , 13-VII- 1983, S. M. Gifford ; Moore County, Southern Pines, Durham County , Durham, no other information ; Moore County, Southern Pines , 7- VIII- 1912, A. H. Manee ; South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson, Clemson University , 24-V-1931, Alfred Lutken ; Greenville County, Greenville , 26-VII-1974, at lights, Richard S. Peigler ; Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville , 12-V-1948, F. Werner, W. Nutting ; Calhoun County, Cordrays Pond , 14-VI-1946, P. W. Fattig ; Montgomery County, Uvalda area ,?- VI-1990, R. Morris ; Henry County, Nail Road , 9-V-1995, R. Beshear ; Jackson County, Hardman Forest , 10-15- VIII- 1975, R. Turnbow ; Clinch County, 6.3 miles NE Edith on highway 177, emerged from 4-6 inch diameter dead trunk of Taxodium distichum during 21-30-IV-2008, L. C. Rich collected trunk on 31-II-2006 ; Glynn County, Brunswick , 5-VI-1952, D. G. Kissinger ; Fulton County, 3.6 km NNE Union City , 30-VI-27-VII-2016, E. Dendy ; Douglas County, 1.8 km SE Austell , 8-22-VII-2016, E. Dendy ; Chatham County, 0.9 km E Port Wentworth , 11-25-VI-2015, S. Davis ; Green County, 3.9 km W Siloam , 3-17-VI-2015, R. Willits ; Lamar County, Milner , 19-VI-1933, T. L. Bissell ; idem, Milner ,?- VI-1990, R. Morris ; Walton County, Monroe , 20-VI-1945, P. W. Fattig ; Clarke County, 10-VI-1968, R. T. Franklin ; DeKalb County, Dunwoody ,?-?-1955, E. F. Menhinick ; DeKalb County, Stone Mountain area , 2-VII-1971, J. E. Wappes ; idem, Whitehall Forest , 25-30-VI-1976, R, Turnbow ; Florida, Liberty County, Torreya State Park , 6-V-1989, R. Turnbow ; Wakulla County, Apalachicola National Forest , 20-27-VI-2005, Malaise in pine-oak savanna ; Duval County, Jacksonville , 20-V-1959, P. H. Thompson ; Tampa , collection date not noted, Hubbard & Schwartz ; Putnam County, Crescent City , collection date not noted, Hubbard & Schwartz ; Saint Lucie County, Capron , collection date not noted, Hubbard & Schwartz ; Alachua County, Gainesville , 30-IV-1976, light, Joe Schuh ; Highlands County, Archibold Biological Station , 19-IV-1976, William Rosenberg ; idem, Sebring , 10-IV-1991, R. Morris ; Mississippi, Marshall County, Wall Doxey State Park , 5-6-VI-1999, R. L. Brown ; Noxubee County, Noxubee Wildlife Refuge , 16- VIII- 1984, Soowon Cho ; George County, Mixon Lake , hillside, 9-10-IV-1999, Clint Alien ; Smith County, 1 mile N Raleigh , 14-15-VI-1985, R. Brown, G. Burrows ; Warren County, Vicksburg , 15-VI-2014, Ricky Patterson ; Winston County, Tombigbee National Forest , 1-VI-1999, J. A. MacGown ; Jackson County, Gulf Island National Sea., 3-6-VI- 1984, B. Brown, G. Baker ; Kemper County, 2 miles N Scooba , 8- VIII- 1991, T.L.Schiefer ; Webster County, 2 miles SE Cumberland , 12-VI-1990, T. L. Schiefer ; Holmes County, Holmes County State Park , 8-VI-1994, T. L. Schiefer ; Tishomingo County, Tishomingo State Park , 6-VI-1992, blacklight, P. K. Lago ; Claiborne County, 3.6 miles W Port Gibson , 12-VII-1993, T. L. Schiefer ; Harrison County, Gulfport , 25-VI-1938, J. H. Roberts ; Oktibbeha County, Starkville , 15-VII-1971, at artificial lights, W. H. Cross ; 6 miles SW Starkville , 11-VII-1984, R. L. & B. B. Brown ; Rankin County, 4 miles NNE Brandon , 23-VI-1973, W. H. Cross ; Forrest County, Hattiesburg ,?- V-1957, B. & B. Valentine ; Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa , 9-VI-1952, B. Valentine ; Lee County, Opelika , 23-VI-1979, T. King ; Bibb County, Glades Preserve , 5-VI-2003, R. L. Brown ; Lawrence County, Joe Wheeler State Park , 25-V-2004, T. L.Schiefer ; Baldwin County, Bon Secour N. W. Refuge, 6-IX-1988, L. Corpus & T. Schiefer ; Monroe County, Haynes Island Park, 26-29-V- 1995, D. M. Pollock ; Dale County, Fort Rucker Mil. Res. Reservation , 8-17-V-2015, R. Turnbow ; Walker County, Jasper , 9-XI-1978, light trap, Tina King ; Clay County, Cheaha State Park, Cheaha Mountain , 10- VIII- 1985, 2,400 feet, E. G. Riley ; Jackson County, 1.8 km WNW Hollytree , 13-VI- 2008, UV trap, Androw, Karns, Grisham ; Shelby County, Helena , 8-VI-1957, at light, H. R. Steeves ; Jefferson County, Birmingham , 12-VI-1956, collector not noted ; Blount County, Highland Lake , 12-24-IV-2013, light trap, T. King ; Mobile County, Mobile , collection date not noted, collector information not readable ; Grand Bay , 10-VI-1907, H. P. Löding ; Lousiana, Natchitoches County, Kisatchie National Forest , 2 miles E Red Bluff, 17-18-VI-1988, C. B. Barr ; West Feliciana Parish , 2 miles W Weyanoke, 26-VI-1987, Tunica Hills, William D. Shepard ; Bossier Parish, Barksdale Air Force Base , 12-VI-1996, D. M. Pollock ; Clairborne Parish, Lake Clairborne State Park , 6-VII-1983, E. G. Riley ; Natchitoches Parish, Voweils Mill , 2-VI-1975, M. Druckenbrod ; Arizona, Flagstaff , 15-VI-1904, Pinus, J. L. Webb ; Oklahoma, Cleveland County, Norman , 16-VII-1975, light trap, William D. Shepard ; Oklahoma County, Luthe r, 26-VI-1991, hickory/oak forest, Chuck Harp ; Latimer County, 5 miles W Red Oak , 27-VI-1977, K. Stephan ; Texas, Lamar County, Camp Maxey , 3.4 km S Powderly, 16-VI-20-VI-2009, Malaise, J. C. Abbot ; Bastrop County, Smithville, Stengl Biological Station , 20-V-3-VI-2011, T. H. Atkinson ; Hardin County.?- VII-1991, F. B. Camors ; Nolan County, Lake Sweetwater area , 29-VI-1989, P. Morris ; Brazos County, 5 km SW Wellborn , 23-VII-2016, lights, V. Belov ; Sabine County, 8 miles E Hemphill , 24-V-7-VI-2008, Lindgren / jug trap, E. Riley, B. Raber, & D. Heffern ; Van Zandt County, 0.3 km N Edom , 11-25-VII- 2016, 157 m ; Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches , 8-VI-1960, Entomology class ; Walker County, Huntsville , 19-VI-1971, T. Rush ; Colorado County, Columbus , collection date not noted, Hubbard & Schwartz ; Culberson County, Guadalupe National Park, Upper Dog Canyon , 14-VII-1975, D. E. Foster ; Kent County, The Woodlands , 12-V-1978, J. E. Wappes ; Hardin County, Southern Pine Beetle infested trees,?- VII-1971, F. B. Camore, Jr .; Montgomery County, Woodlands , 23-V-1980, J. E. Wappes ; idem, 1-8-VII-1978, R. Turnbow. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, AMNH, CSUC, FMNH, FSCA, KSUC, MEMU, RFMC, RHTC, SEMC, UMRM, USNM, UTBC, WFBM, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Forebody, pterothorax, and legs castaneous; antenna testaceous; elytra tricolorous, mostly castaneous, with 3 yellow markings, one at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one in front of middle near epipleural margin, one behind middle near sutural margin, apical 1/3 rd testaceous.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 114 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 33/30. Thorax: Pronotal sides wrinkled, pronotum proper and pronotal arch finely punctate, pronotum proper with 2 tumescences ( PW /PL 85/130); elytral disc with basal tumescenses, middle of disc concave, disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend beyond basal 1/2, but do not reach elytral apex, latter narrowly rounded ( EL /EW 330/60); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Male visible abdominal ventrite V deeply widely emarginate distally; aedeagus as in Fig. 85.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.0-9.0 mm; width 1.2-2.5 mm. The yellow elytral spot near the mesoscutellum may be faintly visible or absent.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected mostly during spring and summer months. One specimen emerged from a dead trunk of bald Cyprus [ Taxodium distichum (LINNAEUS) RICH. (Cupressaceae) ]. Another specimen was taken from the bark of a species of pine [ Pinus LINNAEUS (Pinaceae) ]. Specimens were also collected in a Malaise and light traps; one at 180 m, another at 731 m. Josef N. Knull reported ( KNULL 1951: 289) that this species was collected from white oak infested with Melittomma MURRAY (Lymexylidae) larvae and pitch pine infested with Dendroctonus frontalis ZIMMERMANN (Curculionidae) . He also indicates that, "adults are nocturnal and rarely found".

N o t e s: EKIS (now OPITZ) (1975: 20) unnecessarily designated a lectotype for this species. It is clear from Newman’s description that he examined only one specimen.

Figures

Figs 88. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 85-87. Aedeagus. Priocera castanea (85), P. chilotaxis (86), P. clavipes (87).

Figs 112-115. Habitus. Priocera brunnea nov.sp. (112), P. calvariola nov.sp. (113), P. castanea (114), P. campbelli nov.sp. (115).