Priocera stockwelli OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1199-1200

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5039116
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96228794-FFC1-FFFE-7982-2558FCA3FEAE
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Priocera stockwelli OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Priocera stockwelli OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 99 View Figs 99 , 165 View Figs 164-167 )

HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: Brazil: Mto. Grosso, Humboldt , El 200m, 10°25'S 59°28'W, 20 Mar.’77 Stockwell ( AMNH) GoogleMaps . PARATYPE: One specimen. Brazil: Estado do Pará, Serra Norte, Manganês, Armadilha, 6-9-II-1985, 1.6 m, Suspense ( WOPC).

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium black; antennae testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter testaceous, pronotum bicolorous, slight testaceous area in front and at sides, pronotal arch mostly testaceous, pronotal collar testaceous; pterothorax castaneous; elytra tricolorous, basal 2/3 rd mostly castaneous, humeral carina black, apical 1/3 rd mostly black, large spherical, testaceous spot near apex; each elytron with 2 yellow fascia, one premedial outlined in black, one post medial.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.6 mm. Form: As in Fig. 165 View Figs 164-167 . Head: Cranium finely punctate; frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel, EW/FW 40/10. Thorax: Pronotun with 2 tumescenses, disc finely punctate ( PW /PL 75/120); elytral disc with very conspicuous linear basal carina, 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 280/50); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

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 February and March, one at 200 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 99 View Figs 99 ): This species is known from Brazil.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, stockwelli, is a dedicative patronym that honors Henry P. Stockwell for his contribution to field insect Taxonomy.