Priocera uncinata 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 : 1203

Priocera uncinata OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 78 , 99 , 171 )

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Amazon , Bates ( Brazil) ( BMNH).

D i a g n o s i s: Dark castaneous, except elytra bicolored, mostly dark castaneous, with 3 aggregates of yellow markings, one spot near basal margin, one angular aggregate at mid-elytron, one spot anterior to elytral apex.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.2 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 171 . Head: Frons narrower than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/7. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and small central fissure ( PW /PL 90/133); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 210/45); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 78.

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

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, uncinata, is a Latin noun that stems from uncus (= hook), with reference to the spurs on the phallobasic lobes.

Figures

Figs 99. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 70-78. Aedeagus. Priocera quadrigibbosa (70), P.quadrinotata (71), P. spinosa (72), P. stictica (73), P. strigicollis (74), P. strigilla (75), P. theresae (76), P. trinotata (77), P. uncinata (78).

Figs 168-171. Habitus. Priocera theresae (168), P. trinotata (169), P. trituberosa nov.sp. (170), P. uncinata (171).