Priocera hovorei 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 : 1179-1180

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5039080

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Priocera hovorei OPITZ
status

sp. nov.

Priocera hovorei OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 92 View Figs 92 , 137 View Figs 136-139 )

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha Prov., Tinalandia , 12-IV-1997, F. Hovore coll. ( CSCA) . PARATYPES: 3 specimens. Colombia: Departamento de Cauca, Valle de Cauca, 4 km NW San Antonio, 4-VII-1958, 1,982 m, A. H.Miller ( EMEC, 1). Ecuador: Provincia de Pichincha, 10 km W Nanegalito, 6-I-2002, F. T. Hovore ( WOPC, 1) ; Provincia de Cotopaxi, 2 km N Las Pampas , 10-12-IV-1997, E. Giesbert & F. Hovore ( FSCA, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, prothorax, and pterothorax castaneous; antennae, proximal 1/2 of femora, distal 1/2 of tibiae, and tarsi testaceous; elytra tricolored, admixture of yellow, brown, and testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 137 View Figs 136-139 . Head: Cranium coarsely sculptured, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 45/11). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctured at middle, shallowly carinose at sides, with 2 very prominent tumescenses and centrally located fissure ( PW /PL 85/140); elytral disc sculptured with substriate, asetiferous punctures that extend slightly beyond elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 370/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus examined, then lost.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 9.0-11.0 mm; width 2.2-3.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during, January, April, and July at altitudes that range from 1,450 m to 1,982 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 92 View Figs 92 ): This species is known from Ecuador.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, hovorei, is a dedicative patronymic that honors Frank T. Hovore for his outstanding contributions to beetle taxonomy.

CSCA

California State Collection of Arthropods

EMEC

Essig Museum of Entomology

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

PW

Paleontological Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

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