Priocera hadrosa 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5039076
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96228794-FFD5-FFEB-7982-2208FC7DF8D0
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Priocera hadrosa OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Priocera hadrosa OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 49, 92, 136)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Balsapamba, Prov. Bolivar ( Ecuador), M. de Mathan, III. IV.1894 ( MNHN).

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium mostly testaceous, epicranium infuscated; antennae flavotestaceous; prothorax bicolored, venter testaceous, pronotum testaceous, with black angular markings at sides; pterothorax black; elytra tricolorous, mostly castaneous, with admixture of brown markings, one rectangulate brown patch at elytral middle 1/3 rd and contiguous with sutural margin, each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one punctiform at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one short, transverse in front of middle near epipleural margin, one short oblique, behind middle near sutural margin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.4 mm. Form: As in Fig. 136 View Figs 136-139 . Head: Cranium finely punctate, frons narrow, about as wide as the length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 35/7). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 70/100); elytral disc with basal tumescenses, middle of disc depressed, disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend beyond basal 1/2, but do not reach elytral apex, latter narrowly rounded ( EL /EW 260/45); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Abdominal ventrite V deeply widely emarginate distally; phallobasic loop about as long as remainder of phallobase; aedeagus as in Fig. 49.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The holotype was collected from Ecuador during April.

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, hadrosa is a Greek name that stems from "hodros" (= well developed); with reference to the well-developed phallobasic loop.