Priocera penna 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 : 1192

Priocera penna OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 67, 95, 156)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Coyotes , Durango, Dist.Dgo. Mex., 8300 ft., Aug. 8, ’47. A second label reads: D. Rockefellar EXP. Gertsch ( AMNH) . PARATYPE: 2 specimens. México: Estado de México, Valle de Bravo, 7-V-1962, F. D. Parker, L. A. Stange ( UCDC). Estado de Sinaloa, 2 km SW Santa Lucia, Villa Blanca, 16- VIII- 1986, Faulkner ( ACMT).

D i a g n o s i s: Castaneous; each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one in front of middle near epipleural margin, one behind middle near sutural margin.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 11.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 156 . Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than eye and longer than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 48/55). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and with fissure at middle ( PW /PL 85/95); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral distal 2/3 rd, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 165/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 67.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The two available specimens were collected from México during May and August, one at 2,531 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 95 ): This species is known from México.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, penna, is a Latin noun with the meaning of "arrow"; with reference to the shape of the aedeagus.

Figures

Figs 95. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 156-159. Habitus. Priocera penna nov.sp. (156), P. petalosa nov.sp. (157), P. pustulata (158), Stengyrahistrio SERVILLE (159).