Priocera migma 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 : 1187-1188

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10532191
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96228794-FFDD-FFE2-7982-2418FC73FDD6
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Priocera migma OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Priocera migma OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 61, 98, 149)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Venezuela: Aragua, Rancho Grande , 9-VII-1973, 1100 m, J. Saledo, J. Charigo ( FSCA) . PARATYPES: 2 specimens. Venezuela: Estado de Aragua, Rancho Grande, 9- VII-1973, 1,100 m, J. Saledo, J. Charigo ( WOPC).

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium bicolored, mostly castaneous, frons and epicranium partially yellow; antennae testaceous, prothorax mostly dark castaneous, pronotal arch yellow, pronotum proper and pronotal collar partially yellow; pterothorax dark castaneous; elytra bicolorous, admixture of brown and yellow, asetiferous punctures brown, concentration of brown coloration in middle 1.3 rd of disc proximal to sutural margin, narrow brown transverse band near apex; legs bicolorous, mostly yellow, femora with brown ring, tibiae mostly yellow, prothoracic and metathoracic tibiae infuscate at base, metathoracic tibia brown, tarsi yellow; abdomen brown.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.4 mm. Form: As in Fig. 149 View Figs 148-151 . Head: Frons broad, wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 33/30). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 95/115); 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 320/70); metathoracic femur capitate. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 61.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.5-7.0 mm; width 1.2-2.0 mm. The dark brown markings on the elytral disc vary in size.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during January, May, and July, from 31 to 1,300 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 89 View Figs 89 ): The species is known from Venezuela.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, migma, is a Greek term that translates as "mixture". I refer to the mixture of brown and yellow coloration on the elytral disc.