Priocera magdalena 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 : 1185

Priocera magdalena OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 57, 92, 145)

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Colombia , Magdalena, collectors name not legible ( BMNH) . PARATYPES: 11 specimens. Costa Rica: Provincia de Guanacaste, Estación Martiza, lado Oeste Volcán Orosi ,?- IV- 1990, 600 m, Malaise trap, R. Blanco ( CMNH, 1) ; Estación Las Pallas, Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja , 1-22-VII- 1992, 800 m, Malaise trap, D. Garcia ( CSCA, 1) ; Panamá: Barro Island Colorado, 9-VI-1977, H. A. Hespenheide ( WFBM, 1). Colombia: Departamento de Magdalena, collection date not noted, collector name not legible ( SDEI, 1) ; Departamento de Cauca, Valle de Cauca,?-?-1898, M. de Mathan ( MNHN, 1). Venezuela: Estado de Carabobo, San Esteban, 31-I- 1973, 100 m, Carlos Bordón ( WOPC, 1). Peru: Provincia de Caylloma , Huambo,?-?-1889, M. de Mathan ( WOPC, 1). Bolivia: Departamento de La Paz, Callanga, collection date not noted, G. Garlepp ( MNHN, 1) ; Departamento de Santa Cruz, Hotel Fauna & Flora, 1-12-V- 2004, J. Wappes ( ACMT, 1) ; Florida, 4 km N Bermejo, 8-XII-2013, Skillman & Wappes ( FWSC, 1). Brazil: Estado do Rondonia, 62 km SE Ariquemes , 22-31-X-1997, W. J. Hanson ( EMUS, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Castaneous, except elytra with yellow spots; each elytron with 3 yellow spots, one angular at elytral base, one angular, premedial near epipleural margin, one postmedial, obliquely positioned near sutural margin, apex testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.5 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 145 . Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 45/8). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 85/115); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 300/65); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 57.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0- 7.5 mm; width 1.6-2.0 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 Costa Rica during April in a Malaise trap set at 600-800 m; from Panamá during June; from Venezuela during January; and from Bolivia during May, October, and December.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 92 ): This species is known from Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, magdalena, is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 92. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 144-147. Habitus. Priocera lustruata nov.sp. (144), P. magdalena nov.sp. (145), P. marajoara nov.sp. (146), P. marginicollis (147).