Priocera chiricahuae KNULL , 1939

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 : 1168

Priocera chiricahuae KNULL, 1939 ( Figs 34 , 88 , 119 )

Priocera chiricahuae KNULL, 1939: 27 .

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Chiricahua Mountains , VII-22-37. Ar. (Arizona, USA). A second label reads: D. J. & J. N. Knull Collrs. ( FMNH). CORPORAAL 1950 : 99.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig. 88 ): In addition to the holotype, I examined 111 specimens from: The United States of America: Arizona, Pima County, Santa Catarina Mountains, Gen Hitchcosck , Cpgd., 21-VII-1987, T. C. MacRae ; Cochise County, Huachuca Mountains, Sunnyside Canyon , 8- VIII- 1970, K. Stephan ; Cochise County, 5 miles W Portal , 25-VI-1958, W. F. Barr ; Cochise County, Portal , 10-IX-1957, W. Rosenberg ; Cochise County, 5 miles W Portal, Chiricahua Mountains , 27- VIII- 1958, D. D. Linsdale ; idem, 30-VII-1959, D. J. & J. N. Knull ; Cochise County, South West Research Station , 5 miles W Portal, 14-VII-1956, 5,400 feet, C. & M. Cazier ; idem, 28-VI-1958, M. & A. Cazier ; idem, 16- VIII- 1958, Pinus chihuahuana, E. G. Linsley ; Cochise County, 5131 Bannock Street, Pueblo Del Sol , Huachuca Mountains , 19-V-1986, UV light, R. S. Wieigus. Mèxico: Estado de Durango, Coyotes , Durango , 8,300 feet, 8- VIII- 1947, D. Rockefeller Expedition, Gertsch. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, EMEC, FMNH, FSCA, UCDC, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: These beetles are characterized by showing a body that is completely castaneous, except for 3 small yellow spots on each elytral disc These traits will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 12.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 119 . Head: Frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/50. Thorax: Pronotum with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 150/190); elytral disc sculptured with striate asetiferous oval punctures; metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 34.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 8.0-14.0 mm; width 2.5-3.8 mm. The yellow spots on the elytral disc vary in prominence.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected from May through September, one at 1,646 m, and one on Chihuahuan pine [( Pinus leiophylla SCHIEDE ex SCHITDL & CHAM. (Pinaceae) ].

Figures

Figs 88. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 34-42. Aedeagus.Priocera chiricahuae (34), P. cinctiventris (35), P. cocha (36), P. colima (37), P. conspicta (38), P. costaricana (39), P. crista (40), P. denticarea (41), P. diverselutea (42).

Figs 116-119. Habitus. Priocera championi nov.sp. (116), P. catalinae (117), P. chilotaxis nov.sp. (118), P. chiricahuae (119).