Priocera bibulla 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 : 1161

Priocera bibulla OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 31 , 91 , 109 )

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Colombia (no other information noted on label) ( FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: Cranium, prothorax, and pterothorax castaneous; antennae, proximal 1/2 of femora, distal 1/2 of tibiae, and tarsi testaceous; elytra tricolored, each elytral disc with 3 yellow markings, one marking at middle of elytral base, one angular positioned in front of middle near epipleural margin, and one divided marking behind middle approaching sutural margin.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 1.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 109 . Head: Cranium coarsely sculptured, carinose, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 50/20). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctured, with 2 very prominent tumescenses and centrally located fissure ( PW /PL 100/160); elytral disc sculptured with substriate asetiferous punctures that extend slightly beyond elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 470/90); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 31.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 91 ): This species is known from Colombia.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, bibulla, is a Latin compound name derived from bulla (= knob) and the prefix bi - (= two); with regard to the two tumescences on the pronotum.

Figures

Figs 91. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 25-33. Aedeagus. Priocera acrobela (25), P. angulata (26), P. aperturosa (27), P. apicalis (28), P. aurosignata (29), P. batesi (30), P. bibulla (31), P. campbelli (32), P. catalinae (33).

Figs 108-111. Habitus. Priocera batesi nov.sp. (108), P. bibulla nov.sp. (109), P. bispinosa (110, 111).