Priocera denticarea 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 : 1174-1175

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10532185
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96228794-FFEA-FFD7-7982-259AFEB4FF63
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Priocera denticarea OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Priocera denticarea OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 41 View Figs 34-42 , 93 View Figs 93 , 127 View Figs 124-127 )

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: HONDURAS: Dept. Atlantida, Tela, Lancetilla Botanical Gardens , 28- V-1993, M. C. Thomas ( FSCA) . PARATYPE: 5 specimens. Honduras: Departamento de Atlantida, Tela, Lancetilla Botanical Gardens , 28-V-1993, M. C. Thomas ( CUIC, 1; FSCA, 1; WOPC, 2) ; idem, 28-V-1993, R. Turnbow ( RHTC, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Specimens of this species are similar to those of Priocera stictica GORHAM and P. costaricana WOLCOTT , from which they can only be distinguished by examination of the aedeagus. In P. stictica GORHAM , the phallic plate is set with serrations and in P. costaricana the phallic apex is uncinate. Neither of these phallic characteristics are present in specimens of P. denticarea .

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 127 View Figs 124-127 . Head: Frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 45/10). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 90/145); elytra slightly concave at middle, disc sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures that extend beyond basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 340/60); metathoracic leg gradually increasing in diameter towards apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 41. View Figs 34-42

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 8.0-9.0 mm; width 2.0- 2.2 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: The available specimens were collected in May.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 93 View Figs 93 ): This species is known from Honduras.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, denticarea, is a Latin compound name that stems from denti (= tooth) and careo (= to be without). I refer to the lack of serrations on the phallic plates.