Priocera colima 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 : 1171-1172

Priocera colima OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 37 , 95 , 123 )

HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: MEXICO, Jalisco, E, slope Nev. De Colima, 14 mi. SW Cd. Guzman , 8000 ft., VI-25-VII-6-65, E. M. Fisher collector ( WFBM).

D i a g n o s i s: Castaneous; each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one faintly visible at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one positioned in front of middle near epipleural margin, one postmedial near sutural margin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.2 mm; width 1.7 mm. Form: As in Fig. 123 . Head: Cranium wrinkled; frons wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 25/15). Thorax: Pronotum wrinkled, with 2 tumescenses, center of disc depressed, center near base with small linear swelling ( PW /PL 70/95); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral distal 3/4 th ( EL /EW 320/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 37.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The holotype was collected during a time frame from June 25 to July 6, at 2,439 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 95 ): This species is known from México.

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, colima, is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 95. 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 120-123. Habitus. Priocera cinctiventris (120), P. clavipes (121), P. cocha nov.sp. (122), P. colima nov.sp. (123).