Priocera aspera 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 : 1159

Priocera aspera OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 95 , 106 )

HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: MEXICO: Durango, 3 mi S El Salto, 10-VIII-1986, Faulkner ( FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: Castaneous, except antennae, tarsi, and distal 1/2 of abdomen testaceous; each elytron, with 3 yellow spots, one at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one in front of middle near epipleural margin, one behind middle near sutural margin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.2 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 106 . Head: Cranium coarsely sculptured, carinose, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 35/20). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, carinose, with 3 tumescenses, posterior tumescence narrow-oblong, middle of pronotum proper somewhat depressed ( PW /PL 85/115); elytral disc sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral distal 4/5 th, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 390/70); metathoracic femur gradually broadened to femoral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected from México during August.

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: The specific epithet, aspera, is a Latin adjective with the meaning of "rough"; with reference to the coarse macrosculpture on the pronotum.

Figures

Figs 95. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 104-107. Habitus. Priocera ardis nov.sp. (104), P. aperturosa nov.sp. (105), P. aspera nov.sp. (106), P. aurosignata (107).