Axina brunnea Opitz, 2020

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 13

Axina brunnea Opitz , new species

Figures 23 , 69 , 76 .

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: Venezuela (Mocquerys) ( MNHN) . Paratypes. 2 specimens. Colombia: San Juan de Cordova Cienaga,?-?-1909, Mayeul Grisol ( MNHN, 1). Venezuela: Maracaibo,?-?-1902, E. Poirier ( WOPC, 1).

Diagnosis. The body is entirely brown. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 13.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 76 . Color. Brown. Head. Cranium coarsely punctate, frons narrower than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 75/7. Thorax. Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescences, deeply concave at middle; PW/PL 140/170; elytra, asetiferous punctures striate, striae extend posteriorly nearly to elytral apex; EL/EW 520/105. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 23 ) spatulate, phallobasic lobes short, slightly diverging; phallic plates not serrate; phallobasic apodeme present.

Variation. Size. Length 13.0–21.0 mm; width 3.0–5.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69 ). This species is known from Colombia and Venezuela.

Etymology. The specific epithet, brunnea , is a Latin adjective with a meaning of “brown”. I refer to the color of these beetles.

Figures

Figure 69. Distribution map for Axina species: A. atmis, A. bahia, A. brunnea, A. longevittata, A. diversesignata, A. lobispinula, A. orcastomata, A. plagiata, A. adelosa, A. bella, A. bifasciata.

Figures 21–24. Aedeagi. 21) Axina atmis. 22) A. bahia. 23) A. brunnea. 24) A. lobispinula.

Figures 74–77. Habitus of Axina species. 74) Axina atmis. 75) A. bahia. 76) A. brunnea. 77) A. longevittata.