Axina schenklingi 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 : 19-20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4586372
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C075-4B16-FF01-480DFB5C362B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Axina schenklingi Opitz
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Axina schenklingi Opitz , new species

Figures 37 View Figures 37–39 , 70 View Figure 70 , 88 View Figures 86–89 .

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: Amazon, Bates (Brazil) ( BMNH) . Paratype. One specimen. Peru: Provincia de Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Res., 30 km SW Puerto Maldonado, 12-XI- 1983, 290 m, T. L. Erwin ( USNM).

Diagnosis. The color pattern on the elytra as depicted in Fig. 88 View Figures 86–89 will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 8.0 mm; width 1.6 mm. Form. As in Fig. 88 View Figures 86–89 . Color. Cranium, thorax, and legs castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotum sides black; pronotum middle widely castaneous; pterothorax and legs black; elytra tricolorous, basal ½ mostly dark brown, each elytron with subquadrate white macula, apical ½ mostly yellow, with broad obliquely positions white fascia, latter reaches sutural margin; abdomen brown. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 90/120; elytra, few asetiferous punctures concentrated in elytral basal ½ proximal to sutural margin, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 346/65. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 37 View Figures 37–39 ), phallobasic lobes very short, contiguous; edge of phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme slightly lengthened.

Variation. Size. Length 8.0–12.0 mm; width 1.6–3.0 mm. The elytra of the paratype show a narrow black line behind the white obliquely positioned fascia.

Natural history. The specimen from Peru was collected during November, by fogging tree canopy, at 290 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 70 View Figure 70 ). This species is known from Peru and Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, schenklingi , is a patronymic that honors Sigmund Schenkling, an icon in historical cleridology.

basalis species group

There are three species in this group whose female members show the distal margin of the pygidium shallowly projected at the middle. The distribution of the species of this group involves Bolivia and Brazil.