Axina fasciata Kirsch, 1874

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 23-24

Axina fasciata Kirsch, 1874

Figures 46 , 70, 95.

Axina fasciata Kirsch, 1874: 398 . Holotype. Gender not known. Type locality: Peru (SMTD). Dos Santos and Filho 1982: 43. Corporaal 1950: 98.

Diagnosis. The prothoracic femur is unicolorous in the members of this species. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from superficially similar specimens of A. megaspina , which differ by showing a bicolorous prothoracic femur.

Redescription. Size. Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 95 . Color. Cranium dark castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, mostly testaceous, with a broad brown band across pronotum proximal to pronotal arch; mesothorax testaceous; metathorax castaneous; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, with two transverse brown bands, one band at middle, second band in front of elytral apex; legs testaceous except metafemur brown; abdomen flavotestaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/10. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/ PL 80/110; elytra, asetiferous punctures substriate, punctures extend to elytral ½, interstitial spaces wide; EL/EW 340/60. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 46 ), phallobasic lobes very long, curvate distally; phallic plates minutely serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 5.0–8.0 mm; width 1.2–1.8 mm. The narrow dark transverse marking across the pronotum proper, may expand to a large black marking that extends anteriorly onto the pronotal arch. The pronotal marking may be faintly visible or completely absent.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Bolivia during November and December, one at 430 m. Other specimens were collected from Brazil during October.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 70 ). In addition to the holotype, I examined 25 specimens from: Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, Buena Vista, vicinity Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5-15-XI- 2001, 430 m, blacklight trap, M. C. Thomas; idem, 22-31-X-2003, Wappes & Morris; Potrerillos del Guenda, 22-XI-2005, B. K. Dozier. Peru: Provincia San Martin, Moyobamba,?-?-1888, M. de Mathan. Brazil: Estado do Amazonas, Amazon, collection date not noted, Bates. Estado do Mato Grosso, Diamantino, Fazenda Rio Arinos,?- X-1983, Eurides Furtado. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNH, CUIC, FMNH, FSCA, MCNZ, RFMC, SDEI, and WOPC.

Figures

Figure 70. Distribution map for Axina species: A. macilenta, A. oligocheia, A. parcepunctata, A. schenklingi, A. basalis, A. latilinea, A. phallospina, A. apicalis, A. centrimaculata, A. fasciata, A. heveli, A. klisis, A. lateralis.

Figures 44–49. Aedeagi. 44) Axina chiasta. 45) A. conspicua. 46) A. fasciata. 47) A. centrimaculata. 48) A. fortipes. 49) A. furcula.

Figures 94–97. Habitus of Axina species. 94) Axina chiasta. 95) A. fasciata. 96) A. heveli. 97) A. klisis.