Enoclerus huila OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 123-169 : 134

Enoclerus huila OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 27 , 83 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♁. Type locality: Colombia, Huila, PNN Cueva de lo Guácheros, Alto El Mirador, 1980 m, 1° 38'N 76°6'W, M 3127, 6-21-IV-2002, J. Fonseca ( WOPC, 1) . Paratypes: 18 specimens. COLOMBIA: Deparamento de Huila ; PNN Cueva de los Guácheros, Alto El Mirador, 1980 m, 1° 38'N 76°6'W, M 2541, 27-XI-2-XII-2001, D. Campos ( WOPC, 1) ; Huila; PNN Cueva de los Guácheros, Alto El Mirador, 1980 m, 1° 38'N 76°6'W, M 2922, 6-20-I2002, J, Urbano ( WOPC, 1). PERU: Provincia de Arequipa ; Huambo, M. de Mathan, IV Trim., 1889, ( MNHN, 9; WOPC, 3) ; Provincia de San Martin ; Tarapoto, May-August 1886, M. de Mathan ( MNHN, 1). Provincia de Moyobamba ; 1888, M. de Mathan MNHN, 3 ).

D i a g n o s i s: Elytra with prominent gibba; cranium with two black spots; epicranium black; pronotal proper bicolored, mostly red; elytra tricolorous, anterior basal 1/3 castaneous, middle 1/3 mostly black, with subcircular testaceous marking, posterior 1/3 black; antenna, mouthparts, legs, and mesothorax testaceous.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.3 mm. Form: As in Fig. 27 . Head: (EW/FW 18/56). Thorax: Subapical depression well defined; elytra roughly punctate; (PL/PW 120/120); (EL/EW 330/80). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 83 ).

V a r i a t i o n: The extent of black coloration on the pronotum varies. Length 5.0-7-0 mm; width 1.0- 1.2 mm.

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, huila, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality

Figures

Figs 25-28. Habitus. Enoclerus guiana (25); E. huallaga (26); E. huila (27); E. itajura (28).

Figs 83-91. Aedeagus. Enoclerus huila (83); E. itajura (84); E. junin (85); E. kaw (86); E. larioja (87); E. losvolcanes (88); E. luridus (89); E. maldonado (90); E. matamata (91).