Enoclerus velha 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 : 144

Enoclerus velha OPITZ nov.sp. ( Fig. 59 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Brazil, Vila Velha, Paraná, 12-I-1969, L. & C. W., O’Brien ( WOPC).

D i a g n o s i s: Antennae and legs testaceous; cranium black; pronotal proper red, pronotal arch black; elytra with three yellow markings; elytral apex setose, elytra particularly roughly sculptured.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 59 . Head. (EW/FW 20/45). Thorax: Subapical depression well defined (PL/PW-110/110); (EL/EW 190/60). Abdomen: Female pygidium scutiform.

V a r i a t i o n: Length 5.0-7-0 mm; width 1.0- 1.2 mm. The pronotum may entirely testaceous.

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

Figures

Figs 57-60. Habitus. Enoclerus teutonia (57); E. tucuman (58); E. velha (59); E. vera (60).