Axina latilinea 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 : 21

Axina latilinea Opitz , new species

Figures 61 , 70 , 90 .

Type material. Holotype. Female. Type locality: PROV. DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, BORDS DU RIO SAL- ADO, ENV.D’ICAÑO. MISTOL PASO, E. R. WAGNER 1909 ( Argentina). A second label reads: OCTOBER ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. The wide castaneous and flavotestaceous fasciae on the elytral disc, as depicted in Fig. 90 , will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 10.5 mm; width 2.7 mm. Form. As in Fig. 90 . Color. Cranium, thorax, and legs black; antenna testaceous; elytra bicolorous, each elytron with 3 castaneous and 2 flavotestaceous fasciae, elytral apex flavotestaceous. Head. Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/30. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 130/160; elytra, asetiferous punctures concentrated in middle of disc, one striae proximal to sutural margin; EL/EW 420/90. Abdomen. Pygidium scutiform, posterior margin with acumination at middle ( Fig. 61 ).

Natural history. The holotype was collected in October.

Distribution (For a map see Fig. 70 ). This species is known from Argentina.

Etymology. The specific epithet, latilinea , is a Latin compound name derived from the prefix lati - (= wide) and linea (= line). I refer to the broad fascia on the elytral disc.

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 60–61. Female genitalia. 60) Axina ignota. 61) A. latilinea.

Figures 90–93. Habitus of Axina species. 90) Axina latilinea. 91) A. phallospina. 92) A. apicalis. 93) A. centrimaculata.