Three new species of South American checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) Author Opitz, Weston Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, FL 32608 text Insecta Mundi 2020 2020-12-25 2020 832 1 5 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5353866 1942-1354 5353866 1E3911A0-7462-4D17-B35C-8EF5994EF238 Enoclerus minas Opitz , new species Figures 1, 4 . Type material. Holotype . ♂ . Type locality: Brazil , Minas Geraes ( MNHN ) . Paratypes : 28. Colombia : Departamento de Caldas ; Manizales , collection date not noted, A. M. Patino ( WOPC , 2; MNHN , 1) . Brazil : Estado do Goías ; Rio Verde ,?-?- 1908, G. A. Baer ( WOPC , 5; MNHN , 4) ; Jatahy , unknown- 1902, H. Donckier ( WOPC , 1; MNHN , 1) ;?- IX-1897 ( WOPC , 2) ; Goias ( MNHN , 6) ; Trinidae , collection date not noted, Ch. Pujol ( MNHN , 3) ; Estado do Amazonas ; Santo Paulo de’Oliveça, collection date not noted, Hahnel ( MNHN , 1) ; Estado do Bahia ; Diamantina , collection date not noted, R. P. Torgue ( MNHN ,1) ; Rio Grande do Sul ; Porto Alegre , collection date not noted, collector not noted ( MNHN , 1) . Diagnosis. Aedeagus comprised of two subparallel phallic plates, plates narrow near apex; antennae and legs testaceous; cranium black; elytra mostly black, each elytron with three yellow maculae, anterior two maculae nearly contiguous; elytral apex slightly setose. Description. Size : Length 6.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form : As in Figure 4 . Head : Capitulum slightly acuminate; (EW/FW 20/53). Thorax : Elytral disc slightly roughened (PL/PW 80/80); (EL/EW 220/50). Abdomen : Aedeagus ( Fig. 1 ). Variation. Length 6.0–8.0 mm; width 1.0–1.1 mm. Etymology. The trivial name, minas , constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality. Remarks. Enoclerus minas is from the Cordillera Oriental Complex and the Brazilian Highlands ( Opitz 2005 ). The red legs and elytral color pattern, along with a subparallel aedeagus that is narrowed apically distinguish this species from all others in this region.