Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae) Author Opitz, Weston text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2014 2014-12-31 68 4 727 756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-68.4.727 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.727 10110416 CD987054-035A-4A5B-B488-EEA35F632F23 Pujoliclerus apolegmus Opitz , new species ( Figs. 37 , 67 , 109 , 125 ) Holotype . ♀ . BRAZIL : São Paulo : Pindamonhangaba , 26-X-1962 , Eugênio Lefévre , Exp. Dep. Zool. ( DZUP ). Diagnosis. The black coloration of the clypeus will distinguish the members of this species from others in the species-group. Description. Size : Length 4.5 mm ; width 1.5 mm . Form : As in Fig. 109 . Integument : Head black; antenna brown, subapical region on last antennomere with yellow spot; pronotum with black macula; fore leg brown, meso- and metafemora yellow, tibiae brown, pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head : Eyes as wide as frons (13:13); funicular antennomeres considerably expanded, 6 th antennomere not acuminate ( Fig. 37 ). Thorax : Pronotum transverse (46:42), lateral tubercle prominent ( Fig. 67 ); asetiferous punctures prominent throughout elytral disc, epipleural fold very wide. Abdomen : Aedeagus not available. Natural History. The type was collected during October. Distribution. Known only from Brazil ( Fig. 125 ). Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from apolegma (= hem of a robe), a Greek noun, and refers to the widened epipleural fold.