ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex
Author
Opitz, Weston
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
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Labasiella santa
OPITZ
nov.sp.
(
Figs 7
,
34
,
70
,
86
)
Holotype
:
♂
.
BOLIVIA
,
Santa Cruz
,
Above Achira, Rd. to Floripondo
1900 m
,
10 December
, 2011. A second label reads:
18°09'S
63°47'W
,
Wappes
,
Bonaso & R. Morris
(
MNKM
).
Paratype
:
1 specimen
from the same locality as the
holotype
(ACMT).
Diagnosis: Within
Labasiella
a narrow angular midelytral fascia is found in
L. latus
,
L. santa
,
L. tocumanensis
, and
L. varipennis
, but
L. santa
specimens differ by having very small elytral punctures.
Description: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in
Fig. 86
. Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous, lower frons and gula light castaneous; antenna and mouthparts testaceous, except mandibles brown; legs mostly testaceous, femora with brown annula at distal limit, basal half of tibiae brown; elytra bicolored, black basal margin and black basal half of epipleural margin contiguous with black narrow angular fascia, two small black streaks near basal margin, a broad black angular fascia behind elytral middle, remainder of elytral disc yellow. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (
Fig. 7
), capitulum lax, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 globose; eyes small, frons wide (EW/FW 15/40); last maxillary and labial palpomere subsecuriform. Thorax: Pronotum (
Fig. 34
) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 6 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures arranged into 10 punctiform striae, punctures binodal, punctures extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin serrulate near elytral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.
Variation: The
paratype
has a broad central light castaneous line on the pronotal disc.
Distribution (
Fig. 70
): This species is known from
Bolivia
.
Etymology: The trivial name, santa, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the
type
locality.