Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae) Author Opitz, Weston text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2021 52 2 1145 1255 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5038854 0253-116X 5038854 Priocera magdalena OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 57, 92, 145) HOLOTYPE : ♂ . Type locality: Colombia , Magdalena , collectors name not legible ( BMNH ) . PARATYPES : 11 specimens . Costa Rica : Provincia de Guanacaste , Estación Martiza , lado Oeste Volcán Orosi ,?- IV- 1990 , 600 m, Malaise trap , R. Blanco ( CMNH , 1) ; Estación Las Pallas , Parque Nacional Rincon de la Vieja , 1-22-VII- 1992 , 800 m, Malaise trap , D. Garcia ( CSCA , 1) ; Panamá : Barro Island Colorado , 9-VI-1977 , H. A. Hespenheide ( WFBM , 1). Colombia : Departamento de Magdalena , collection date not noted, collector name not legible ( SDEI , 1) ; Departamento de Cauca , Valle de Cauca ,?-?-1898, M. de Mathan ( MNHN , 1). Venezuela : Estado de Carabobo , San Esteban , 31-I- 1973 , 100 m, Carlos Bordón ( WOPC , 1). Peru : Provincia de Caylloma , Huambo ,?-?-1889, M. de Mathan ( WOPC , 1). Bolivia : Departamento de La Paz , Callanga , collection date not noted, G. Garlepp ( MNHN , 1) ; Departamento de Santa Cruz , Hotel Fauna & Flora , 1-12-V- 2004 , J. Wappes ( ACMT , 1) ; Florida , 4 km N Bermejo , 8-XII-2013 , Skillman & Wappes ( FWSC , 1). Brazil : Estado do Rondonia , 62 km SE Ariquemes , 22-31-X-1997 , W. J. Hanson ( EMUS , 1) . D i a g n o s i s: Castaneous, except elytra with yellow spots; each elytron with 3 yellow spots, one angular at elytral base, one angular, premedial near epipleural margin, one postmedial, obliquely positioned near sutural margin, apex testaceous. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.5 mm ; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 145 . Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel ( EW /FW 45/8). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 85/115); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 300/65); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 57. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0- 7.5 mm ; width 1.6-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected Costa Rica during April in a Malaise trap set at 600-800 m ; from Panamá during June; from Venezuela during January; and from Bolivia during May, October, and December. D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 92 ): This species is known from Costa Rica , Panamá , Colombia , Venezuela , Bolivia , Peru , and Brazil . E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, magdalena , is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.