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, text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2019 2019-07-26 51 1 127 170 journal article 22873 10.5281/zenodo.3762392 78871bd6-f4f5-4104-a5f6-f333d3054bec 0253-116X 3762392 Labasiella mcclarini OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 23 , 48 , 71 , 78 , 100 ) Holotype : ♀ . Ecuador : Provincia de Pichincha , Pichincha , 10-XII-2016 , Jim McClarin ( QCAZ ). Paratypes: 3 specimens . One beetle from the same locality as the holotype (CSCA, 1). Ecuador : Provincia de Cotapaxi, La Otanga, near San Francisco de las Pampas, 6,500 feet , 17-V-1993 , at light, J. J. Morrone (WOPC, 1). Bolivia : Departamento de Santa Cruz , El Abra, S-18.11848/W63.80085, Dec. 9, 2009 , A. J. Gilbert, N. J. Smith & J. Aramajo Bejarano (WOPC, 1). Diagnosis: The members of this species resemble superficially those of L. cochabamba , but in L. mcclarini specimens the 2 white angular fascia connect along the sutural margin. Also, the capitulum is proportionally shorter in the members of L. mcclarini , and there are very few asetiferous punctures that extend to the elytral apex. Description: Size: Length 6.5 mm; width 3.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 78 . Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous; antenna brown; mouthparts mostly testaceous, terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres and mandibles brown; legs mostly brown, proximal region of prothoracic femur testaceous, distal region of profemur, other femora and all tibiae and tarsi brown; pterothorax brown; elytra mostly castaneous, with basal and medial angular yellow fasciae contiguous along sutural margin, apex testaceous. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform ( Fig. 23 ), 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. 48 ) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 7 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures substriate, sparse punctures extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin not serrulate near elytral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 100. Variation: Size: Length 4.0-6.5 mm; width 1.5-3.2 mm. Natural history: Jim McClarin collected the holotype and one paratype by beating bamboo foliage at an altitude between 2,050 to 2,230 m . The beetle from Bolivia was collected at 2,040 m . Distribution ( Fig. 71 ): This species is known from Bolivia and Ecuador . Etymology: The specific epithet, mcclarini, is a dedicative patronymic. It honors Jim McClarin for his dedication to the collection of insects.