Taxonomic revision of the West ern Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Author
Opitz, Weston
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Linzer biologische Beiträge
2021
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5038854
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5038854
Priocera marginicollis
(
CHEVROLAT
,
1843)
(Figs 59, 92, 147)
Clerus
marginicollis
CHEVROLAT, 1843: 31
.
LECTOTYPE
: Gender not known. Type locality:
Brasilia, D. A
. Pompon (
Brazil
). Here designated. (
MNHN
).
CORPORAAL 1950
: 100
. CHEVROLAT did not select a
holotype
, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a
lectotype
for this nominal species.
A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (
Fig.92
):
Inadditiontothelectotype, I
examined
10 specimens
from:
Brazil
:
Estado
do
Rio de Janeiro
,
Parque Nacional Itatáial
,
4-IV-1964
,
1,200 m
,
C. E. & E. S. Ross
;
Nova Friburgo
,?-IV-V-1884,
P. Germain
;
Estado
do
São Paulo
,
Caraça
,?-?-1884,
P. Germain
;
Estado
do
Santa Catarina
,
Nova Teutonia
,?-
I-1973
, 300-
500 m
,
Fritz Plaumann
;
idem,?-
II-1974
,
F. Plumann
;
Specimens
are deposited in:
CASC
,
FMNH
,
WFBM
, and
WOPC
.
D i a g n o s i s: Forebody black, except pronotal posterior angles and pronotal collar testaceous; antennae, pterothorax, and legs testaceaous; elytral bicolored, basal 1/2 testaceous, testaceous region extends posteriorly along sutural margin to conjoin short oblique, testaceous fascia, apical half mostly black, apical region testaceous; abdomen black.
R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 12.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in
Fig. 147
. Head: Cranium conspicuously wrinkled; frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/60. Thorax: Pronotum faintly wrinkled at sides, finely punctate in remainder, disc with 2 tumescenses (PW/PL 150/200); elytral disc sculptured with substriate, asetiferous punctures that extend just behind elytral basal 1/2, elytral apex narrowly rounded (EL/EW 530/100); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 59.
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 10.0-14.0 mm; width 3.0-4.0 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 during January, February, April, and May.
N o t e s: The
lectotype
was examined, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.