Taxonomic revision of the West ern 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 crista OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 40 , 89 , 126 ) HOLOTYPE : ♂ . Type locality: Colombia : Boyaca , SFF Iquaque La Planada , Malaise , 13-XI-4-XII- 2000 , P. Reina ( FSCA ) . PARATYPE : One specimen. Colombia : Departamento de Bolivar , SFF Los Colorados Alto, El Mirador, 3-18- VIII- 2001 , 400 m, E. Deulufeut ( WOPC ). D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black; antennae testaceous; pronotal arch and legs dark castaneous, except distal limits of tibiae and tarsi testaceous; elytral apical 1/4 th testaceous; each elytron with 3 yellow markings, one oblong at middle of basal margin, one transverse, premedial near epipleural margin, one transverse, postmedial near sutural margin, abdomen bicolorous, ventrites I-IV dark brown, ventrites V-VI testaceous. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 2.2 mm . Form: As in Fig. 126 . Head: Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/30. Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight slit at middle ( PW /PL 95/140); elytral disc sculptured with longitudinal ridge and striate, asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral posterior 3/4 th , apex rounded ( EL /EW 430/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 40. V a r i a t i o n: The available specimens are quite homogeneous. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during August and November, in a Malaise trap set at 400 m . D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 89 ): The species is known from Colombia . E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, crista , is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.