Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae) Author Opitz, Weston text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2019 2019-12-20 51 2 959 1076 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3746744 3ab3ca17-b957-454a-bdcf-d664740802e6 0253-116X 3746744 Agnatis vaurieae OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 94 , 153 , 215 , 280 ) Holotype : ♀ . Type locality: Minas Nuevas , Sonora , Mex., VIII-7-1952 , C. & P. Vaurie ( AMNH ) . Paratypes : 7 specimens . Mexico : Estado de Sonora , Minas Nuevas , 7-VIII-1952 , C. & P. Vaurie ( AMNH , 4; WFBM , 1; WOPC , 2) . D i a g n o s i s: Among the 2 heretofore known species of Agnatis , A. vaurei most closely approximate A. dugesi ( GORHAM ), from which A . vaurei specimens differ by showing a testaceous pronotal color. The pronotum is black in specimens of A. dugesi. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 2.5 mm . Form: As in Fig. 280 . Color: Cranium and antenna black; pterothorax, legs, and abdomen piceous; elytra mostly black with a bluish luster, epipleural fold testaceous. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 94 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres gradually wider from pedicel to 8 th antennomere, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 long triangular, antennomere 11 subrectangulate; eyes small, ommatidia small, ocular notch large, eye much narrower than frons (EW/FW 20/38). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 153 ) transverse (PW/PL 93/80), anterior transverse depression absent; disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercle absent, disc concave paralaterally; elytral asetiferous punctures absent, setiferous punctures small and profusely distributed throughout elytral disc (EL/EW 300/90); Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 215 . Variation: Length 4.0-7.0 mm; width 1.7-2.5 mm . Other than body size, the available specimens were quite homogeneous. N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected during August. D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from México . E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, vaurieae , is a patronymic that honors the late Patricia Vaurie, for her many contributions to museum and field entomology.