Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2014
2014-12-31
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4
727
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-68.4.727
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.727
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Pujoliclerus gilvus
Opitz
,
new species
(
Figs. 30
,
59
,
83
,
102
,
124
)
Holotype
.
♂
.
PANAMA
:
Colon
Pr.,
Fort Sherman
,
9°17′N
79°59′W
,
17 Nov. 2001
,
Leg F. Ødegaard. A
second label reads:
On
Pithecellobium barburianum
(FSCA)
.
Diagnosis.
Pujoliclerus gilvus
is
distinguishable from superficially similar specimens of
P. oxinus
by the mostly yellow pronotal surface.
Description. Size
: Length 5.0 mm; width
1.4 mm
.
Form
: As in
Fig. 102
.
Integument
: Head mostly black, yellow on lower frons and behind eyes; antenna mostly black, antennomeres 8-10 progressively more yellow; pronotal disc broadly yellow at sides, black on remainder; elytra predominantly brown, epipleural and sutural margins and elytral apex yellow; legs mostly yellow, slightly infuscated; pterothorax and abdomen brown.
Head
: Eyes wider than frons (10:13); funicular antennomeres considerably expanded (
Fig. 30
).
Thorax
: Pronotum quadrate (36:36), lateral tubercle very prominent (
Fig. 59
); epipleural fold gradually diminishing to elytral apex; asetiferous punctures prominent to elytral apex.
Abdomen
: Tegminal lobes and phallic apex as in
Fig. 83
.
Natural History.
The
type
was collected during November on
P. barbourianum
.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality in
Panama
(
Fig. 124
).
Etymology.
The trivial name
gilvus
(= pale yellow) is a Latin adjective that refers to the apex of the last antennomere.