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 stockwelli OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 99 , 165 ) HOLOTYPE : ♀ . Type locality: Brazil : Mto. Grosso, Humboldt , El 200m , 10°25'S 59°28'W , 20 Mar.’77 Stockwell ( AMNH ) . PARATYPE : One specimen. Brazil : Estado do Pará , Serra Norte, Manganês, Armadilha, 6-9-II-1985 , 1.6 m , Suspense ( WOPC ). D i a g n o s i s: Cranium black; antennae testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter testaceous, pronotum bicolorous, slight testaceous area in front and at sides, pronotal arch mostly testaceous, pronotal collar testaceous; pterothorax castaneous; elytra tricolorous, basal 2/3 rd mostly castaneous, humeral carina black, apical 1/3 rd mostly black, large spherical, testaceous spot near apex; each elytron with 2 yellow fascia, one premedial outlined in black, one post medial. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.6 mm . Form: As in Fig. 165 . Head: Cranium finely punctate; frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel, EW/FW 40/10. Thorax: Pronotun with 2 tumescenses, disc finely punctate ( PW /PL 75/120); elytral disc with very conspicuous linear basal carina, middle of disc concave, disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend beyond basal 1/2, but do not reach elytral apex, latter narrowly rounded ( EL /EW 280/50); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform. 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 February and March, one at 200 m . D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 99 ): This species is known from Brazil . E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, stockwelli , is a dedicative patronym that honors Henry P. Stockwell for his contribution to field insect Taxonomy.