New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Author
Opitz, Weston
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2021
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13153564
0253-116X
13153564
Enoclerus bahia
OPITZ
nov.sp.
(
Fig. 2
)
T y p e m a t e r i a l:
Holotype
:
♀
. Type locality:
Brazil
,
Estado
do
Bahia
,
Encruzilhada
,?-
XI-1972
,
M. Alvarenga
(
WOPC
).
D i a g n o s i s: Cranium black, vested with white setae; pronotum mostly black, vested with black setae, pronotal collar testaceous; elytra with basal tubercle and white lunulate fascia, elytral basal 1/3 and elytral apex testaceous, each elytron with circular black macula, elytral apex with patch of white setae; pterothorax and legs testaceous; abdomen black.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width
1.2 mm
. Form: As in
Fig. 2
. Head: Capitulum slightly obtuse; (EW/FW 20/100). Thorax: Elytral disc partially roughly punctate; (PL/PW 180/180); (EL/EW 350/80). Abdomen: Female pygidium scutiform.
E t y m o l o g y: The species name,
bahia
, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the
type
locality.