Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae) Author Opitz, Weston text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2014 2014-12-31 68 4 727 756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-68.4.727 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.727 10110416 CD987054-035A-4A5B-B488-EEA35F632F23 flora species-group The six species in this group have the elytral punctures end before the elytral apex. The combined distribution of these species extends from Honduras to Bolivia . Figs. 62–75. Pujoliclerus species , pronota. 62) P. oxinus ; 63) P. alajuela ; 64) P. megacavus ; 65) P. alboordinus ; 66) P. pallidus ; 67) P. apolegmus ; 68) P. catarina ; 69) P. macilentus ; 70) P. megalus ; 71) P. argus ; 72) P. aspigalbus ; 73) P. flora ; 74) P. posticalis ; 75) P. ostrinus . they can be distinguished by the mostly black pronotal sides. Description. Size : Length 3.8 mm ; width 1.2 mm . Form : As in Fig. 113 . Integument : Head mostly yellow; epicranium black; antenna mostly brown, capitular antennomeres with yellow makings, apex yellow; pronotal disc mostly black, yellow upper angles, pronotal venter yellow; elytra brown; legs yellow; pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head : Eyes as wide as frons (10:10); funicular antennomeres expanded, 6 th antennomere not very large ( Fig. 41 ). Thorax : Pronotum quadrate (32:32), lateral tubercle very prominent ( Fig. 71 ); epipleural fold gradually diminishing to elytral apex; asetiferous punctures prominent in anterior elytral half. Abdomen : Tegminal lobes and phallic apex as in Fig. 87 . Variation. The specimens examined are quite homogeneous. Natural History. Specimens were collected during February and October, at 200–250 m elevation. Distribution. Known only from Ecuador ( Fig. 126 ). Etymology. The specific epithet is a Greek adjective that stems from argus (= white). It refers to the pale regions on the capitular antennomeres.