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 Pujoliclerus ostrinus Opitz , new species ( Figs. 45 , 75 , 118 , 126 ) Holotype . ♀ . PERU : Cusco : Machu Pichin [probably Machu Picchu], 21-XII-1983 , L. Huggert ( FSCA ). Paratypes . One specimen. BOLIVIA : Santa Cruz : Road to Amboro , above Achira , 27-28-X- 2011 , Wappes & Skillman ( JEWC , 1) . Diagnosis. The purpurescent coloration of the elytra will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. Description. Size : Length 5.8 mm ; width 1.8 mm . Form : As in Fig. 118 . Integument : Head yellow; antenna brown, apex yellow; pronotum mostly yellow, with black macula along anterior and posterior margins; legs yellow and brown, pterothorax, and abdomen brown. Head : Eyes narrower than frons (12:14); funicular antennomeres slightly expanded, 6 th antennomere not acuminate ( Fig. 45 ). Thorax : Pronotum transverse (40:35), lateral tubercle moderately prominent ( Fig. 75 ); asetiferous punctures end at about elytral 4/5, punctures prominent in anterior elytral 3/4; epipleural fold gradually diminishing to elytral apex. Abdomen : Aedeagus not available. Table 2. Distribution of species of Pujoliclerus in clerofauna areas of endemism ( Opitz 2005 ). Each X represents a species; X° indicates overlap of species into more than one area of endemism. Variation. The dark line on the pronotal collar is more slender, and the legs are darker in the paratype . Natural History. The holotype was collected during December and the paratype in October. Distribution. Known from Peru and Bolivia ( Fig. 126 ). Etymology. The specific epithet ostrinus (= purple) is a Latin adjective. It refers to the purpurescent hue of the elytra.