Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) Author Opitz, Weston Florida State Collection of Arthropods Division of Plant Industry, Entomology Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34 th Street Gainesville, Florida 32614 - 7100 text Insecta Mundi 2020 2020-09-25 2020 793 1 70 journal article 7872 10.5281/zenodo.4564947 06c4d529-b187-453f-8534-3739700e0328 1942-1354 4564947 0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D Axina bella Opitz , new species Figures 25 , 69 , 83 . Type material. Holotype . Male.Type locality: FRENCH GUIANA , Kourou , Savane Matiti , 5°4 ′ 59 ″ N 52°37 ′ 0.12 ″ W , 2013, Piège Vitre, J. L . Giuglaris ( FSCA ). Diagnosis. The very attractive color pattern of the elytra as depicted in Fig. 83 will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. Description. Size . Length 12.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form . As in Fig. 83 . Color . Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal sides black; pronotal middle widely castaneous; pterothorax and legs black; elytra tricolorous, mostly yellow, humerus and epipleural margin widely black, black region extends broadly mesally towards sutural margin at elytral middle and at preapical region, black preapical region extends to sutural margin in form of fascia, apical region castaneous, castaneous region blends into more basal black fascia; abdomen testaceous. Head . Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 60/13. Thorax . Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 110/155; elytra, few asetiferous punctures concentrated in elytral basal ½ proximal to sutural margin, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 475/90. Abdomen . Aedeagus ( Fig. 25 ), phallobasic lobes very short, narrowly extended, contiguous; edge of phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme slightly lengthened. Distribution (for map see Fig. 69 ). This species is known from French Guiana . Etymology. The specific epithet, bella , is a Latin adjective that stems from bellus (= beauty). I refer to the beautiful coloration of the dorsum of this beetle.