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 lustruata OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 56, 92, 144) HOLOTYPE : ♂ . Type locality: BOLIVIA , S. Cruz Dept. , 4 kl N Bermejo , 11-17 December 2012 , Wappes & Skillman ( FSCA ) . PARATYPES : 10 specimens . Bolivia : Departamento de Santa Cruz , 4 km N Bermejo , 11-17-XII-2012 , Wappes & Skillman ( ACMT , 1) ; idem, Refugio Los Volcanes , 18°06'S 63°36'W , 4-9-XII-2013 , Wappes & Skillman ( WOPC , 1) ; idem, 7-II-2012 , J. Wappes & A. Bonaso ( ACMT , 1) ; idem, Refugio Los Volcanes , 18°06'S 63°36'W , 8-XI-2011 , 1,350 m , Wappes , Lingafelter & Woodley ( ACMT , 1) ; Florida Province , Vicoquin area above Achira , road to Amboro , 18°07'S 63°47'W , 1,730 m , 22-25-I-2007 , J. Prena ( ACMT , 1) ; Achira area , 5-6-II-2013 , Wappes & Bonaso ( ACMT , 1) ; 4-5 km S Pampa Grande , Oleoducto Road , 18- 20-X-2003 , Morris , Nearns , Wappes ( RFMC , 1) ; N Achira , 17-XI-2003 , 5,400 -5,800 feet , Wappes , Morris & Nearns ( ACMT , 1) ; Hotel Fauna & Flora , 12-V-2004 , Wappes ( WOPC , 1) ; Departamento de La Paz , Plazuela to Inquisivi ,?- XII-1984 , collector not noted ( JNRC , 1) . D i a g n o s i s: Cranium bicolorous, upper frons testaceous, remainder castaneous; antennae testaceous; prothoracic venter black; pronotum variegated testaceous and black; elytra tricolorous, mostly testaceous with dark brown variegations, each disc with three spots, anterior spot near anterior margin white, posterior 2 spots yellow; legs bicolorous, femora infuscated distally, prothoracic tibiae mostly testaceous, infuscated distally, mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae mostly dark brown; abdomen light brown. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.8 mm . Form: As in Fig. 144 . Head: Frons slightly wider than length antennal pedicel, EW/FW 40/12. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses ( PW /PL 80/120); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded ( EL /EW 300/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 56. V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.5-8.0 mm; width 1.5-2.0 mm. The 3 yellow spots on the elytral disc may be white. N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during February, October, November, and December, at altitudes that range from 1,350 to 1,768 m . D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 92 ): This species is known from Bolivia . E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, lustruata , is a Latin name that stems from lustro (= luster). I refer to the sparkle emitted from the yellow spots of the elytral disc.