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 ovatus Opitz , new species ( Figs. 26 , 55 , 81 , 98 , 123 ) Holotype . ♂ . Brazil : Rondonia . 62 km SW Ariquemes , fzda. Rancho Grande , 5-17-X-1993 , J.E. Eger , black light trap ( FSCA ). Diagnosis. The oval configuration of the hind body will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. Description. Size : Length 3.5 mm ; width 1.8 mm . Form : As in Fig. 98 . Integument: Head mostly yellow, with dark streak; antenna mostly brown, apex yellow; lateral pronotal sides yellow, brown at middle; fore legs mostly brown, base of profemur yellow, remainder of legs yellow and brown, pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head : Eyes as wide as frons (10:10); funicular antennomeres slightly expanded, 6 th antennomere acuminate ( Fig. 26 ). Thorax : Pronotum slightly transverse (30:27), lateral tubercle prominent ( Fig. 55 ); asetiferous punctures end at about elytral half, epipleural fold wide, gradually diminishing to elytral apex; asetiferous punctures prominent in anterior elytral half. Abdomen : Male pygidium incised distally; tegminal lobes as in Fig. 81 . Natural History. The type was collected during October in a blacklight trap. Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 123 ). Etymology. The specific epithet ovatus (= eggshaped) is a Latin adjective that refers to the oval configuration of the hind body of this beetle.