Pujoliclerus variolus OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 68, 155, 351)

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: PERU, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Res., 30 km (air) sw Pto. Maldonado, 290 m, 12°50'S 069°20'W. A second label reads: Smithsonian Institution Canopy Fogging Project, T. L. Erwin et al. colls, 09 Nov 83, 05/02/055. A third label reads: FOGGING 0037358 (USNM).

D i a g n o s i s: Only in specimens of this Pujoliclerus species do the elytra show brown spots amidst an otherwise yellow disc. The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 (OPITZ 2014d).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 4.2 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 351. Color: Forebody, pterothorax, legs and abdomen yellow; antenna brown. Head: Antenna (Fig. 68) capitate, 6 th antennomere expanded, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye as wide as frons (EW/FW 25/25). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 155) quadrate (PW/PL 70/70), disc finely punctate, lateral tubercle well developed; elytral asetiferous punctures restricted to humeral region (EL/EW 175/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected in November, at 290 m, by tree canopy fogging.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: ThisspeciesisknownfromPeru.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, variolus, is a Latin adjective that stems from variola (= spotted); with regards to the coloration of the elytral disc.