Pujoliclerus convexus, Opitz, Weston, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3746744 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809269 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1879C-D863-FFEC-3CB4-FCCF30DEFD4F |
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Pujoliclerus convexus |
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Pujoliclerus convexus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 24 View Figs 1-27 , 136 View Figs 134-152 , 341 View Figs 338-341 )
Holotype: ♀. Type locality: ECUADOR: Orellana, 1 km S Okone Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica Waorani , 220-250 m, 21-VI-1994, T. L. Erwin ( USNM).
D i a g n o s i s: The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 ( OPITZ 2014d). This work included a key to species. Pujoliclerus convexus specimens key to P. argus OPITZ from which P. convexus specimens differ by showing a terminal antennomere that is entirely black and a pronotum that is more convex and more transverse.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 241 View Figs 237-242 . Color: Cranium bicolorous, clypeus and cranial venter yellow, frons and epicranium black; antenna black; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal anterior angles yellow, pronotal disc mostly black; pterothorax and abdomen brown; legs mostly yellow, prothoracic tibiae and tarsi infuscated; elytra dark brown. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 24 View Figs 1-27 ) capitate, most funicular antennomeres triangular, 6 th antennomeres robustly expanded; capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 25/30). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 136 View Figs 134-152 ) transverse (PW/PL 70/65), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercles well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures (EL/EW 220/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.
N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected during June, at an altitude between 220- 250 m.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from Ecuador.
E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, convexus, is a Latin name with the meaning of "arched"; with reference to the very convex pronotal disc.
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