Pujoliclerus testudinatus, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 1017

Pujoliclerus testudinatus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 21 , 137 , 253 , 348)

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., 09Mar84, 04/02/06. A third label reads: FOGGING, 0042035 ( USNM) . Paratypes: 2 specimens. Peru: Provincia de Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Reserve , 30 km SW Puerto Maldonado, 8-IX-1983, T. L. Erwin ( USNM, 1; WOPC, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: In specimens of this species, the epicranium and the pronotal arch are black, the pronotum proper is yellow, and the elytral disc is almost completely dark brown with the epipleural margin and elytral apex yellow. The combination of these characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 ( OPITZ 2014d).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 4.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 348 . Color: Cranium mostly yellow, epicranium black; antenna black; prothorax mostly yellow, pronotal arch black; pterothorax and abdomen dark brown; legs mostly yellow, base of tibiae and tarsi dark brown; elytra mostly dark brown, epipleural margin and elytral apex yellow. Head: Antenna ( Fig. 21 ) capitate, most funicular antennomeres triangular, 6 th antennomeres particularly robust; capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye wider than frons (EW/FW 25/25). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 137 ) transverse (PW/PL 70/65), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercles well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures (EL/EW 200/55). Abdomen: Pygidium quadrate / scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 253.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected by fogging tree canopy, during March.

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, testudinatus, is a Latin name with the meaning of "arched"; with reference to the well-developed pronotal arch.

Figures

Figs 1-27: Antennae; (1) Aphelocerus nodus; (2) A. copanus; (3) A. magnipannus; (4) A. yoro; (5) A. sparicapillus; (6) A. tigra. (7) A. nolus; (8) A. ligulus; (9) Perilypus schusteri; (10) P. apunctus; (11) P. virgulatus; (12) P. izabal; (13) P. alpinus; (14) Cregya fuscomacula; (15) Phonius versus; (16) Pujoliclerus ariquemes; (17) Pelonium falcatum; (18) Pujoliclerus cnecostus; (19) P. trunculus. (20) P. sentus; (21) P. testudinatus; (22) P. catie; (23) P. flavidus; (24) P. convexus; (25) P. meloinus; (26) P. mexicoensis; (27) P. tuxtlas.

Figs 134-152: Pronota; (134) Pujoliclerus catie; (135) P. mexicoensis; (136) P. convexus; (137) P. testudinatus; (138) Madoniella selvanegra; (139) Cregya entrerios; (140) Pujoliclerus trunculus; (141) P. sentus; (142) P. meloinus; (143) Sicamus suprus; (144) Nepsudia guenda; (145) Nanoclerus fuscus; (146) Topainca pachacutii; (147) Eurycaulis anaxeis; (148) Kataspinula puebla; (149) Madoniella muralla; (150) M. nota; (151) M. acicula; (152) M. baja.

Figs 249-254: Aedeagi; (249) Pujoliclerus catie; (250) P. dexus; (251) P. meloinus; (252) P. mexicoensis (253) P. testudinatus (254) P. trunculus.

Figs 346-349: Habitus; (346) Pujoliclerus mexicoensis; (347) P. sentus; (348) P. testudinatus; (349) P. trunculus.