Enoclerus sinop OPITZ, 2021

Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 123-169 : 143

Enoclerus sinop OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 56 , 105 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♁. Type locality: Brazil, Sinop, Mato Grosso , X-1976. M. Alvarenga ( WOPC) . Paratypes: 23 specimens. BRAZIL: Estado do Mato Grosso ; Mato Grosso, 1886, P. Germain ( MNHN, 1) ; Sinop , X-1976. M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 2) ; Sinop, Villa Vera , Mato Grosso, X-1973, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 1) ; Mato Grosso, X-1973, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC,1) ; Mato Grosso, X-1975, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC,1) ; Estado do Rondonia ; 62 km SW Ariquemes, near Fzda, Rancho Grande , 1-17-1997, B. K, Dozier ( FSCA, 3) ; Rondonia, 62 km SW Ariquemes, near Fzda, Rancho Grande, 6-X-1993, C. W. & L. B, O’Brien ( FSCA, 1). Rondonia, Linea off B65 at the Rio Pardo - 60 km S Ariquemes, 30-XI-1991, S. L. Heydon ( UCDC, 1) ; Estado do Amazonia, Ega ( MNHN, 1). COLOMBIA: Departamento de Putumayo: PNN La Playa Cabaña, Chagra , 320 m, 1- 15-XII-2001, E. Lozano ( RHTC,1) ; Putumayo, PNN La Playa Cabaña, Chagra , 320 m elevation, 1- 15-XI-2001, R. Cobete ( JNRC,1; JMLC, 2) ; Putumayo, PNN La Playa Cabaña, Viviano Cocha, 320 m, Malaise , 20-26-IX-2001, D. Campos ( USNM, 1) ; Colombia ( MNHN, 1). FRENCH GUIANA: Commune de Roura ; Amazone Nature Lodge, Kaw Rd. 6, 11-23-VIII-7017, MV lights, Morris & Wappes ( RFMC, 1) ; Amazone Nature Lodge, Kaw Rd. 6, 1-12-IX- 2018, 977 feet, Malaise, Morris & Wappes ( RFMC, 1). PERU: Provincia de Alto Amazonas ; Amazon ( MNHN, 1) ; Itaituba, Hahnel ( MNHN, 2) .

D i a g n o s i s: Integument mostly black; capitulum red; elytral base with y-shaped marking and transverse marking, both markings yellow.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 56 . Head: (EW/FW 25/55); Thorax: Subapical depression well defined; pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW 120/120); (EL/EW 270/75). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 105 ).

V a r i a t i o n: In some specimens the basal short fascia is not connected, and the y-shaped marking and transverse marking may be contiguous. Length 5.0-7-0 mm; width 1.0- 1.2 mm.

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, sinop, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 53-56. Habitus. Enoclerus rondonia (53); E. rubidus (54); E. rubra (55); E. sinop (56).

Figs 101-110. Aedeagus. Enoclerus rio (101); E. riocuare (102); E. rionegro (103); E. rondonia (104); E. sinop (105); E. teutonia (106); E. tucuman (107); E. vista (108); E. wappesi (109); E. yungas (110).