Enoclerus wappesi 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 : 145

Enoclerus wappesi OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 62 , 109 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 4-6 k SSE Buena Vista, F & F Hotel , 27-29 Oct 2000, Wappes & Morris ( FSCA) . Paratypes: 10 specimens. BOLIVIA: Departamento de Santa Cruz ; 4-6 k SSE Buena Vista, F & F Hotel , 11-12-V-2004, Wappes & Cline ( ACMT, 1) ; Santa Cruz; 3-7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna , 430 m, 14-28-X-2002, B. K. Dozier ( FSCA, 1) ; Santa Cruz; Porterillos del Guenda , 40 km NW Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 12- 18/X/2014, Morris & Wappes ( RFMC, 1) ; Santa Cruz; Est. Esperimetal Gral. Saavedra , VIII-1973, L, Stange, C. Porter ( FSCA, 1). Departamento de Beni ; Rio Itenez at mouth of Rio Baures , X-9- 1964, J. K. Bouseman, Collector ( AMNH, 1). BRAZIL: Estado do Rondonia ; Vilhena, XI-1973, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 1). PARAGUAY: Departamento de Central ; Luque, 2.1956 ( WFBM, 2) ; Departamento de Canindeyú; Mbaracayu Reserve, 165 m, 1-5-XII-2017, J. B. Heppner, Malaise trap ( FSCA, 1). ARGENTINA: Provicia de Misiones ; Iguazú , 30-I-13-III-1945, Hayward, Willink, & Golbach ( WOPC, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Antenna, cranium, prothorax, legs, and abdomen black; pterothorax red; pronotum with band of white setae; elytral base 1/3 red, also with pale fascia and narrow line, rest of elytra black, elytral apex setose.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 62 . Head: (EW/FW 20/60). Thorax: Elytral disc roughly punctate; (PL/PW 110/110); (EL/EW 250/50). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 109 ).

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, wappesi, constitutes a noun in apposition and honors James E. Wappes.

Figures

Figs 61-64. Habitus. Enoclerus vista (61); E. wappesi (62); E. yasuni (63); E. yungas (64).

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).