Enoclerus junin 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 : 135

Enoclerus junin OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 29 , 85 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Peru, Junin, Sani Beni , 340 m, 22-VIII-1935, F. Woytkowsky ( WOPC) . Paratypes: 19 specimens. PERU: Provincia de Loreto ; Constancia , January 1857, H. Clark ( MNHN, 1; WOPC, 1) ; idem, J. Grey ( MNHN, 4; WOPC, 2) ; Petropolis , February 1857, H. Clark ( MNHN, 1) ; Provincia de San Martin; Tarapoto , Mai á Août 1886, M. de Mathan ( MNHN, 2; WOPC, 2). BRAZIL: Estado de Rio de Janeiro ; Nova Friburgo , February 1884, P. Germain ( MNHN, 1) ; Estado do Rio de Janeiro ( WOPC, 1). Estado do Rondonia ; 62 km SE Ariquemes, near Fazenda Rancho Grande , 30-III-10-IV-1992, J. E. Eger ( FSCA, 1) ; Estado do Santa Catarina; Nova Teutonia ,?- XII-1977, 300-500 m, F. Plaumann ( WOPC, 1) ; Estado do Gerais ; Serra do Caraça , 27-XI-a- 5-XII-1972, Exp. Mus. Zool ( MZSP, 1). Brazil ( MNHN, 1) .

D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black. Pronotal arch, elytral anterior 1/3, and elytral apex highly setose; elytral middle with triangular testaceous fascia.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 29 . Head: (EW/FW 20/60). Thorax: Pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW 120/120); (EL/EW 240/70). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 85 ).

V a r i a t i o n: Length 5.0-7.0 mm; width 1.0- 1.2 mm.

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

Figures

Figs 29-32. Habitus. Enoclerus junin (29); E. kaw (30); E. larioja (31); E. loreto (32).

Figs 83-91. Aedeagus. Enoclerus huila (83); E. itajura (84); E. junin (85); E. kaw (86); E. larioja (87); E. losvolcanes (88); E. luridus (89); E. maldonado (90); E. matamata (91).