Axina bahia Opitz, 2020

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 12-13

Axina bahia Opitz , new species

Figures 22, 69, 75.

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Encruzilhada ,?- XI-1972, M. Alvarenga ( FSCA) . Paratypes. 8 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Encruzilhada ,?- XI-1974, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 1) ; Cachimbo ,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol ( WOPC, 2; MNHN, 2) ; Villa Victoria, Cachimbo ,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol ( MCNZ, 1; MNHN, 1) ; Estado do Pernambuco, Serra de Communaty , 3-XII-1893 ( MNHN, 2) .

Diagnosis. The body is mostly castaneous with the elytral disc showing 2 broad testaceous regions, one at basal 1/3 and one behind middle. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 8.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form. As in Fig. 75. Color. Testaceous, except each elytron with two faintly visible testaceous markings, one at basal 1/3, one in postmedial position. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 38/13. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 85/123; elytra, asetiferous punctures striate, striae extend posteriorly slightly beyond elytron middle; EL/EW 345/60. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 22), phallobasic lobes short, slightly diverging; phallic plates serrate near apex; phallobasic apodeme present.

Variation. Size. Length 8.5–11.0 mm; width 2.0– 2.9 mm. Some specimens from Cachimbo show a darker castaneous color, particularly near the basal region of the elytra.

Natural history. Specimens were collected from Brazil during November and December.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). This species occurs in Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, bahia , is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.