Axina atmis 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565045
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C06C-4B0E-FF01-4E99FE77322A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Axina atmis Opitz
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Axina atmis Opitz , new species

Figures 15 View Figures 15–20 , 21 View Figures 21–24 , 69 View Figure 69 , 74 View Figures 74–77 .

Type material. Holotype: Male. Type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Encruzilhada ,?- XI-1974, M. Alvarenga ( FSCA).

Diagnosis. This is a slender species. The holotype is four times longer than broad. This characteristic will distinguish the species from other Axina species with a partial black pronotal midline.

Description. Size. Length 11.0 mm; width 2.3 mm. Form. As in Fig. 74 View Figures 74–77 . Color. Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, mostly castaneous, pronotum paler at middle and on pronotal arch; mesothorax bicolorous, mesosternum yellow, mesepisternum brown; metathorax and abdomen flavotestaceous; elytra bicolorous, mostly brown with lighter streaks of yellow; legs mostly brown, base of femora and tarsi testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 paralateral spheroid tumescences, disc narrowly concave near middle; PW/PL 100/130; elytra, asetiferous punctures striate, punctures extend posteriorly to elytral ½, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 450/70. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 21 View Figures 21–24 ), phallobasic lobes short, nearly contiguous; phallic plate not serrate; phallobasic apodeme well developed.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69 View Figure 69 ). This species is known from Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, atmis , is a Greek name with a meaning of “vapor”. I refer to the cloudy appearance of the elytral disc.