Axina longevittata Pic, 1948

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 13-14

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scientific name

Axina longevittata Pic, 1948
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Axina longevittata Pic, 1948

Figures 69 View Figure 69 , 77 View Figures 74–77 .

Axina longevittata Pic, 1948: 132 . Holotype. Gender not known. Type locality: Brésil, Goyas (MNHN). Corporaal 1950: 98.

Diagnosis. The predominantly dark castaneous coloration, with faintly visible lighter streaks on the elytral disc, of the members of this species will distinguish them from congeners.

Redescription. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 77 View Figures 74–77 . Color. Dark castaneous, except elytron disc with faintly visible paler vitta and elytral apex testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/8. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 95/30; elytra, asetiferous punctures substriate, punctures extend to elytral apical ½, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 420/80.

Variation. Size. Length 9.0–11.0 mm; width 2.2–2.8 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69 View Figure 69 ). In addition to the holotype, I examined 5 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Goías, Rio Verde,?-?-1908, G. A. Baer; Mineiro,?-?-1912, H. Donkier; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted. Paraguay: No other information available. Specimens are deposited in: MNHN and WOPC.

Notes. I examined the holotype, but the description is based on a homotype specimen.

plagiata species group

The members of this species group show a glossy luster on the elytral disc. There are four species in this group whose geographical distribution involves Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.

Corporaal JB. 1950. Cleridae. In: Hinks WD (ed.). Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa, Pars 23 (editio secunda). W. Junk; Gravenhage, The Netherlands. 373 p.

Pic M. 1948. Nouveaux Clerides exotiques (Col.). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 89: 131 - 132.

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Figure 69. Distribution map for Axina species: A. atmis, A. bahia, A. brunnea, A. longevittata, A. diversesignata, A. lobispinula, A. orcastomata, A. plagiata, A. adelosa, A. bella, A. bifasciata.

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Figures 74–77. Habitus of Axina species. 74) Axina atmis. 75) A. bahia. 76) A. brunnea. 77) A. longevittata.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Axina