Axina proxima (Chevrolat), 1876

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 29-30

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Axina proxima (Chevrolat), 1876 , new combination

Figures 54 View Figures 50–55 , 71, 107.

Priocera proxima Chevrolat, 1876: 10 . Holotype. Male. Type locality: Brasilia, Santa Rita (MNHN). Corporaal 1950: 100.

Priocera podagrica Schenkling, 1900: 385 . Holotype. Type locality: Brasil (SDEI). Dos Santos and Filho 1986: 63. New synonymy

Priocera podagrica variety pygmaea Schenkling, 1902: 321 . Holotype. Type locality: Brasil (SDEI). New synonymy Diagnosis. The small size of these beetles (± 7 mm) in combination with the elytral color patterns, as shown in Fig. 107 View Figures 106–109 , will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Redescription. Size. Length 7.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form. As in Fig. 107 View Figures 106–109 . Color. Forebody dark castaneous; antenna testaceous; pterothorax, legs, and abdomen testaceous; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous in basal 1/3 and totally testaceous in distal third; basal 1/3 with oblique brown line at middle that begins at elytral basal margin, oblong brown macula behind elytron middle. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 30/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 70/95; elytra with substriate asetiferous punctures extend backwards slightly beyond elytral middle; EL/EW 310/60. Abdomen. Aedeagus ( Fig. 54 View Figures 50–55 ), phallobasic lobes short, inner margin with spine; outer margin of phallic plates minutely serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 5.5–9.0 mm; width 1.3–2.5 mm. The brown markings on the elytral disc vary in prominence.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Brazil during March, September, November, and December, some at 800 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 71 View Figure 71 ). In addition to the holotype, I examined 90 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul,?- XII- 1970, 800 m, F. M. Oliveira; idem,?- XI-1971, Seabra & F. M. Oliveira; Matusinhos,?- III-1885, E. Gounelle; Estado do Espírito Santo, Linhares,?- IX-1973, M. Alvarenga; Estado do Goías, Jatai, 19-XI-1972, F. M. Oliveira; Estado do Bahia, Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, C. H. Pujol; Cachimbo,?-?-1890, C. H. Pujol; Santo Antonio de Barra, 12-XI-1988, Gounelle; Estado do Goiás, Rio Verde,?-?-1908, G. A. Baer; Mineiro,?-?-1912, H. Donckier; Estado do Pernambuco, Serra de Communaty, 3-XII-1893, Gounelle; Estado do São Paulo, Val. Du Rio Pardo,?- XII-1898, E. Gounelle. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNH, CUIC, FMNH, FSCA, MCNZ, MNHN, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC.

References

Chevrolat MA. 1876. Memoire sur la famille des Clerites. Buquet; Paris, France. 51 p.

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

Dos Santos CAC, Filho FR. 1986. Consideracoes sobre posicao taxonomica de Priocera podagrica Schenkling, 1900 (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Arquivos da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 9 (1 - 2): 63 - 70.

Schenkling S. 1900. Neue amerikanische Cleriden nebst Bemerkungen zu schon Beschriebenen Arten. Deutschen Entomologische Zeitschrift 1900: 385 - 409.

Schenkling S. 1902. Clerides nouveaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 5: 317 - 332.

Figures

Figure 71. Distribution map for Axina species: A. luzia, A. munda, A. minas, A. pallidioccabus, A. picta, A. pollex, A. polycaula, A. proxima, A. rio, A. villa, A. vista, A. nigrifrons, A. ochra.