Pujoliclerus convexus, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 1013

Pujoliclerus convexus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 24 , 136 , 341 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: ECUADOR: Orellana, 1 km S Okone Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica Waorani , 220-250 m, 21-VI-1994, T. L. Erwin ( USNM).

D i a g n o s i s: The genus Pujoliclerus PIC was revised in 2014 ( OPITZ 2014d). This work included a key to species. Pujoliclerus convexus specimens key to P. argus OPITZ from which P. convexus specimens differ by showing a terminal antennomere that is entirely black and a pronotum that is more convex and more transverse.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 241 . Color: Cranium bicolorous, clypeus and cranial venter yellow, frons and epicranium black; antenna black; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotal anterior angles yellow, pronotal disc mostly black; pterothorax and abdomen brown; legs mostly yellow, prothoracic tibiae and tarsi infuscated; elytra dark brown. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 24 ) capitate, most funicular antennomeres triangular, 6 th antennomeres robustly expanded; capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 25/30). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 136 ) transverse (PW/PL 70/65), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercles well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures (EL/EW 220/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected during June, at an altitude between 220- 250 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from Ecuador.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, convexus, is a Latin name with the meaning of "arched"; with reference to the very convex pronotal disc.

Figures

Figs 1-27: Antennae; (1) Aphelocerus nodus; (2) A. copanus; (3) A. magnipannus; (4) A. yoro; (5) A. sparicapillus; (6) A. tigra. (7) A. nolus; (8) A. ligulus; (9) Perilypus schusteri; (10) P. apunctus; (11) P. virgulatus; (12) P. izabal; (13) P. alpinus; (14) Cregya fuscomacula; (15) Phonius versus; (16) Pujoliclerus ariquemes; (17) Pelonium falcatum; (18) Pujoliclerus cnecostus; (19) P. trunculus. (20) P. sentus; (21) P. testudinatus; (22) P. catie; (23) P. flavidus; (24) P. convexus; (25) P. meloinus; (26) P. mexicoensis; (27) P. tuxtlas.

Figs 134-152: Pronota; (134) Pujoliclerus catie; (135) P. mexicoensis; (136) P. convexus; (137) P. testudinatus; (138) Madoniella selvanegra; (139) Cregya entrerios; (140) Pujoliclerus trunculus; (141) P. sentus; (142) P. meloinus; (143) Sicamus suprus; (144) Nepsudia guenda; (145) Nanoclerus fuscus; (146) Topainca pachacutii; (147) Eurycaulis anaxeis; (148) Kataspinula puebla; (149) Madoniella muralla; (150) M. nota; (151) M. acicula; (152) M. baja.

Figs 338-341: Habitus; (338) Pujoliclerus ariquemes; (339) P. catie; (340) P. cnecostus; (341) P. convexus.

Figs 237-242: Aedeagi; (237) Cregya arima; (238) C. biguttula; (239) C. vicosa; (240) Eurycaulis anaxeis; (241) Pelonium tayrona; (242) P. implacide.