Pujoliclerus catarina Opitz, 2014

Opitz, Weston, 2014, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Checkered Beetle GenusPujoliclerusPic (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Peloniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (4), pp. 727-756 : 727-756

Pujoliclerus catarina Opitz , new species ( Figs. 38 , 68 , 86 , 110 , 125 )

Holotype. ♂. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia, I-1974, 300– 500 m, Fritz Plaumann ( FSCA).

Paratypes. Five specimens. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia , 27°11′S 52°23′W, 18-I- 1983, Fritz Plaumann ( AMNH, 1) ; idem, XI-1977, 300– 500 m, Fritz Plaumann ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, XI-1974, Fritz Plaumann ( WOPC, 1). Argentina: Misiones: Santa Maria , X-1945, M. J. Viana ( MLPA, 1) ; idem, X-1948, M. J. Viana ( WOPC, 1) .

Diagnosis. Specimens of this species superficially resemble members of P. casselorum , but specimens of P. catarina differ by having the interstitial spaces arenose.

Description. Size: Length 5.5 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 110 . Integument: Head, frons, epicranium, and postgenae brown; precapitular antennomeres black, capitular antennomeres brown; pronotum brown, yellow at anterior angles; femora mostly yellow, infuscated, tibiae brown, pterothorax and abdomen brown. Head: Eyes not as wide as frons (10:12); funicular antennomeres slightly expanded, 6 th antennomere not acuminate ( Fig. 38 ). Thorax: Pronotum transverse (35:32), lateral tubercle prominent ( Fig. 68 ); asetiferous punctures prominent throughout elytral disc, epipleural fold gradually narrowed to elytral apex. Abdomen: Phallic apex as in Fig. 86 .

Variation. The available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Natural History. The types were collected during January, October, and November, at altitudes of 300–350 m.

Distribution. Known only from Brazil ( Fig. 125 ).

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

Figures

Figs. 21–38. Pujoliclerus species, antennae. 21) P. helvinus; 22) P. maracayensis; 23) P. bilineatus; 24) P. calceatus; 25) P. corumba; 26) P. ovatus; 27) P. wappesi; 28) P. amplus; 29) P. flavoapicalus; 30) P. gilvus; 31) P. hermani; 32) P. alajuela; 33) P. orellana; 34) P. megacavus; 35) P. oxinus; 36) P. alboordinus; 37) P. apolegmus; 38) P. catarina.

Figs. 62–75. Pujoliclerus species, pronota. 62) P. oxinus; 63) P. alajuela; 64) P. megacavus; 65) P. alboordinus; 66) P. pallidus; 67) P. apolegmus; 68) P. catarina; 69) P. macilentus; 70) P. megalus; 71) P. argus; 72) P. aspigalbus; 73) P. flora; 74) P. posticalis; 75) P. ostrinus.

Figs. 76–91. Pujoliclerus species, aedeagi. 76) P. helvinus; 77) P. bilineatus; 78) P. calceatus; 79) P. corumba; 80) P. flavolimbatus; 81) P. ovatus (tegmen only); 82) P. wappesi; 83) P. gilvus; 84) P. hermani; 85) P. casselorum; 86) P. catarina (phallus only); 87) P. argus; 88) P. aspigalbus; 89) P. flora; 90) P. posticalis; 91) P. pallidus.

Figs. 110–115. Pujoliclerus species, habitus. 110) P. catarina; 111) P. macilentus; 112) P. megalus; 113) P. argus;

Fig. 125. Geographic distribution of six Pujoliclerus species.