Aphelocerus collaris, OPITZ, 2005

OPITZ, WESTON, 2005, Classification, Natural History, And Evolution Of The Genus Aphelocerus Kirsch (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (293), pp. 1-128 : 85-87

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)293<0001:CNHAEO>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787FE-9955-1136-FD5B-FD7BFDF4FDAD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aphelocerus collaris
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Aphelocerus collaris , new species Figure 246 View Figs ; map 26

HOLOTYPE: Male. Bolivia, Sta. Cruz, Buena Vista , Oct. 18–25–1992, E. Giesbert ( FSCA). (Specimen point mounted, support card, white sex label affixed to support card, white, machine printed; locality label, white, machine printed; FSCA repository label, white, machine printed; holotype label, red, machine printed; plastic vial with abdomen.)

PARATYPES: None.

DIAGNOSIS: Distinguished from specimens of A. panus , n.sp., by the lack of white setae on the elytral disc. Also, A. collaris , n.sp., specimens lack the dense line of white setae on the outer sides of the frons which distinguishes them from specimens of A. hespenheidei , n.sp.

DESCRIPTION: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Integument: Piceous. Vestiture: Integument densely vested with prominent light and dark setae; sutural tuft well developed. Head: Genae and epicranium expand ed; interocular depressions and frontal umbo prominent; frons, epicranium, and gena very finely punctate; eyes subspherical, moderately convex; width across eyes greater than width across pronotum (38:35); antenna elongate, as long as length of pronotum (40: 40). Thorax: Pronotum longer than wide (35: 40), very finely punctate, anterior transverse depression poorly defined, side margins feebly arcuate, considerably narrower than width across humeri (35:43); elytra boldly convex, depth at humerus 15, greatest depth in posterior half 25; metafemora not extend ed beyond elytral apex. Abdomen: Posterior margin of male pygidium truncate, of female evenly arcuate; aedeagus not available.

VARIATION: Not studied.

NATURAL HISTORY: The holotype specimen was collected in October.

DISTRIBUTION (map 26): Known only from the type locality.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is a compound name derived from collum (neck) and the suffix is (having the nature of). I refer to the elongated form of the forebody.