Axina apicalis Pic, 1950

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 22

Axina apicalis Pic, 1950

Figures 70 , 92 .

Axina apicalis Pic, 1950: 10 . Holotype. Gender not known. Type locality: Brésil (MNHN). Corporaal 1950: 98.

Diagnosis. The basal 4/5 of the elytron disc is testaceous and the apical 1/5 is black. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Redescription. Size. Length 9.5 mm; width 2.3 mm. Form. As in Fig. 92 . Color. Cranium dark castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter, lower sides of pronotum, pterothorax, and legs black; pronotum disc castaneous; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, epipleural margin and region in front of apex brown. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 115/125; elytra, asetiferous punctures scattered, punctures extend a short distance beyond elytron middle; EL/EW 420/80. Abdomen. Aedeagus, phallobasic lobes very short, contiguous; phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 9.5–13.0 mm; width 2.2–3.0 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Natural history. Specimens were collected from Bolivia during October and November, some at 404 m. From Brazil specimens were captured during November and December.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 70 ). In addition to the holotype, I examined 10 specimens from: Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, Potrerillos del Guenda, 21-24-X-2011, Wappes & Skillman; 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5-15-XI- 2001, 405 m, M. C. Thomas & B. K. Dozier. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Santo Antonio de Barra, 12-XI-1888, Gounelle; Estado do São Paulo, Cipo, 26-XII-1975, V. N. Alin; Val. du Rio Pardo,?- XII-1898, E. Gounelle. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, FSCA, MNHN, and WOPC.

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

Figures

Figure 70. Distribution map for Axina species: A. macilenta, A. oligocheia, A. parcepunctata, A. schenklingi, A. basalis, A. latilinea, A. phallospina, A. apicalis, A. centrimaculata, A. fasciata, A. heveli, A. klisis, A. lateralis.

Figures 90–93. Habitus of Axina species. 90) Axina latilinea. 91) A. phallospina. 92) A. apicalis. 93) A. centrimaculata.