Axina piperata Opitz, 2020

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565093
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C07C-4B1E-FF01-4FB9FC33316E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Axina piperata Opitz
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Axina piperata Opitz , new species

Figures 62 View Figures 62–63 , 73 View Figure 73 , 104 View Figures 102–105 .

Type material. Holotype. Female. Type locality: S. Antonio da Barra , Pr. De Bahia, 11-XII-1888, Gounelle ( Brazil) ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. The encircled brown asetiferous punctures, which are diffused throughout the elytral disc against a pale ground color, will distinguish the holotype specimen from those of congener species.

Description. Size. Length 10.0 mm; width 2.5 mm. Form. As in Fig. 104 View Figures 102–105 . Color. Cranium brown; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, mostly brown, with pale streaks in middle of disc; pterothorax brown; elytra bicolorous, mostly flavotestaceous, with light brown tinge at humerus, elytron middle, and near elytral apex; asetiferous punctures encircled in brown; legs bicolorous, distal ½ of femora and proximal ½ of tibiae brown, remainder of legs flavotestaceous; abdomen flavotestaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 paralateral spheroid tumescences, disc narrowly concave near middle; PW/PL 110/160; elytra, asetiferous punctures scattered, punctures extend posteriorly to elytral 3/4, interstitial spaces very wide; EL/EW 440/90. Abdomen. Female pygidium with a reflexed flap ( Fig. 62 View Figures 62–63 ).

Distribution (for map see Fig. 73 View Figure 73 ). This species is known from Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, piperata , is a Latin name that stems from piper (= pepper). I refer to the sprinkled-like appearance of the brown elytral asetiferous punctures.