Axina parcepunctata Schenkling, 1900

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 19

Axina parcepunctata Schenkling, 1900

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Axina parcepunctata Schenkling, 1900: 388 . Lectotype. Male. Here designated. Type locality: Goyaz, Bras., Donckier (Brasil) (SDEI). Paralectotypes: 4 specimens. Brazil; Estado do Goias, Collection date not noted, Donckier (FMNH, 1; SDEI, 3). Corporaal 1950: 98. There is indication that Schenkling examined more than one specimen in his description of this species, but he did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

Diagnosis. There are only a few asetiferous punctures at the middle of the elytral disc near the sutural margin. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Redescription. Size. Length 10.8 mm; width 2.8 mm. Form. As in Fig. 87 . Color. Cranium dark castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax and pterothorax testaceous; elytra bicolorous, disc mostly flavotestaceous, each elytron with 2 brown fasciae, one faintly visible at elytron middle and one at elytral subapex; legs testaceous, distal half of femora and tibiae slightly darker; abdomen testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly narrower than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 55/7. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 120/135; elytra with few asetiferous punctures concentrated in basal half near sutural margin; EL/EW 500/100. Abdomen. Aedeagus, phallobasic lobes diverge slightly near apex; phallic plates very serrate near phallic apex; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 8.0–14.0 mm; width 2.0– 3.8 mm. The brown transverse fasciae on the elytral disc may only be faintly visible or absent. The elytral base may be completely testaceous.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Brazil during May and October , one at 960 m. Distribution (for map see Fig. 70 ). In addition to the lectotype and paralectotypes, I examined 32 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,?-X-?. collector not noted ; Corcovado , 14-V-1912, G. E. Briant ; Estado do São Paulo, Regente Feijo ,?- X-1945 ; Villa Victoria ,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol ; Estado do Goiás, Mineiro Goyas, collection date and collector not noted ; Rio Verde ,?-?-1908, G. A. Baer ; Jatai ,?- XI-1972, F. M. Oliveira. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNH, CUIC, FMNH, FSCA, MCNZ, MNHN, SDEI, WFBM, and WOPC .

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 15–20. Male internal reproductive organs. 15) Axina atmis. 16) A. plagiata. 17) A. bifasciata. 18) A. conspicua. Female internal reproductive organs. 19) A. parcepunctata. 20) A. conspicua.

Figures 86–89. Habitus of Axina species. 86) Axina oligocheia. 87) A. parcepunctata. 88) A. schenklingi. 89) A. basalis.