Axina sexmaculata Spinola, 1844

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Axina Kirby (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (793), pp. 1-70 : 40

Axina sexmaculata Spinola, 1844

Figures 72 , 123 .

Axina sexmaculata Spinola, 1844: 124 . Holotype. Male. Type locality: Brazil (MRSN). Corporaal 1950: 98. Ekis 1975: 19.

Diagnosis. The cranium is black in specimens of A. sexmaculata . It is red-castaneous in superficially similar specimens of A. fortipes .

Redescription. Size. Length 10.0 mm; width 2.3 mm. Form. As in Fig. 123 . Color. Cranium black; antenna testaceous; thorax, legs, and abdomen light castaneous; elytra bicolorous, mostly light castaneous, with three black maculae, one subquadrate on humeral angle, one transverse near elytron middle, and one transverse preapically. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/10. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 100/140; elytra, asetiferous punctures substriate, punctures extend to elytral apical ½, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 440/80. Abdomen. Aedeagus, phallobasic lobes very short, slightly diverged; phallic plates minutely serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 8.0– 12.2 mm; width 2.0–3.0 mm. Some specimens have the sides of the pronotum black.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Bolivia during December at 1,250 m, and in Brazil during November.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 72 ). In addition to the holotype, I examined 11 specimens from: Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, 20 km N Camiri Rd to Eyti, 8-9-XII-2015, 1,250 m, Wappes, Kuckartz & Skillman. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, C. H. Pujol; Cachimbo,?-?-1890, C. H. Pujol; Encruzilhada,?- XI-1975, Moacir Alvarenga; San Antonio da Barra,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol; Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul,?- XI-1971, F. M. Oliveira; Estado do Espírito Santo,?-?-1909, collector not legible; Estado do Paraiba, Santa Rita, collection day not noted, F, Salhsberg. Argentina: Provincia Entre Rios, Paraná, Tiju,?-?-1911, E. R. Wagner. Specimens are deposited in: MNHN, SDEI, WFBM, and WOPC.

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

Figures

Figure 72. Distribution map for Axina species: A. analis, A. conspicua, A. equestris, A. ingnota, A. ordinis, A. trinalis, A. fortipes, A. furcula, A. megaspina, A. sexmaculata.

Figures 122–124. Habitus of Axina species. 122) Axina megaspina. 123) A. sexmaculata. 124) A. spina.