Enoclerus minas Opitz, 2020

Opitz, Weston, 2020, Three new species of South American checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae), Insecta Mundi 2020 (832), pp. 1-5 : 2

Enoclerus minas Opitz , new species

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Type material. Holotype. ♂. Type locality: Brazil, Minas Geraes ( MNHN) . Paratypes: 28. Colombia: Departamento de Caldas; Manizales , collection date not noted, A. M. Patino ( WOPC, 2; MNHN, 1) . Brazil: Estado do Goías ; Rio Verde ,?-?- 1908, G. A. Baer ( WOPC, 5; MNHN, 4) ; Jatahy , unknown- 1902, H. Donckier ( WOPC, 1; MNHN, 1) ;?- IX-1897 ( WOPC, 2) ; Goias ( MNHN, 6) ; Trinidae , collection date not noted, Ch. Pujol ( MNHN, 3) ; Estado do Amazonas; Santo Paulo de’Oliveça, collection date not noted, Hahnel ( MNHN, 1) ; Estado do Bahia ; Diamantina , collection date not noted, R. P. Torgue ( MNHN,1) ; Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre , collection date not noted, collector not noted ( MNHN, 1) .

Diagnosis. Aedeagus comprised of two subparallel phallic plates, plates narrow near apex; antennae and legs testaceous; cranium black; elytra mostly black, each elytron with three yellow maculae, anterior two maculae nearly contiguous; elytral apex slightly setose.

Description. Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Figure 4 . Head: Capitulum slightly acuminate; (EW/FW 20/53). Thorax: Elytral disc slightly roughened (PL/PW 80/80); (EL/EW 220/50). Abdomen: Aedeagus ( Fig. 1 ).

Variation. Length 6.0–8.0 mm; width 1.0–1.1 mm.

Etymology. The trivial name, minas , constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Remarks. Enoclerus minas is from the Cordillera Oriental Complex and the Brazilian Highlands ( Opitz 2005). The red legs and elytral color pattern, along with a subparallel aedeagus that is narrowed apically distinguish this species from all others in this region.

Figures

Figures 1–6. Enoclerus spp. 1–3) Aedeagi. 1) Enoclerus minas. 2) E. salta. 3) E. thomasi. 3–6) Habitus. 4) E. minas. 5) E. salta. 6) E. thomasi.