Pyticeroides desodes, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 988

Pyticeroides desodes OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 92 , 111 , 305 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: GUYANE (French Guiana) (Régina), Montagne de Kaw Pk 36, 11.VIII.2003, J. a. CERDa. A second label reads: piège malaise ( FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: The genus Pyticeroides KUWERT was revised in 2007 ( OPITZ 2007). That work included a key to Pyticeroides species. The available Pyticeroides desodes specimen keys out to I. ichnopsis OPITZ, from which the P. desodes holotype differs by showing a significantly more oblong capitular antennomere 7.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.5 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form: As in Fig. 305 . Color: Clypeus and lower frons testaceous, upper frons black; epicranium mostly black, with narrow testaceous line at middle; antenna black; prothorax mostly black, broadly testaceous at sides; pterothorax brown; elytra black; legs bicolorous, mostly black, femoral bases testaceous. Head: Frons deeply concave; antenna ( Fig. 92 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres transverse, compacted, and densely setose, capitular antennomeres 7 and 8 rectangulate, antennomere 9 narrow oblong; eyes large, finely facetted, eye wider than frons (EW/FW 32/15). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 111 ) transverse (PW/PL 72/50), sides without tubercle, disc concave paralaterally near pronotal collar; discal and lateral trichobothria well developed; elytral asetiferous punctures small, mostly striate, punctures less striate near sutural margin (EL/EW 315/70); epipleuron well developed, extended to elytral apex; anterior margin of protibia with 6 spines. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected during August.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from French Guiana.

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, dasodes, is a Greek name that stems from dasos (= bushy); with reference to the densely setose funicle.

Figures

Figs 92-100: Antennae; (92) Pyticeroides desodes; (93) Ichnea cerinis; (94) Agnatis vaurieae; (95) Ampleris amazon; (96) Nepsudia guenda; (97) Isoparis cassidilis; (98) Pelonium atrigonatium; (99) Aphelocerus yaguare; (100) Madoniella selvanegra.

Figs 101-117: Pronota; (101) Aphelocerus ligulus; (102) A. yoro; (103) Ridica achira; (104) R. merida; (105) Ampleris cacuminis; (106) Plocamocera catalexis; (107) Aphelocerus tigra; (108) A. sparicapillus; (109) A. nolus; (110) A. magnipannus; (111) Pyticeroides desodes; (112) Cregya petalosa; (113) C. livida; (114) C. tobagoensis; (115) C. maura; (116) Pujoliclerus flavidus; (117) Amboakis collucoatis.

Figs 302-305: Habitus; (302) Megatrachys irrasis; (303) Plocamocera catalexis; (304) Pyticeroides brevitubulus; (305) P. desodes.