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Enoclerus junin Opitz 2021, nov.sp.

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Enoclerus junin OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 29, 85)

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀. Type locality: Peru, Junin, Sani Beni, 340 m, 22-VIII-1935, F. Woytkowsky (WOPC). Paratypes: 19 specimens. PERU: Provincia de Loreto; Constancia, January 1857, H. Clark (MNHN, 1; WOPC, 1); idem, J. Grey (MNHN, 4; WOPC, 2); Petropolis, February 1857, H. Clark (MNHN, 1); Provincia de San Martin; Tarapoto, Mai á Août 1886, M. de Mathan (MNHN, 2; WOPC, 2). BRAZIL: Estado de Rio de Janeiro; Nova Friburgo, February 1884, P. Germain (MNHN, 1); Estado do Rio de Janeiro (WOPC, 1). Estado do Rondonia; 62 km SE Ariquemes, near Fazenda Rancho Grande, 30-III-10-IV-1992, J. E. Eger (FSCA, 1); Estado do Santa Catarina; Nova Teutonia,?- XII-1977, 300-500 m, F. Plaumann (WOPC, 1); Estado do Gerais; Serra do Caraça, 27-XI-a- 5-XII-1972, Exp. Mus. Zool (MZSP, 1). Brazil (MNHN, 1).

D i a g n o s i s: Mostly black. Pronotal arch, elytral anterior 1/3, and elytral apex highly setose; elytral middle with triangular testaceous fascia.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 29. Head: (EW/FW 20/60). Thorax: Pronotal and elytral discs finely punctate; (PL/PW 120/120); (EL/EW 240/70). Abdomen: Aedeagus (Fig. 85).

V a r i a t i o n: Length 5.0-7.0 mm; width 1.0- 1.2 mm.

E t y m o l o g y: The species name, junin, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 123-169 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13153564

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Biodiversity

Collection code
FSCA , MNHN , MNHN, WOPC , MZSP, MNHN , WOPC
Event date
1935-08-22 , 1972-12-05 , 1992-03-30
Family
Cleridae
Genus
Enoclerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Opitz
Species
junin
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1935-08-22 , 1972-12-05 , 1992-03-30/04-10
Taxonomic concept label
Enoclerus junin Opitz, 2021