Priocera variegata KIRBY. During 1819
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera variegata

description: Priocera variegata KIRBY, 1818 (Figs 80, 99, 174)   
 Priocera variegata KIRBY, 1818: 392.   
 HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: Brazil (BMNH). CORPORAAL 1950: 101. Priocera similis SCHENKLING 1898: 392.   
 A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (Fig. 99): In addition to the holotype, I examined 71 specimens from: Costa Rica: Provincia de Guanacaste, 3 km SE Rio Naranjo, 16-29- II-1992, F. D. Parker; idem, 11-21-IV-1992, F. D. Parker; Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja, 10- 27-III- 1993, 800 m, K. Taylor; Volcá Orosi,?- II-1992, F. Araya. Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, Potrerillo del Guenda, 16-22-X- 2006, 370 m, Wappes & Morris; 4-6 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 21-24-II-2003; Departamento de La Paz, Iturialde Las Huntas, Parque Nacional Madidi; 16-X-2004, J. Wappes & R. Morris. Peru: Provincia de San Martin, Tarapote, Amazonas,?-?-1885, M. de Mathan. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Encruzilhada,?- XI- 1972, 960 m, M. Alvarenga; idem,?- VI-1972, M. Alvarenga; Itapetinga,?- XI-1969, F. M. Oliveira; Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol; Estado do Espiritu Santo, Linhares,?- IX- 1973, 980 m, M.Alvarenga; Estado do Sâo Paulo, Marilia,?- XI-1945, collector not noted; Val. do Rio Pardo.?- XII-1898, E. Gounelle; Estado do Minas Gerais, Mar de Hespanha, 9-XII-1910, J. F. Zilkán; Pedra Azul,?- XI-1972, M. Alvarenga; Estado do Pernambuco, Peri-Peri, 11-XII-1892, Gounelle; Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara,?- III-1964, M. Alvarenga; Estado do Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia,?- I-1975, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; idem,?- II-1974, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; idem, 5-XII-1942, F. Plaumann. Specimens are deposited in: ACMT, AMNH, CMNC, CMNH, CNCI, EMEC, FMNH, FSCA, JNRC, MNHN, OXUM, RFMC, SDEI, TAMU, USNM, WFBM, and WOPC.   
D i a g n o s i s: Color: Antennae, forebody, pterothorax dark castaneous; legs mostly dark castaneous, tarsi testaceous; elytra tricolored, ground color castaneous, with two large yellow markings between which there are small, yellow, fleck marks, yellow markings on humerus and middle of elytral disc, elytral distal 1/4 testaceous; abdomen bicolored, 3 visible basal ventrites black, 3 visible apical ventrites testaceous.  
R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 19.0 mm; width 4.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 174. Head: Frons broad, wider than length of antennal pedicel (EW /FW 95/40). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and centrally located fissure (PW /PL 220/280); elytral disc sculptured with substriate asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded (EL /EW 420/85); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 80.  
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 11.0-22.0 mm; width 2.5-6.0 mm. The yellow variegated markings on the elytral disc vary in color intensity and size. Some specimens are black on the outer sides of the elytral disc. The 2 yellow spots near the humeral angle may not be clearly defined.  
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected throughout the year, at altitudes that range from 30 to 980 m.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1205, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854