Taxonomic Revision of the Western Hemisphere Checkered Beetle Genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Linzer biol. Beitr. 52/2 1145-1255 Februar 2021 Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae) Weston OPITZ A b s t r a c t : This study deals with the specious checkered beetle genus Priocera. Included are twenty-nine previously described species and 41 newly described species. The newly described species include: Priocera acrobela nov.sp., P. aperturosa nov.sp., P. ardis nov.sp., P. aspera nov.sp., P. batesi nov.sp., P. bibulla nov.sp., P. brunnea nov.sp., P. calvariola nov.sp., P. campbelli nov.sp., P. championi nov.sp., P. chilotaxis nov.sp., P. cocha nov.sp., P. colima nov.sp., P. conspicta nov.sp., P. crista nov.sp., P. denticarea nov.sp., P. ensis nov.sp., P. faro nov.sp., P. fissura nov.sp., P. flavofetosa nov.sp., P. gibberis nov.sp., P. hadrosa nov.sp., P. hovorei nov.sp., P. ipeti nov.sp., P. katarubella nov.sp., P. laticincta nov.sp., P. lustruata nov.sp., P. magdalena nov.sp., P. marajoara nov.sp., P. migma nov.sp., P. mixtura nov.sp., P. nubes nov.sp., P. odegaardi nov.sp., P. penna nov.sp., P. petalosa nov.sp., P. stockwelli nov.sp., P. strigilla nov.sp., P. trituberosa nov.sp., P. turnbowi nov.sp., P. uncinata nov.sp. and P. unimacula nov.sp. The previously described species are: P. angulata SCHENKLING, P. apicalis THOMSON, P. aurosignata LUCAS, P. bispinosa KLUG, P. castanea (NEWMAN), P. catalinae CAZIER, P. chiricahuae KNULL, P. cinctiventris (CHEVROLAT), P. clavipes GORHAM, P. costaricana WOLCOTT, P.
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