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Issue: Vol. 4231 No. 3: 13 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.7
Page range: 409–420
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 6

New species of Mutillid Mimicking Enoclerus Gahan (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) from Mexico and Central America

Research Associate, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832 U.S.A.
Coleoptera Clerid fauna tropical deciduous forest mimicry Oaxaca Quintana Roo Guanacaste Coclé

Abstract

Six new species of Enoclerus are described: E. delusus n. sp. from Costa Rica and Panamá, E. incanus n. sp. from México, E. zip n. sp. from México and El Salvador, E. reductesignatus n. sp. from Panamá, and E. citrinifrons n. sp. and E. philogenes n. sp. from Costa Rica. The new species are hypothesized to participate in a Batesian mimicry complex with boldly marked diurnal mutillid wasps as their model. Enoclerus crabronarius var. deletus Wolcott is elevated to species rank as E. deletus Wolcott new status. The identity of E. crabronarius is discussed.

 

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