Platynotum gracile Bartlett & Lambkin 2022, sp. nov.

Platynotum gracile sp. nov. ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9E4BF236-0C53-4633-ADD0-9FFB86900A4A (Figs 65, 101, 137, 180; Map 2) HOLOTYPE ♁: Queensland: 6km N Taroom, Qld, 25°36′S 149°46′E, 1 Oct 1991, 200m, G. Daniels, mv lamp (QM, type reg. T258559). PARATYPE (1): QLD: 24°49′Sx 149°45′E Brigalow Res.Stn. site 2. 13Oct2001 Pyrethrum Monteith. Burwell. 170m brigalow trunks 10222 (1 ♀, QM). Diagnosis. Pronotum sub-tuberculate laterally, disc smooth, punctation mostly seta-associated; elytra dark with orange fasciate and apical maculations fasciae positioned posterior of elytral mid-length (humeral maculae absent), fasciae meeting at the suture, punctation lacking nodules, 8 th stria beginning half way between base and fascia, striae 1–9 complete to apical maculae, stria 10 ending just before apical macula; femora yellow basally, brown apically ( 1 per puncture) and longer erect setae (often 1 per every 2 punctures). Legs: Coxae brownish, slightly more than basal half of profemora and about basal two-thirds of meso- and metafemora yellow, slightly less than apical half of profemora and about apical one-third of meso- and metafemora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi pale brown, ventral tarsal pads yellowish; profemora very slightly swollen, other femora slender. Abdomen: Ventrites orange. Male genitalia: Tegmen (Fig. 65) slender, widest at bend of tegminal arms, evenly tapering towards parameroid lobes, the latter more heavily sclerotised and apparently associated with an internal frame-like structure, dorsal sinus short, about one-fifth tegmen length, narrow, ventral sinus about as long or slightly shorter, apodeme about one-quarter tegmen length, broadly spatulate at base; median lobe (Fig. 101) with apical thread-like process; pygidium as in Fig. 137. Etymology. The specific epithet gracile (Latin, meaning slender) refers to the long slender body shape of this species. Biology. One specimen was collected at light (m. v. lamp), the other by pyrethrum knockdown on brigalow trunks; both in October. Distribution (Map 2). Platynotum gracile sp. nov. is known only from two localities, one just north of, the other just south of, Isla Gorge National Park, south-central Queensland.Published as part of Bartlett, Justin S. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2022, Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 5220 (1) on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5220.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/744129