Description of a new species of Melanesiandra Santos-Silva et al. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Parandrinae) found in Vanuatu
Author
Kakinuma, Shunsuke
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-01-25
686
1
5
journal article
24012
10.5281/zenodo.3670431
61292ca0-0b53-4c74-8827-08a89aa90a98
1942-1354
3670431
32242CCC-BD50-4DC8-911B-7DE85F249E4E
Key to the species of
Melanesiandra
(adapted from
Santos-Silva 2011
)
1. Antennomeres III–XI carinate, the carina elevated and clearly visible from sides..........
2
— At least antennomere III not carinate..............................................
3
2(1). Male with central projection of labrum distinct with a small projection on each side.
Vanuatu
(Aneityum).............................
M. anatomensis
Kakinuma
,
new species
— Male with central projection of labrum truncate and with concavity at apex.
Fiji
(
Viti
Levu, Vanua Levu, and Ovalau)...................................
M. striatifrons
(Fairmaire)
3(1). Labrum of male strongly convex.
Solomon Islands
(Santa Ana and Santa
Isabel
Islands)........................................................
M. solomonensis
(Arigony)
— Labrum of male not convex.......................................................
4
4(3). Male with median projection of labrum distinctly narrowed apically.
Papua New Guinea
........................................................
M. birai
Santos-Silva et al.
— Male with median projection of labrum somewhat rounded apically......................
5
5(4). Antennomere XI not carinate; male with posterolateral angles of the prothorax acute, distinctly projecting.
Solomon Islands
(
Guadalcanal
Island)............
M. barclayi
Santos-Silva
— Antennomere XI at least partially carinate; male with posterolateral angles of the prothorax rounded, not projecting.
Papua New Guinea
(
Bougainville
Island),
Solomon Islands
(
San Cristobal Island
and Santa Isabel Island).....
M. bougainƲillensis
Santos-Silva et al.