Description of a new species of Xalitla Lane, 1959 (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Neoibidionini) from western Mexico
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Author
Frederick W. Skillman, Jr.
7033 S. 19 th St. Phoenix, AZ 85042, USA
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Insecta Mundi
2020
2020-05-29
2020
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5353486
1942-1354
5353486
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Xalitla genuina
Martins, 1970
(
Fig. 10–23
)
Xalitla genuina
Martins 1970: 961
;
Chemsak et al. 1992: 53
(checklist);
Monné 1993: 56
(cat.);
Monné and Giesbert 1994: 81
(checklist); Noguera and Chemsak 1996: 400 (checklist); Turnbow et al. 2003: 13 (distr.);
Monné 2005: 389
(cat.);
Hovore 2006: 373
(distr.); Monné and
Hovore 2006: 100
(checklist); Swift et al. 2010: 22 (distr.); Noguera et al. 2012: 621 (distr.);
Cervantes Mayagoitia and Huacuja Zamudio 2017: 167
(host); Noguera et al. 2017: 8 (distr.);
Monné 2019: 559
(cat.).
Xalitla lezamai
Galileo and Martins 2008: 51
; Monné et al. 2017: 26 (
holotype
);
Monné 2019: 560
(cat.).
Syn. nov.
Martins (1970)
described
Xalitla genuina
from
Mexico
(
Oaxaca
and
Chiapas
), based on
two males
and
one female
. Later,
Monné and Giesbert (1994)
recorded it from
Costa Rica
, Turnbow et al. (2003) from
Honduras
, and
Hovore (2006)
from
Guatemala
.
Galileo and Martins (2008)
described
Xalitla lezamai
based on a single male from
Costa Rica
and reported (translated): “
Xalitla lezamai
sp. nov.
is similar to
X. genuina
Martins, 1970
by the color pattern and punctation of the integument. It differs by the antennomere III carinate on base, and by the elytra with row of asperous punctures on sides of suture. In
X. genuina
, the antennae in male have no carina on antennomere III, and the elytra have no asperous punctures close to suture.” However, the differential features pointed out are present in the
paratype
of
X. genuina
. The basal carina of the antennomere III is variable: it may be absent, present on extreme base (as in the
paratype
of
X. genuina
), or present on about basal third (as in the
holotype
of
X. lezamai
). Furthermore, the asperous punctures along suture are present in the
paratype
male of
X. genuina
, although they are somewhat sparser than in the
holotype
of
X. lezamai
. Accordingly, we are synonymizing
X. lezamai
with
X. genuina
.
Material examined.
MEXICO
,
Chiapas
:
31 mi.
SE Comitán
,
paratype
male of
Xalitla genuina
,
18–19. VI.1965
,
H.R. Burke
,
J.R. Meyer
and
J.C. Schaeffner
col. (
MZSP
)
.
HONDURAS
,
Francisco Moraz
á
n
:
Zamarano Central
(
14°00′N
,
87°00′W
; MV/UV lights;
2,600 ft
),
1 male
,
1 female
,
24–28.IV.2017
,
E. van den Berghe
col. (
ACMT
); (
14°20′N
,
87°00′W
; MV/UV lights;
2,600 ft
)
,
1 male
,
16–17.V.2017
,
E. van den Berghe
col. (
ACMT
)
.
COSTA RICA
,
Guanacaste
:
La Pacifica
“nr
Canas
”,
holotype
male of
Xalitla lezamai
,
20–21.V.1985
,
F.T. Hovore
col. (
MZSP
)
.