Two new species of Lamiinae, synonymies in Hemilophini, and corrections on the concept of four genera with transfers of three species (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Author
Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Author
Wappes, James E.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.6
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On
Apeba
Martins & Galileo, 1991
and
Lycidola
Thomson, 1864
Thomson (1864)
created
Lycidola
for
Lycidola palliata
(
Klug, 1825
)
. According to
Thomson (1864)
,
Lycidola
were defined as follows (translated): “Antennae shorter than body; antennomere III very long, antennomeres 3–4 widened; elytra enlarged; legs moderate.”
Thomson (1868)
added
L. togata
(
Klug, 1825
)
to the genus. Later, the following species were described and also added to the genus:
L. simulatrix
Bates, 1866
,
L. beltii
Bates, 1872
,
L. felix
Waterhouse, 1880
,
L. flavofasciata
Waterhouse, 1880
,
L. retifera
Waterhouse, 1880
,
L. expansa
Bates, 1881
,
L. unicolor
Bates, 1885
,
L. isabellina
Bates, 1885
,
L. eximia
Bates, 1885
,
L. laevipennis
Gahan, 1892
,
L. batesi
Aurivillius, 1923
, and
L. palliata
ab.
nigrohumeralis
Tippmann, 1960
. According to
Bates (1881a)
, “Nine species of this very remarkable genus are known, all, with the exception of the one recorded below [
L. beltii
], South- American.”
Bates (1881b)
subsequently listed the following 10 species to
Lycidola
:
L. palliata
;
L. togata
,
L. simulatrix
,
L. beltii
,
L. flavofasciata
,
L. felix
,
L. retifera
,
L. expansa
,
L. mimica
(Bates, 1866)
, and
L. capillacea
(Bates, 1881)
.
Martins & Galileo (1991a)
divided
Lycidola
into six genera, with five of them (
Acabanga
,
Tetamauara
,
Icupima
,
Iarucanga
and
Apeba
), newly described.
Lycidola
and
Apeba
were separated in the alternative of couplets “5” (translated): “Each elytron with 4 carinae…
Lycidola
/ Each elytron with 2 carinae…..
Apeba
.” They included
L. palliata
(type species),
L. batesi
,
L. beltii
,
L. expansa
,
L. felix
,
L. flavofasciata
, and
L. simulatrix
in
Lycidola
, and also moving
L. togata
(type species),
L. antiqua
Waterhouse, 1880
(transferred from
Lycaneptia
Thomson, 1868
),
L. isabellina
, and
L. barauna
to
Apeba
. Latter, Galileo & Martins (2006) described
Lycidola popeba
, and
Martins & Galileo (2012)
described
L. affinis
.
According to
Martins & Galileo (1991a)
, the prosternal process in
Lycidola
is as wide as a procoxa, and in
Apeba
1/3 the width of a procoxa. Evidently, they were talking about the central area of the prosternal process. However, the prosternal process in
Lycidola
, although usually wider than in
Apeba
, is never as wide as a procoxa (
Figs 2, 4, 6, 8
), and sometimes is slightly wider (
Fig. 4
) than in
Apeba
(
Figs 10, 12, 14
). Thus, this feature cannot be used as a differential character.
We propose to redefine
Lycidola
as having four carinae on each elytron (
Figs 1, 3, 5 7
), with the second and third (from suture to outer side) fused at apical third (Y-shaped).
Apeba
is then comprised of species with just two or three elytral carinae (
Figs 9, 11, 13
) and none fused.