The interesting and complex tribe Oxycoleini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): a new genus, new species, and taxonomic notes
Author
Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L.
0000-0002-5047-8921
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil & eribnascimentofl @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5047 - 8921
eribnascimentofl@gmail.com
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
0000-0001-7128-1418
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil & toncriss @ uol. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7128 - 1418
toncriss@uol.com.br
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-01
5060
3
353
370
journal article
3749
10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.3
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Wappesia gahani
(
Gounelle, 1911
)
,
comb. nov.
Tethlimmena gahani
Gounelle, 1911: 168
;
Aurivillius, 1912: 287
(cat.);
Blackwelder, 1946: 578
(checklist);
Monné, 1993: 57
(cat.);
Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 100
(checklist).
Oxycoleus gahani
;
Júlio, 1997: 5
;
Martins & Galileo, 2003: 62
;
Monné, 2005: 427
(cat.); 2021: 622 (cat.).
Remarks.
As seen above, one of the features pointed out by
Júlio (1997)
to separate
T. gahani
from
T. tristis
was the color of the prothorax. However, this feature is variable intraspecifically at least in some species of
Oxycoleus
. Therefore, this variation is expected to also occurs in
Wappesia
. It is probable that
Melzer (1933)
was correct:
Tethlimmena tristis
being just a chromatic variation of
Tethlimmena gahani
. See remarks on
W. tristis
. The male illustrated by
Júlio (1997)
has the antennae distinctly longer than in the
holotype
male of
Merionoeda
(
Merionoeda
)
latipennis
, and also than in the male of
W. tristis
(
Fig. 3
). This may reinforce that
Oxycoleus gahani sensu
Júlio (1997)
belongs to a different species.