Hispaniolan Hemilophini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Author
Lingafelter, Steven W.
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ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.258.4391
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.258.4391
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Calocosmus
janus Bates
Fig. 8a; Map 4
Calocosmus holosericeus
Gahan, 1889: 395, syn. n.
Diagnosis.
This species is easily distinguished from all other Hispaniolan
Hemilophini
by the uniformly purplish-black elytra, black antennae without annulations, and pronounced elytral humeri. The only other species with mostly dark elytra are
Calocosmus punctatus
,
Calocosmus semimarginatus
, and
Calocosmus nigripennis
.
Calocosmus punctatus
is distinguished easily by having the antennae with basal annulations of gray pubescence on most antennomeres, the elytra with scattered fulvous regions, and having the elytral punctures far more dense and well defined than in
Calocosmus janus
.
Calocosmus semimarginatus
and
Calocosmus nigripennis
are easily distinguished by lacking humeral projections and by their small size (most specimens less than 8 mm long while most specimens of
Calocosmus janus
are greater than 10 mm long).
Figure 8. Dorsal habitus of
Calocosmus
species (not to scale): a
Calocosmus janus
Bates b
Calocosmus magnificus
Fisher c
Calocosmus melanurus
Gahan d
Calocosmus nigripennis
Chevrolat.
Map 4. New distributional locality records for previously described Hispaniolan
Hemilophini
.
Notes.
Calocosmus holosericeus
Gahan is a new synonym of
Calocosmus janus
Bates. Photos of the holotypes show they are nearly identical, as are the original Latin descriptions for each.
Calocosmus holosericeus
was described from Hispaniola and
Calocosmus janus
was described from Cuba. The Dominican Republic and Hispaniola therefore represent new country and island records for
Calocosmus janus
.
New distributional data.
Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Parque Nacional Sierra de Baoruco, Las Abejas,
18°09.011'N
,
71°37.342'W
, 1150 m, 18 June 2005, S. Lingafelter (1 specimen, USNM); Dominican Republic, Barahona Province, 4.5 km S. Barahona, 23 May 1992, R. Turnbow (1 specimen, RHTC).