Synopsis of the genus Ecoporanga Napp and Martins (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Author
Monné, Marcela L.
Author
Monné, Miguel A.
text
Journal of Natural History
2014
2014-05-07
48
39 - 40
2369
2373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.909063
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2014.909063
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Ecoporanga cooperi
sp. nov.
(
Figure 1A
)
Description
Female.
Integument of head, prothorax and mesosternum orange-brown. Antennae, legs, metasternum and abdomen black. Scutellum and elytra shiny green with metallic reflections. Head with moderately sparse punctures, more conspicuous on frons. Antennae without setae, attaining elytral apex; scape sparsely punctate; antennomeres III–IV with minute spiniform projection at inferior face of distal extremity and very sparse setae; antennomeres VI–XI covered with dense greyish pubescence. Pronotum sparsely punctate. Sides of prothorax and prosternum smooth, with obsolete longitudinal wrinkles. Mesosternum, metasternum and urosternites covered with whitish pubescence, with silvery reflections. Elytra parallel-sided from base to distal fifth; apex subtruncate, unarmed; surface densely, coarsely punctate, with sparse setae. Femora and tibiae with sparse long setae; mesofemora and metafemora with short, rounded apical projection.
Etymology
The species is named for Mr Martin
V
.
Cooper
,
British
hymenopterist,
Herefordshire
,
UK
, who collected the
holotype
.
Figure 1. (A)
Ecoporanga cooperi
sp. nov.
, female holotype; (B)
Ecoporanga wallacei
sp. nov.
, male holotype.
Measurements in mm,
holotype
female
Total length, 7.0; prothorax length, 1.4; prothorax width, 1.0; elytral length, 4.8; humeral width, 1.4.
Type material
Female
holotype
,
Peru
,
Amazonas
:
Rodríguez
de Mendoza
,
1500 m
,
16.
V
.1982,
M. Cooper
col. (
BMNH
)
.
Comments
Ecoporanga cooperi
sp. nov.
is similar to
E.achira
Napp and Martins, 2006
, which also has unarmed elytral apex. It is distinguished by the antennae and legs black and elytra green with metallic reflections. In
E.achira
, the antennae and legs are orange and the elytra blue with metallic reflections.