Bolivian anthophilous Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) host flower records
Author
Clarke, Robin
Buena Vista Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Author
Zamalloa, Sonia
Buena Vista Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Cosmisoma brullei (Mulsant, 1863) on flowers of Croton hieronymi Grisebach. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Stefan Abrahamczyk.
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Insecta Mundi
2018
2018-07-27
2018
640
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4645968
1942-1354
4645968
59B21C26-B840-4C05-BCC9-F9D13CBBCE3E
Megacyllene angulata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Dept.
Santa Cruz
.
17°29′96″S/
63°39′13″W
,
430 m
,
5 km
SSE of Buena Vista
,
Hotel Flora
and
Fauna
: on/ flying to flowers of “
Bejuco
hoja lanuda”, female,
23.IV.2005
(
RCSZ
)
;
on/flying to flowers of “
Barbasquillo
”, male,
4.VIII.2005
, female,
4.IX.2005
(
RCSZ
)
;
on/flying to flowers of “
Sapaimosi
”: male,
22.XII.2005
(
RCSZ
)
.
Remarks.
Also observed on many other species of host flower.
Two specimens, collected well above known Bolivian records for this species, lack pubescence on scu- tellum and apical third of elytra; the fascia are generally abbreviated, but broader, and the pubescence is somewhat ochreous, except on the apical urotergite, which has bright yellow pubescence covering almost entire surface. Moreover, these females come from an area rich in endemic species (discussed under the entry for
Eryphus picticollis
) suggesting they may represent a new species. They were col- lected at the locality below.
Dept.
Santa Cruz
.
18°08′S
/
63°44′W
,
1.914 m
, Provincia
Florida
, Floripondio (east): on flowers of “Sotillo”: male,
27.XI.2009
, female,
29.XI.2009
(RCSZ).