A new species of Neocompsa (Neoibidionini), and a new species and new combinations in Tillomorphini (Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)
Author
Heffern, Daniel
Author
Botero, Juan Pablo
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-06
4748
2
334
350
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.6
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1175-5326
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Pentanodes
Schaeffer, 1904
Pentanodes
Schaeffer, 1904: 222
; Bradley, 1930: 240;
Linsley, 1935: 87
;
Arnett, 1962: 869
, 888;
Linsley, 1964: 186
;
Martins, 1975: 15
;
Zayas, 1975: 140
;
Monné, 2005: 553
(cat.);
Monné, 2012: 53
;
2019: 826
(cat.).
Redescription
. Small size, cylindrical, somewhat ant-shaped. Body, antennae and legs with long, erect, moderately sparse light setae (always denser on posterior area of elytra). Head not retractile; frons distinctly transverse; last maxillary and labial palpomeres securiform (sometimes strongly widened toward apex, sometimes slightly widened). Antennal tubercles slightly elevated, widely separated. Eyes coarsely faceted; upper eye lobes absent. Genae slightly shorter than length of lower eye lobe. Antennae 11- segmented; antennomeres III–VI or III–VII incrassate in male, filiform in female; remaining antennomeres filiform in both sexes; antennomere III longer than IV and/or V in both sexes; antennomeres unarmed at apex. Prothorax, in lateral view, distinctly arched; sides unarmed. Pronotum longitudinally striate, with sparse punctures interspersed. Prosternal process distinctly narrowed centrally. Procoxal cavities closed behind. Mesoventral process with tab on each side of apex. Elytra, in lateral view, depressed toward ivory macula placed before middle; apex rounded, unarmed; basal area with distinct gibbosity dorsally. Femora pedunculate-clavate (club narrowed toward apex); metatarsomere I, at most, as long as II and III together.
Remarks.
Schaeffer (1904)
briefly defined
Pentanodes
as follows: “Differs from
Tetranodes
[sic] Linell by having the eyes ovate, slightly truncate inside and in the male joints three to seven of the antennae incrassate and clavate. The antennae of the females have these joints simple.” He also provided a key separating these two genera: “Eyes emarginate, pointed behind; joints 3–6 of male antennae inflated, of female slender…
Tetranodes
[sic]; Eyes entire, oval. Male antennal joints 3–7 inflated, slender in female…
Pentanodes
.”
Bradley (1930) provided another key separating
Tetranodus
Linell, 1897
from
Pentanodes
: “Eyes emarginate, pointed behind; seventh antennal segments of the male not inflated…
Tetranodes
[sic]; Eyes entire, oval; seventh segment of the antennae of the male inflated…
Pentanodes
.”
Linsley (1935)
gave a third key separating these two genera: “Antennae of male with segments three to six inflated…
Tetranodus
; Antennae of male with segments three to seven inflated…
Pentanodes
.” Finally,
Linsley (1964)
provided a fourth key separating them: “Eyes emarginate, pointed behind; antennal segments 3 to 6 enlarged in male…
Tetranodus
; Eyes entire, oval; antennal segments 3 to 7 enlarged in male…
Pentanodes
.”
We believe that the number of incrassate antennomeres in male is not a generic feature. This is because it is usually variable in other groups of Cerambycinae in which the feature occurs. However, we believe that eyes without upper eye lobes in
Pentanodes
will distinguish it from
Tetranodus
.
Pentanodes albofasciatus
Fisher, 1932
is not a true
Pentanodes
and, apparently, belongs to Anaglyptini. As this species is still under study trying to establish its tribal allocation, we choose to keep it temporarily in
Pentanodes
. The characteristics mentioned by diverse authors to separate Tillomorphini from Anaglyptini (and also Neocorini) appear not to be useful (see, for example,
Lingafelter 2011
). Thus, future studies to separate these tribes should be done.