Contribution Towards The Knowledge Of Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). V. Reconsideration Of Rhopalessa Rubroscutellaris (Tippmann, 1960)
Author
Clarke, Robin O. S.
. Hotel Flora & Fauna, Casilla 2097, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. E-mail: hotelfandf @ hotmail. com
Author
Martins, Ubirajara R.
. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 42.494, 04218 - 970, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. &. CNPq Researcher. E-mail: urmsouza @ usp. br
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Caixa Postal 42.494, 04218 - 970, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. &. E-mail: toncriss @ uol. com. br
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Rashelapso schmidi
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 4
)
Rhopalessa rubroscutellaris
;
Clarke
et al.,
2011:336
(error of identification).
Diagnosis:
Males of
Rashelapso schmidi
sp. nov.
are characterized by: antennae proportionally short; prothorax reddish; elytra with triangular, reddish fascia centred on the scutellum.
Male (
Fig. 4
):
integument blackish. Area of head adjacent to prothorax encircled by reddish band, projected between superior ocular lobes; prothorax completely reddish; mesosterna reddish; elytral base with narrow triangular fascia centred on scutellum, which may reach the humeri; scutellum reddish; antennomeres V-XI basally annulated with orange.
Rostrum, margins of inferior ocular lobes, and area between superior ocular lobes with grayish-white pubescence. Distance between inferior ocular lobes equal to one tenth width of one lobe; and between superior lobes less than three times width of one lobe. Length of antennae 1.5 length of elytra; length of antennomeres
VIII-X
subequal, shorter than XI. Midline of pronotum elevated and moderately wide, slight passing middle of pronotum; punctation coarse and abundant, in part confluent, finer and sparser on apical area of disc; disc with mixture of very short and long hairs.
Elytra with mixture of short and long hairs, the latter restricted to basal third; punctation coarse and abundant throughout; elytral margins slightly contracted at middle; apex convex, and narrowly round- ed. Prosternum almost glabrous for apical third; rest of prosternum, and meso- and metasternum with mixture of dense, grayish-white, recumbent pubescence and longer, sparser, semi-erect hairs.
Femora with moderately conspicuous mixture of long and short hairs. Urosternites with mixture of short, grayish-white pubescence and longer hairs; centre of urosternite
V
without brush of hairs.
FIGURAS 1‑4: 1-3.
Ommata
(
Rhopalessa
)
rubroscutellaris
(=
Laedorcari fulvicollis
), holotype female: 1. dorsal habitus; 2. ventral habitus; 3. specimen’s labels.
4.
Rashelapso schmidi
sp. nov.
, holotype male, dorsal habitus.
Variation (
paratype
):
mesosterna brownish; antennal
length equal to 1.4 times elytral length.
Dimensions in mm (
2 males
):
Total length (including mandibles), 6.00-6.70; prothoracic length, 1.25-1.40; anterior prothoracic width, 0.80-0.90; posterior prothoracic width, 0.90-1.00; humeral width, 1.10-1.25; elytral length, 4.10-4.60. The largest dimensions are those of the
holotype
.
Type material:
BRAZIL
,
Mato Grosso
:
Utiariti
(
Rio Papagaio
),
holotype
and
paratype
males,
01-12. XI.1966
,
Lenko
&
Pereira
col. (
MZSUP
)
.
Etymology:
The species is dedicated to Herbert Schmid in recognition of his help with our work on the
Rhinotragini
.