Two new species, transference, notes, and new record in South American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Author
Vlasak, Josef
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Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
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Author
Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L.
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Zootaxa
2020
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Anisopodus argus
Bates, 1872
, return to original combination
(
Fig. 12
)
Anisopodus argus
Bates, 1872: 216
;
Gemminger, 1873: 3150
(cat.);
Bates, 1881: 163
;
1885: 398
(distr.);
Blackwelder, 1946: 613
(checklist);
Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 407
(lect.).
Hyperplatys argus
;
Aurivillius, 1923: 417
(cat.);
Blackwelder, 1946: 616
(checklist);
Gilmour, 1965: 592
(cat.);
Chemsak
et al.
, 1992: 137
(cat.);
Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 247
(checklist);
Maes
et al
., 1994: 39
(distr.);
Monné, 1995: 68
(cat.);
Maes, 1998: 928
(distr.);
Monné, 2005: 47
(cat.);
Swift
et al
., 2010: 38
(distr.);
Maes
et al.
, 2010: 446
(distr.);
Audureau & Roguet, 2018: 69
(distr.);
Monné, 2020: 58
(cat.).
Bates (1872)
described
Anisopodus argus
based on “several examples” from
Nicaragua
.
Aurivillius (1923)
, without explanation, transferred the species to
Hyperplatys
Haldeman, 1847
. It is difficult to understand the reasons why
Aurivillius (1923)
made this decision. Examination of the photograph of some specimens of the
type
series, as well as other specimens, show that the species is better placed in
Anisopodus
White, 1855
. Although the metafemora do not surpass the elytral apex, the size of metatarsomere I (about three times longer than II–III together), as well as the shape of the metafemora (peduncle noticeably long) and general appearance (somewhat elongate and slender) agrees much better with the
type
species of
Anisopodus
(
A. arachnoides
) than with the
type
species of
Hyperplatys
(
H. maculata
Haldeman, 1847
) (metatarsomere I, at most, twice as long as II–III together; metafemoral peduncle short; and general appearance shorter and stouter). Accordingly, the species is transferred to the original genus.