Fourteen new species, one new genus, and eleven new country or state records for New World Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Author
Martins, Ubirajara R.
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Author
Galileo, Maria Helena M.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3980
1
81
105
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.5
03dbdf89-8642-4747-86f7-5ee065e0c9ec
1175-5326
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Wappesellus
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Wappesellus cavus
sp. nov.
Etymology
. The genus is named for James E. Wappes (ACMT), with the Latin suffix “ellus” = small, relating to the small size of the
type
species. Masculine gender.
Description
. General form slightly elongate. Size small. Frons subquadrate. Inferior ocular lobes distinctly longer than gena; superior ocular lobes distinctly separated from each other by more than width of one lobe. Antennae with 11 segments; about as long as body; scape without apical scar; antennomere III longer than scape and antennomere IV; antennomere IV longer than scape; antennomeres without long setae. Prothorax slightly transverse; laterally rounded about middle, without tubercles. Pronotum without tufts of pubescence; disc without tubercles. Elytra coarsely, densely punctate, without carinae; without gibbosities on basal one-third; elytral apex together rounded; surface without tufts of pubescence or setae. Femora clavate; peduncle and club length increasing from forelegs to hindlegs; dorsal surface of club of metafemora with large, deep, elliptical depression (hole-like), occupying most of surface.
Diagnosis
.
Wappesellus
gen. nov.
differs from all other genera of
Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
by the deep depression on dorsal surface of the metafemoral club.
Remarks
.
Wappesellus
can be included in the alternative of couplet “9”, from
Martins & Galileo (1998)
(translated; modified):
9(8). Antennomere III twice longer than IV; general shape elongate.........................
Muripi
Martins & Galileo, 1998
- Antennomere III distinctly shorter than twice length of IV; general shape more compact............................. 9’ 9’(9). Dorsal surface of metafemoral club with deep depression....................................
Wappesellus
gen. nov.
-
Dorsal surface of metafemoral club without depression...................................................... 10