A review of the genus Potemnemus Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea
Author
Wallin, Henrik
Author
Kvamme, Torstein
text
Zootaxa
2015
4040
5
501
542
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.1
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Potemnemus wolfi
Berchmans, 1925
:
3
sp. res.
Figs. 18
,
19, 20
,
81
.
Remarks.
P. wolfi
Berchmans, 1925
was designated as a junior synonym of
P. rosenbergii
Vollenhoven, 1871
by
Breuning (1944)
and also assumed to be a synonym by
De
Jong (1947)
, but not formalized.
Examined
type
specimen. HT
♀ ZMA (photo examination), BL = 46.0 mm,
Papua New Guinea
, Madang (formerly Alexishafen), 1911, leg. P. R. Niedurny.
Other examined specimens:
1♂
CUN,
BL
=
42.1 mm
,
Papua New Guinea
, Morobe Province (MP), Bulolo, Mauki Range, 1997.09.0 9, leg. M. Hudson;
1♂
CUN,
BL
= 41.0 mm,
Papua New Guinea
, MP, Aseki, Hiewini Village, 1998.03.27, leg. M. Hudson; 1♀ CUN,
BL
= 46.0 mm,
Papua New Guinea
, MP, Aseki, Yeva Village, 1997.06.19, leg. M. Hudson.
Morphological characteristics.
a large and broad species (
BL
= 41.0–46.0 mm) with body approximately 2.9 x longer than wide (
Figs. 18–19
).
Antennae:
of medium length in both sexes, extending beyond apices by about 4 antennomeres.
Thorax:
pronotum with an elongated dark brown patch medially surrounded by dense whitish pubescence mixed with orange to light brown pubescence. There are two tiny almost oblique tubercles medially on pronotum, remaining surface of pronotum flat.
Elytra:
with two white transverse bands or spots from apices, remaining part of elytra light brown. Surface is flattened with very small granules (
Fig. 18–20
). The slightly elevated and transverse ridge on the middle of elytra is very weak.
Venter:
Prosternal process with a large and pointing tubercle anteriorly. Mesosternum, and abdominal ventrites, weakly mottled with a mixture of short brownish and greyish pubescence.
Remarks.
This rarely collected species is characterized by the unique color patterns on pronotum and elytra. The
HT
is missing the pronotum, but the white lateral spots on elytra shows that it truly belongs to
P. wolfi
sp. res.
The species has only been found in
Papua New Guinea
, near the northern coast and in the mountains in the Morobe Province (
Fig. 81
).