New species, new synonymies, a new rank, and new records in Desmiphorini, Saperdini, and Hemilophini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Author
Androw, Robert A.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Section of Invertebrate Zoology Pittsburgh, PA, USA
text
Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-06-24
2022
938
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7167968
1942-1354
7167968
DCAB0F19-79E2-462F-B7AB-940BD901237D
Dolichestola densepunctata
Breuning, 1942
(
Fig. 11–17
)
Dolichestola densepunctata
Breuning 1942: 165
;
1974: 124
; Monné 1994: 52 (cat.);
Monné and Giesbert 1994: 217
(checklist);
Monné 2005: 393
(cat.);
Monné and Hovore 2006: 244
(checklist);
Wappes et al. 2006: 29
(distr.);
Touroult et al. 2010: 32
;
Dalens and Touroult 2010: 46
(distr.);
Morvan and Roguet 2013: 25
(distr.); Monné 2022: 659 (cat.).
Breuning (1942)
briefly described
D
.
densepunctata
based on a single specimen from
French Guiana
(
Fig. 11
) as follows (translated): “Very close to my
annulicornis
, but the head extremely fine [finely punctate], the pronotum extremely densely punctate; the pubescence finer, forming narrow longitudinal bands on the elytra.
5 mm
.” However, the punctures on the pronotum are very similar to those in examined specimens of
D
.
annulicornis
, which are slightly variable especially in the density, and, apparently, are equal or nearly so also in the
holotypes
of
D
.
densepunctata
and the latter.
Breuning (1974)
translated the original description into French, and separated
D
.
densepunctata
from
D
.
annulicornis
and
D
.
vittipennis
by the sculpturing of the pronotum: pronotum extremely finely punctate, leading to
D
.
densepunctata
; and pronotum finely punctate, leading to
D
.
annulicornis
and
D
.
vittipennis
. This information in the key may suggest that the shape of the punctures is distinctly different, which is not true. In fact, the only reliable difference between
D
.
densepunctata
and
D
.
annulicornis
is the proportion between the length of the prothorax and elytra. In
D
.
densepunctata
, the elytra are proportionally shorter in both sexes (
Fig. 11, 13, 17
), while they are proportionally longer in both sexes of
D
.
annulicornis
(
Fig. 1–6
,
9, 10
). The punctures on the metaventrite are also very similar in the two species (
Fig. 8
,
14
).
Figures 9–17.
Dolichestola
spp.
9
)
Dolichestola annulicornis
Breuning, 1942
, holotype male, by Jesus Santiago Moure.
10)
Dolichestola vittipennis
Breuning, 1948
, holotype, by Jesus Santiago Moure.
11)
Dolichestola densepunctata
Breuning, 1942
, holotype male, by Jesus Santiago Moure.
12–16)
Dolichestola densepunctata
, female from Venezuela.
12)
Lateral habitus.
13)
Dorsal habitus.
14)
Punctation on the metaventrite.
15)
Ventral habitus.
16)
Head, frontal view.
17)
Dolichestola densepunctata
, male from Brazil (Pará), dorsal habitus.
Currently,
D
.
densepunctata
is known from
Panama
,
Bolivia
(
Santa Cruz
), and
French Guiana
(
Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2021
; Monné 2022).
Material examined.
VENEZUELA
(
new country record
),
MONAGAS
:
7 km
N Maturin, 200′,
1 female
,
1.VIII.1988
, C.W. and L. O’Brien leg. (
FSCA
, formerly ACMT).
BRAZIL
(
new country record
),
PARÁ
: Taperinha,
1 male
(
MZSP
49859), no date and collector indicated (
MZSP
).
Saperdini Mulsant, 1839