Revision of Aneflomorpha Casey and Neaneflus Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the United States with an illustrated key to species
Author
Lingafelter, Steven W.
8920 S. Bryerly Ct. Hereford, Arizona, 85615
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Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-10-14
2022
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.7399054
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Neaneflus
Linsley, 1957
(
Fig. 17
,
18
)
Neaneflus
Linsley 1957: 19
.
Type
species.
Elaphidion fuchsii
Wickham, 1905
. Original designation.
Discussion.
The genus
Neaneflus
was proposed by
Linsley (1957)
based on the single species,
Elaphidion fuchsii
Wickham (1905)
, described from the Mojave Desert in
California
. This species was distinguished from other genera of
Elaphidiini
, especially
Aneflus
and
Aneflomorpha
, in having the procoxal cavities widely open, the outer antennal flagellomeres not or vaguely carinate, and the elytra rounded apicolaterally.
Chemsak (1962)
subsequently described
N. brevispinus
, which is synonymized with
Aneflomorpha opacicornis
herein.
Linsley (1963)
stated that “the robust form and broadly expanded, not or only vaguely carinate antennae will distinguish it from
Aneflomorpha
.”
Since some of these character states (widely open procoxal cavities, elytral apices rounded apicolaterally, and antennae vaguely carinate) are present in some
Aneflomorpha
,
Neaneflus
in this work is further diagnosed as having antennae that are covered with a vestiture of very short, erect setae throughout and nearly lacking longer recumbent setae and the pronotum that is as wide as or wider than long. Specimens of
N. fuchsii
(females of
N. opacicornis
not known) present striking sexual dimorphism in the antennal length and form to a degree not seen in other
Elaphidiini
which may serve as another character defining
Neaneflus
.