Key to South American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) without erect setae on elytra; synonymies, transferences, revalidation, and notes on genera with erect setae on elytra
Author
Monné, Miguel A.
0000-0001-8825-3122
monne@uol.com.br
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
0000-0001-7128-1418
toncriss@uol.com.br
Author
Monné, Marcela L.
0000-0001-8825-3122
monne@uol.com.br
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-21
4863
1
1
65
journal article
9030
10.11646/zootaxa.4863.1.1
95a73980-ea3b-47d6-9841-774c62b4d825
1175-5326
4416817
66DCE172-2486-450B-AD2C-2D80F573348E
Pattalinus
Bates, 1881
(
Figs. 74–75
)
Pattalinus
Bates, 1881: 165
.
Type
species
—
Pattalinus charis
Bates, 1881
(subsequent designation, Monné, 1995a: 118).
Lepturguncus
Gilmour, 1961: 347
.
Syn. nov.
Type
species
—
Leptuguncus
(
L.
)
mirificus
Gilmour (1961)
(original designation).
Lepturguncus
(
Lepturguncus
)
Gilmour, 1961
a: 347
.
Patallinus
(
Lepturguncus
)
;
Gilmour, 1965: 587
.
Diagnosis.
Lateral tubercles of the prothorax coincident with the lateroposteiror angles or nearly so; antennae of males with internal spiniform projection in the extremity of antennomere V or VI; elytra without centrobasal crest or carinae. Number of species currently included: 3.
Remarks.
Bates (1881)
described
Pattalinus
for
P. charis
Bates, 1881
and
P. cultus
Bates, 1881
and commented: “The minute dentiform projection existing, in one species at the apex of the sixth, and in another of the fifth, antennal joint is of similar nature to that of the sixth joint in the males of
Lagochirus
[
sic
,
Lagocheirus
].” Still according to him,
Pattalinus
differs from
Lagocheirus
,
Coenopoeus
Horn, 1880
, and
Amniscus
Dejean, 1825
by the “spined thorax and smooth surface of the body.” Curiously, he did not compare
Pattalinus
with
Paroecus
Bates, 1863
.
Paroecus
was described for two species,
P. ellipticus
Bates, 1863
, and
P. rigidus
Bates, 1863
.
Bates (1863c)
did not indicate the presence of a protuberance at apex of some antennomeres as a generic feature, but indicated that in
P. ellipticus
the “tips of most of the joints [are] slightly thickened.” The presence of this protuberance at the apex of some antennomeres was not mentioned in
P. rigidus
, and it is not present in the specimens examined.
Thomson (1857)
described
Astynomus celebensis
from Celebes.
Thomson (1864)
described
Hysterotarsus
and reported: “
Type
:
H.
Batesii
Thomson
. / Syn.:
Astynomus celebensis
Thomson, Arch. Ent. I
, p. 289 (Nomen propter patriae errorem mutatum.)”. He also indicated “Amaz.”, probably meaning that the species was from
Amazonas
or Amazonian region. The species-group name “
batesii
” is an unnecessary substitute name (
ICZN 1999
: Article 18), but available.
Paroecus ellipticus
is a junior synonym of
Paroecus celebensis
(
Thomson, 1857
) (
Lacordaire 1872
)
. The
syntypes
of both has setae on elytral margins.
Pattalinus charis
,
P. cultus
, and apparently
Paroecus rigidus
also has no erect setae on elytral margins.
Gilmour (1961)
described
Lepturguncus
and commented: “This new genus appears to be most closely allied to
Lepturges Bates
but differs at first glance through the fifth antennal segment bearing a strong broad hooked projecting process internally (in male at least), and, whilst being very like
Lepturges
in appearance, the elytra are a little noticeably swollen centro-basally, although very broadly and obtusely. The antennal process is similar to that in
Alcathous
Thomson
and
Xenocona
Gilmour
, but in both these genera it is present on the third, not fifth, antennal segment, apart from several other conspicuous differences.”
Gilmour (1961)
divided
Lepturguncus
into two subgenera,
L.
(
Lepturguncus
), with only
L.
(
L.
)
mirificus
Gilmour, 1961
, and
L.
(
Chaeturguncus
), with only
L.
(
C.
)
vittulatus
Gilmour, 1961
: “This new subgenus [
L.
(
Chaeturguncus
] forms a similar parallel in the genus
Lepturguncus
Gilmour
, as does the subgenus
Chaeturges
Gilmour
in the genus
Lepturges
Bates. It
may be immediately separated from the typical genus, through the elytral margin bearing numerous short, stiff, distinct setae.”
Gilmour (1965)
synonymized
Lepturguncus
(
Chaeturguncus
)
with
Pattalinus
, and considered
Lepturguncus
as a subgenus of
Pattalinus
. However, this was a mistake because, as seen above, the
type
species of
Pattalinus
has no erect setae on margins of the elytra. Accordingly,
Lepturguncus
(
Chaeturguncus
)
is a new junior synonym of
Paroecus
(belonging to the group of genera with erect setae on elytra—see
Monné
et al.
2020
), and
Lepturguncus
(
Lepturguncus
)
is a junior synonym of
Pattalinus
. See new combinations in
Parocecus
below.