New genus and two new species of American Desmiphorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Author
Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2017
4244
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145
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journal article
36250
10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.9
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Rosalbopsis
gen. nov.
Type species.
Rosalbopsis wappesi
sp. nov.
Etymology
. Allusive to its general appearance as in some species of
Rosalba
Thomson, 1864 (Apomecynini)
; opsis, from Greek όψις (“aspect”, “appearance”). Feminine gender.
Description
.
Female
. Body elongate, moderate size. Head slightly elongate behind eyes; frons transverse. Eyes coarsely faceted; connection between upper and lower lobes wide, with 5 ommatidia; distanced between upper eye lobes slight wider than width of one lobe. Genal apex rounded. Antennae distinctly longer than body, 11- segmented; scape elongate, subcylindrical, shorter than antennomere III, dorsally without depression, without apical cicatrix; antennomeres filiform, with sparse, thick setae ventrally, about 1.5 times longer than diameter of antennomere. Prothorax cylindrical; sides with blunt, small tubercle, slightly widened from base and apex to lateral tubercle. Pronotal disc without tubercles. Procoxal cavities distinctly angulate laterally; mesocoxal cavities closed laterally, but lateral lobes of mesosternum not touching base of metasternum. Pro- and mesosternal process wide, distinctly not laminiform; mesosternal process without tubercle. Elytra without differentiated structure on basal third, laterally parallel-sided at basal 2/3, gradually tapering to apex at distal third; apex slightly obliquely truncate (rounded appearance); surface without long, erect setae. Legs not notably short, with apex of mesofemora reaching at about apex of third abdominal segment; mesotibiae slightly obliquely sulcate dorsally; metatarsomere V almost as long as I–III together.
Remarks
.
Rosalbopsis
belongs to the group of genera with scape without apical cicatrix, prothorax with lateral tubercle and elytra without differentiated structure on basal third of the elytra. It differs from
Disgregus
Galileo & Martins, 2009
, by the filiform antennomeres and without abundant long setae, while in
Disgregus
the antennomeres have long and abundant setae (mainly V–XI), V–XI are distinctly shortened, and V–X are somewhat serrate.
Rosalbopsis
differs from
Stereomerus
Melzer, 1935
, by the head not elongate behind eyes (distinctly elongate in
Stereomerus
), legs longer (short in
Stereomerus
), apex of metafemora reaching at about apex of abdominal segment III (usually slightly surpassing apex of I in
Stereomerus
). It can be separated from
Esaguasu
Galileo & Martins, 2007
, mainly by the elytral apex without distinct spine at outer angle (present in
Esaguasu
) and by the mesosternal process without tubercle (with rounded tubercle sulcate centrally in
Esaguasu
). It differs from
Heteresmia
Monné, 2005
, by the scape and antennomeres without long and abundant setae, while in
Heteresmia
the scape, pedicel, antennomere III and base of IV have dense and long setae throughout.
Rosalbopsis
differs from
Atelodesmis
Buquet, 1857
, mainly by the distance between upper eye lobes slightly wider than width of one lobe (distinctly wider than width of one lobe in
Atelodesmis
). It differs from
Aconopteroides
Breuning, 1959
, by the elytra not strongly narrowed from base to apex (notably tapering in
Aconopteroides
), and by the elytral apex subrounded (strongly obliquely truncate in notably tapering in
Aconopteroides
). It differs from
Tigrinestola
Breuning, 1949
, mainly by the sides of prothorax slightly enlarged from base and apex toward lateral tubercle and by the lateral tubercle smaller (more distinctly enlarged and with larger lateral tubercle in
Tigrinestola
), and by the metatarsomere V almost as long as I–III together (about as long as I in
Tigrinestola
).
Rosalbopsis
can be separated from
Pseudestola
Breuning, 1940
, by the elytra not together rounded at apex (rounded in
Pseudestola
), and by the metatarsomere V almost as long as I–III together (about as long as I in
Pseudestola
). It differs from
Mimestola
Breuning, 1940
, by the small tubercle at sides of prothorax (larger in
Mimestola
), and by the pronotal disc without tubercles (present in
Mimestola
).
Rosalbopsis
differs from
Tesapeus
Galileo & Martins, 2012
, by the lateral tubercle of prothorax small and placed at about mid-length (large and place near base in
Tesapeus
), and by the eyes not divided (divided in
Tesapeus
). It differs from
Ibypeba
Martins & Galileo, 2012
, by the elytra without long and erect setae (present in
Ibypeba
), and by the lateral tubercle of the prothorax placed about mid-length (near base in
Ibypeba
). Finally, it differs from
Micratelodesmis
Martins & Galileo, 2012
, by the basal antennomeres without long and abundant setae (present in
Micratelodesmis
), and by the elytra without long and erect setae (present in
Micratelodesmis
).