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Ameriphoderes ayalai Clarke 2015, comb. nov.

Description

Ameriphoderes ayalai (Chemsak and Linsley, 1988) comb. nov.

(Fig. 33, 34)

Acyphoderes ayalai Chemsak and Linsley, 1988: 124; Monné 2005: 454 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on the examination of three paratypes in the EMEC collection.

Measurements (mm). 4 males / 5 females, total length, 11.2-16.2/14.7-17.15; length of prothorax, 2.05- 2.60/2.55-2.75; width of prothorax, 1.85-2.35/2.55-2.65; length of elytra, 4.45-5.55/5.90-6.40; width at humeri, 1.85-2.35/2.60-2.85.

Material analyzed. MEXICO, Jalisco, Est. Bio. Chamela, on flowers of Erythroxylum havanensis, 1 male, 25.VI.1991, F. A. Noguera col. (EMEC 202,777); ditto, 1 female, 25.VI.1991, J. & K. Ribardo col. (EMEC 202,778).

Material examined. Paratypes, MEXICO, Jalisco, Chamela, 1 male, 19. VI.1985, 1 male, 11.VII.1985, R. Ayala col. (EMEC 202,771 - 772); 28 km N. Chamela, 1 female, 16-19.VII.1987, J. Cope col. (EMEC 202,773); Chamela, 1 male and 1 female, 11.VII.1985, R. Ayala col. (EMEC 202,774 - 775); Careyes, FAMN 713. S.I Coccoloba sp., 1 female, 29.VII.1988, F. A. Noguera col. (EMEC 202,776); Cuitzmala, 1 female, 4.VII.1991, R. Ayala col. (EMEC 202,779).

Notes

Published as part of Clarke, Robin O. S., 2015, Revision of the genus Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833, with a brief synopsis of the genus Bromiades Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), pp. 1-92 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (401) on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4531694

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References

  • Chemsak, J. A. and E. G. Linsley. 1988. Additional new species of Cerambycidae from the Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Mexico and environs. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 77: 123 - 140.
  • Monne, M. A. 2005. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Zootaxa 946: 1 - 765.