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Eucharitolus dorcadioides White 1855, comb. nov.

Description

Eucharitolus dorcadioides (White, 1855) comb. nov.

(Figs. 10–14)

Leiopus dorcadioides White, 1855: 382.

Lepturges dorcadioides; Bates, 1863: 378.

Urgleptes dorcadioides; Gilmour, 1959: 8; Monné, 2005: 149; Wappes et al., 2006: 37 (distr.); Morvan & Morati, 2006: 34 (distr.).

Redescription. Male. Integument brown. Body with predominance of whitish pubescence. Disc of pronotum brown. Elytra with longitudinal brown bands beginning at the base of the elytra and extending to the posterior quarter.

Upper eye lobes well separated, distance between them almost three times the width of a lobe. Antennae exceeding elytral apices at antennomere VI. Scape subequal in length to antennomere III, III–VIII subequal in length, IX–XI gradually increasing in length. Pronotum deeply and uniformly punctate. Lateral tubercle with base dilated. Prosternal process 1/5 as wide as procoxal cavity. Mesosternum depressed. Mesosternal process 1/3 as wide as mesocoxal cavity. Metasternal suture not reaching the anterior margin.

Elytra approximately 3.5 times as long as prothorax; surface densely and uniformly punctate, punctures deeper and coarser in anterior half. Humeri slightly projected anteriorly. Apices obliquely truncated, angles slightly produced.

Metatarsomere I 1.5 times as long as II–III together. Apex of urotergite V emarginate; urosternite V semicircular with angles strongly produced.

Female. Apex of urotergite V acute and gradually narrowed distally; urosternite V truncate, not exceeding elytral apices by more than half its length.

Measurements, in mm. male/female. n= 6/5. Total length, 6.78±0.32/7.18±0.51; prothorax length, 1.45±0.12/ 1.42±0.04; prothorax width at widest point, 2.13±0.10/2.14±0.17; elytral length, 4.73±0.23/5.00±0.42; humeral width, 2.33±0.16/2.48±0.19.

Geographical distribution. French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia and Mato Grosso) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz). This species is reported herein from Peru (Junin)

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Rondônia: Vilhena, 2 males, 2 females, X.1986, O. Roppa, P. Magno & J. Becker leg. Mato Grosso: Sinop, male, female, X.1974, Roppa & Alvarenga leg.; male, female, XI.1976, Roppa & Alvarenga leg.; Vera (12 46´S, 55 36´W), male, female, X.1973, Alvarenga & Roppa leg. PERU, Junin: Satipo, female, III.1941 (MNRJ).

Remarks. See comments under Eucharitolus spilotus sp nov. and Eucharitolus bellus.

Notes

Published as part of R, Juan Pablo Botero & Monné, Miguel A., 2012, Revision of the genus Eucharitolus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 43-53 in Zootaxa 3438 on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.211115

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
White
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Eucharitolus
Species
dorcadioides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Eucharitolus dorcadioides (White, 1855) sec. R & Monné, 2012

References

  • White, A. (1855) Catalogue of the coleopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Longicornia 2. British Museum, London, 8, 175 - 412.
  • Bates, H. W. (1863) Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (3) 12, 367 - 381.
  • Gilmour, E. F. (1959) On the Neotropical Acanthocinini V (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). New species of Lepturges Bates and Urgleptes Dillon. Opuscula Zoologica, 28, 1 - 10.
  • Monne, M. A. (2005) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Zootaxa, 1023, 1 - 759.
  • Wappes, J. E., Morris, R. F., Nearns, E. H. & Thomas, M. C. (2006) Preliminary list of Bolivian Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi, 20 (1 - 2), 1 - 45.
  • Morvan, O. & Morati, J. (2006) Contribution a la commaisance des Cerambycidae de la montagne de Kaw, Guyane Francaise (Coleoptera). Lambillionea, 106 (3), suppl. 2, p. 3 - 63.