Canidia mexicana Thomson
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Canidia mexicana Thomson
Figs. 3 d, 4e, 5e, 7e, 9e; Map 2
Canidia mexicana Thomson, 1860: 14. Type locality: Mexico.
Dectes mexicana: Bates, 1881: 174; Bates 1885: 408.
Canidiopsis mexicanus: Dillon, 1955: 180; Gilmour, 1965: 581; Monné and Giesbert 1993: 243; Monné and Giesbert, 1995; Monné and Hovore, 2004.
Canidiopsis similis Dillon, 1955: 182; Gilmour, 1965: 581; Monné and Giesbert, 1993: 243; Monné and Giesbert, 1995; Monné and Hovore, 2004. Type locality: Mexico, Morelos, Cuernavaca. New synonymy.
Canidiopsis hebes Dillon, 1955: 185; Gilmour, 1965: 581; Monné and Giesbert, 1993: 243; Monné and Giesbert, 1995; Monné and Hovore, 2004. Type locality: Mexico, Morelos, Cuernavaca. New synonymy.
Specimens examined: 227 including the holotype and seven paratypes of Canidiopsis similis Dillon and the holotype and one paratype of C. hebes Dillon. Occurs in central Mexico (Map 2).
Remarks: This species is most easily recognized by its multicolored vestiture and carinate scape with truncated apical process. Within populations, fully marked individuals (distinct inverted chevron elytral fasciae and pronotal vittae) are found along with poorly marked individuals (vague fasciae and indistinct pronotal vittae). Typically specimens have white speckling on the dorsal surface and discernible mottling on the scape and femora. Some specimens of the new species, Canidia chemsaki, have a similar general appearance but can be readily separated by the rounded process at the apex of the scape and the more southern distribution.
Note: One of the paratypes of Canidiopsis hebes Dillon from “Envir de Guadalajara, Estat. de Jalisco, M. Duquet, 1901” is assigned to Canidia canescens Dillon.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Genus
- Canidia
- Species
- mexicana
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Thomson, J. M. (1860) Essai d'une classification de la famille des cerambycides et materiaux pour servir a une monographie de cette famille. Paris, 404 pp.
- Dillon, L. S. (1955) Revision of the Neotropical Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) I. The genus Canidia and its allies. Entomological News, 66, 141 - 149, 176 - 187.
- Gilmour, E. F. (1965) Lieferung 8. In Breuning, S., Catalogues des Lamiaires du Monde (Col.
- Monne, M. A. & Giesbert, E. F. (1993) Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, California, 410 pp.
- Monne, M. A. and Giesbert, E. F. (1995) Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere, second edition. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, California, 419 pp.
- Monne, M. A. and Hovore, F. T. (2004) Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae of the Western Hemisphere. Available from www. hovore. com (accessed 10 February 2005).