Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884

Botero, Juan Pablo, 2015, Three new species, a lectotype designation, and taxonomic and geographic notes in Eburiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 148, pp. 1-22 : 14-15

Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884

Fig. 3 D–E

Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884: 86 . Volxemia dianella – Zajciw 1958: 686; 1974: 47. — Damoiseau & Cools 1987: 10. — Martins 1999: 154, fig. 96. — Monné 2005: 172. — Galileo et al. 2008: 17, 118. — Monné et al. 2010: 239.

In the original description of Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884 , the author mentioned that the species was described with 3 specimens: “ 1 ♀ rapportée de Botafogo par Van Volxem; 1 ♂ et 1 ♀ du Brésil, sans localité précise.” ( Lameere 1884). Damoiseau & Cools (1987) in their work about the type material of Cerambycidae deposited in the IRSNB mentioned only two specimens of V. dianella : “ 2 syntypes, (6), Brésil: Botafogo, ex coll. Van Volxem & Lacordaire ”. The number 6 refers to the faunistic region (Neotropical + Mexico).

Last year I had the opportunity to visit the Entomological Collection at the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, and corroborated the existence of only two type-specimens of Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884 , with no holotype originally designated. In order to promote nomenclatural stability and facilite further identifications of this species, a lectotype and paralectotype are herein designated.

Material examined

Lectotype

1 ♀ ( Fig. 3 D–E) (present designation): “ ♀ ”, “ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Bresil Bresil / ex. coll. Lameere ” “ Syntype ”, “ Volxemia / Dianella Lam.”, “det. Lameere ” and “ LECTOTYPE / Volxemia dianella / Lameere, 1884 / Des: Botero, J.P., 2015” ( IRSNB).

Paralectotype

1 ♀: “Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. / Bresil Botafogo / ex. coll. C. Van Volxem”, “ Volxemia / Dianella! / Ann. Belg. 1884. / 28 p. 85-86.”, “Type”, “ Syntype ♀ ”, and “ PARALECTOTYPE / Volxemia dianella / Lameere, 1884 / Des: Botero, J.P., 2015” ( IRSNB).

Figures

Fig. 3. A–B. Quiacaua vespertina (Monné & Martins, 1973) comb. nov., ♂. A. Dorsal view. B. Detail of antennomere III. — C. Eburodacrys longilineata White, 1853, detail of antennomere III. — D–E. Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884, lectotype. D. ♀, dorsal view. E. Lectotype labels. Scale bars = 2 mm.