Monodesmus atratus Fisher, 1932

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2015, The Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola, with Diagnoses, Descriptions of New Species, Distribution Records, and a Key for Identification, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3), pp. 353-388 : 358

7. Monodesmus atratus Fisher, 1932 ( Figs. 2a , 14b )

Discussion. This very rare species is recorded for the first time from Hispaniola on the basis of one specimen collected in the Dominican Republic near the Haitian border. This is a new country record for this species, formerly known only from Cuba (Monné 2015).

This species is distinctive by having mostly glabrous elytra with very large, contiguous punctures and a pronounced, acute, mediolateral pronotal spine. Its congener from Cuba, Monodesmus callidioides Audinet-Serville, 1832 has elytra that are mostly smooth. The one Hispaniolan specimen examined differs from the Cuban holotype in having the lateral pronotal spines more slender and turning slightly posteriorly at their apices .

Hispaniolan Localities. D O M I N I C A N REPUBLIC: Elías Piña Province (Río Limpio, Caseta Médico , 27 June 1999, M. Ivie [ WIBF]) .

Figures

Fig. 2. Dorsal habitus of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Monodesmus atratus, male holotype, b) Sarifer seabrai, male, c) Prionus aureopilosus, male, d) P. aureopilosus, female, e) Derancistrus anthracinus, female, f) Derancistrus elegans, female, g) Derancistrus hovorei, female holotype, h) Elateropsis antennatus, female, i) Elateropsis femoratus, male variant.

Fig. 14. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Stenodontes exsertus, b) Monodesmus atratus, Sarifer seabrai, and Prionus aureopilosus.