Colobothea brullei Gahan, 1889

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2010, Synopsis of the genus Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Bolivia, with descriptions of two new species and new country records (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 2542, pp. 33-47 : 37-38

Colobothea brullei Gahan, 1889

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Colobothea brullei Gahan, 1889: 389 ; Monné, 2005: 340 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006: 38 (distr.). Colobothea numida Aurivillius, 1902: 214 .

Comments The males can be distinguished by the obtuse spine on the apex of antennomere VI. C. denotata Monné, 2005 also has a spine on the antenna, but at the apex of antennomere V.

Geographical distribution. Widely distributed in South America, from Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Goiás, São Paulo, Paraná), Peru, and Bolivia, to Paraguay and Argentina.

Specimens examined. BOLIVIA, Beni: Rurrenabaque, 2 males, 2 females, X.1962, L. Peña leg. Cochabamba: Provincia Chapare, male, 3 females, R. Zischka leg. same locality, 2 females, 17.X.1945, H. Zellibor leg. male, female, III.1953, A Maller leg. Santa Cruz: Buenavista, 2 females, X.1922, J. Steinbach leg. All in the MNRJ.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, Colobothea sublunulata Zajciw Ƥ; 2, Colobothea lunulata Lucas Ƥ; 3, Colobothea naevigera Bates Ƥ; 4, Colobothea sordida Aurivillius Ƥ; 5, Colobothea bisignata Bates 3; 6, Colobothea brullei Gahan Ƥ.