Proeme bucki ( Melzer, 1931 )

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de L. & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2023, Taxonomy of Oemini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), with key to American genera, notes and new taxa, Journal of Natural History 57 (41 - 44), pp. 1917-1948 : 1937-1939

Proeme bucki ( Melzer, 1931)

( Figures 43–48 )

Temnopis bucki Melzer, 1931: 51 ; Zikán and Wygodzinsky 1948: 43 (type). Proeme bucki Martins 1978b: 121 , Martins 1997: 129; Martins and Galileo 2004: 12, 92; Monné 2005: 425 (cat.); Monné et al. 2010: 242 (distr.); Monné et al. 2017b: 30 (holotype); Monné 2023: 642 (cat.).

Remarks. This species was originally described from Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul). Martins (1978b) recorded it from the following Brazilian states: Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina). According to Martins (1997: 130) (translated): ′The species is rare in the collections and, although it may occur in the states of São Paulo and Paraná (two of the states with better entomological knowledge), has not yet been recorded from them̍. Even without formal records, the species was wrongly reported as occurring from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul ( Monné 1993, 2005; Monné and Giesbert 1994; Martins and Galileo 2004). Probably due to this range of states, Monné (2023) reported: Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul. For now, there is no formal record of this species in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Paraná, and only now are we formally recording the species for the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.

The female of this species is illustrated here for the first time, and its general appearance is very similar to that of the male.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Encruzilhada, Estrada Rio-Bahia, km 965, Motel da Divisa , 960 m, 1 male ( MZSP 49207 ), XI .1974, Seabra and Roppa leg. ( MZSP). Espírito Santo (new state record): Aracruz , 1 female, no more data ( SSA); 1 female ( MZSP 49208 ), 30 . III .1992, no more data ( MZSP). Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre , holotype male ( MZSP 49209 ), XI .1927, P . Buck leg . ( MZSP).

Male genitalia in Oemini

Herein, we describe the male genitalia of some species of Oemini , currently allocated in Oemina and Methoidina: Argentinoeme schulzi , Martinsia scabrosa , Oeme costata , Temnospis megacephala ( Oemina ), Chromoeme angustissima , Proeme bucki and Xanthoeme signaticornis (Methionina) .

Figures

Figures 42–48. (42) Neoeme quinquelineata Zajciw, 1958, female from Brazil (Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa), prosternal and mesoventral processes. (43–48) Proeme bucki (Melzer, 1931), female from Espírito Santo: (43) dorsal habitus; (44) ventral habitus; (45) lateral habitus; (46) prosternal and mesoventral processes; (47) head, frontal view; (48) head, lateral view.