Hermerius impar Newman, 1844

Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 33-96 : 66-67

Hermerius impar Newman, 1844

( Figs. 10 H–J, 11F , 14K , 15N , 18A )

Hermerius impar Newman, 1844: 415 . TL: Kangaroo Island , South Australia. Lectotype in BNHM (designated here).

Cnemoplites (Hermerius) impar: Lameere, 1903a: 45 ; 1919: 40; McKeown, 1947: 9.

Diagnosis. Male of H. impar can be separated to other Hermerius species by the following characters: pronotum and ventral side of the whole thorax bearing relatively long and dense hairs; elytra glabrous; sexual setal patch present on abdominal ventrites 1–5; antennae filiform, with antennomere 3 longer than scape or antennomere 4. Females are densely setose on ventral side of thorax; pronotum bears few hairs laterally; legs are glabrous and smooth, protibia is without teeth along external margin.

Types. Lectotype designated here: male specimen ( BNHM-010799794 ) deposited in BNHM, with the following labels “Ent. Club. 44-12 | Hermerius impar ♂ Newm., Kangaroo Island, 4/5” . Paralectotype female deposited in BNHM, ID as BNHM-010799855.

Material examined ( Fig. 18A ). Australia: MV (1 ♂): [no data]. South Australia: ANIC (1 ♀): Vivonne Bay , Hall, G.P., Jan. 1976 ; SAM (1 ♂): Kangaroo Island .

Molecular data. BioSample ID: SAMN12650013, SAMN12650048.

Figures

Figure 10. Hermerius spp. A–B: H. fairmairei (Lameere); C–D: H. occidentalis sp. nov., Holotype; E–G: H. howei (Thomson); H–J: H. impar Newman. A, C, E, H: male, dorsal; B, D, F, I: male, ventral; G, J: female, dorsal.

Figure 11. A–G: Hermerius spp. A–C: H. prionoides (Thomson); D: H. fairmairei (Lameere); E: H. occidentalis; F: H. impar Newman; G: H. howei (Thomson); H–J: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński. A, H: male, dorsal; B, I: male, ventral; C, J: female, dorsal; D–G: male, abdominal ventrite 3.

Figure 14. Male genitalia, each figure from left to right: tegmen (ventral), tegmen (lateral), penis (ventral). A: Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay); B: Analophus parallelus Waterhouse; C: Anomophysis coxalis (Gahan); D: Archetypus marginatus sp. nov.; E: Brephilydia jejuna (Pascoe); F: Cnemoplites edulis Newman; G: Cryptipus frenchi (Blackburn); H: Eurynassa servillei Thomson; I: Hagrides princeps (Gahan); J: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński; K: Hermerius impar Newman; L: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere).

Figure 15. A–C: male genitalia, each figure from left to right: tegmen (ventral), tegmen (lateral), penis (ventral). A: Teispes insularis (Hope); B: Utra nitida Jordan; C: Xixuthrus microcerus (White). D–R: ovipositor. D: Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay); E: Analophus parallelus Waterhouse; F: Anomophysis coxalis (Gahan); G: Archetypus marginatus sp. nov.; H: Brephilydia jejuna (Pascoe); I: Cnemoplites edulis Newman; J: Cryptipus frenchi (Blackburn); K: Eurynassa servillei Thomson; L: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński; M: Hagrides princeps (Gahan); N: Hermerius impar Newman; O: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere); P: Teispes insularis (Hope); R: Utra nitida Jordan; R: Xixuthrus microcerus (White).

Figure 18. Distribution maps based on specimens examined.