Oreodera simplex Bates, 1861

Machado, Vanessa S. & Monné, Marcela L., 2011, Revision of Anoreina Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 2970, pp. 1-32 : 25-26

Oreodera simplex Bates, 1861

( Figs 76–83 ; 106–110)

Oreodera simplex Bates, 1861: 148 ; Gemminger & Harold, 1873: 3141 (catalogue); Aurivillius, 1923: 377 (catalogue); Blackwelder, 1946: 609 (catalogue); Gilmour, 1965: 605 (catalogue); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 236 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 32 (catalogue); Monné & Giesbert, 1995: 243 (checklist); Berkov & Tavakilian, 1999: 188 (host plant); Berkov et al., 2000: 445 (host plant); Monné, 2001b: 46 (catalogue); Morvan & Morati, 2006: 37 (distribution). Anoreina pinimaiuba Martins & Galileo, 2008: 72 , fig. 4. Syn. nov.

Host plant: Eschweilera coriacea (DC.) S. A. Mori ( Lecythidaceae ).

Bates (1861) described Oreodera simplex ( Figs 108–110 ) from Brazil (Amazonas), based on one specimen: a male. Martins & Galileo (2008) described Anoreina pinimaiuba ( Figs. 106, 107 ) from Brazil (Amazonas), based on two specimens: a male and a female.

Examination of the male holotype ( Fig. 106 ) and female paratype ( Fig. 107 ) of Anoreina pinimaiuba , the photograph of the holotype of Oreodera simplex , and the original descriptions and 23 specimens of Oreodera simplex , revealed two differences between the holotypes: the aspect of the yellowish pubescence and the punctation. Analyzing 25 specimens, including the paratype of Anoreina pinimaiuba , revealed considerable variation in the color pattern of the elytra ( Figs. 106–110 ) which can form isolated spots to transverse bands, and the elytral punctation, which can be restricted to the basal half or extend to the apices. We conclude that Anoreina pinimaiuba is an extreme morphological variant of Oreodera simplex , and this was only possible to be observed through an examination of a series of specimens. Its presence in Oreodera is confirmed by the presence on the pronotum of one pair of slightly prominent tubercles along with having the elytral disc depressed. Despite Bates (1861) and Martins & Galileo (2008) considered the pronotum without tubercles, it is possible to observe one pair of slightly prominent tubercles, unlike other species of Anoreina .

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Amapá: Serra do Navio (Assentamento), female, IX.1996, Paulo R. Magno leg. (MNRJ); male and 4 females, X.1996, Paulo R. Magno leg. (MNRJ); Pará: Jacareacanga, female, XII.1968, M. Alvarenga leg. (MNRJ); female, Acc n° 2966, Julho (MZSP); Amazonas: Estirão do Equador, R. Javari, female, XI.1958, F. M. Oliveira leg. (MNRJ); male (holotype of Anoreina pinimaiuba ), Manaus (Reserva Ducke, AM 0 10, Km 26), 25.VII.1978, armadilha de Malaise (MZSP); female (paratype of Anoreina pinimaiuba ), same locality of the holotype, 18.IV.1978 J. Arias & N. Penny leg. armadilha de Malaise (INPA); Tabatinga, 2 males, X.1958, F. M.Oliveira leg. (MNRJ); male, XI.1958, F. M.Oliveira leg. (MNRJ); male, I.1959, F. M.Oliveira leg. (MNRJ); male and 2 females, X.1977, B. Silva leg. (MNRJ); male, XI.1977, B. Silva leg. (MNRJ); male, XII.1977, B. Silva leg. (MNRJ); 2 males, VIII.1978, B. Silva leg. (MNRJ); Rondônia: Ouro Preto do Oeste, females, X.1983, O. Roppa, J. Becker & B. Silva leg. (MNRJ); BOLIVIA, Cochabamba: Provincia Chapare, male, 8.XII.1945, H. Zellibor leg. (MNRJ); Vila Tunari, female, 10–25.XI.1992, G. Arriagada leg. (MZSP).

Figures

FIGURES 76 – 83. Male terminalia, Oreodera simplex, 76, tergite 8; 77, sternite 8; 78, tegmen; 79, ventral arc; 80 – 81, median lobe dorsal, lateral. Female terminalia, 82 sternite 8; 83, spermathecal complex.

FIGURES 106 – 110. 106, Anoreina pinimaiuba Martins & Galileo, 2008 holotype male; 107, paratype female; 108 – 110, Oreodera simplex Bates, 1861.