Trachelissa pustulata (Audinet-Serville, 1834)

Ferreira, Gabriel S., Corrêa, Caio C. D., Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2024, New species of the wasp-mimic Parahephaestion Melzer, 1930 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with new records, Zootaxa 5418 (3), pp. 291-300 : 296

Trachelissa pustulata (Audinet-Serville, 1834)

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Distribution. BRAZIL (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S„o Paulo, and Paraná). Here we recorded it for the RPPN Sanctuary of Caraça.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas , RPPN Sanctuary of Caraça, Casa da Ponte , 20°5’55.10”S 43°29’24.83”W, 1287 m, female, 18.xi.2022, Monné, M.L. leg. ( MNRJ-ENT7-47247 ) .

Diagnosis. This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: shiny body surface; antennomere III with a longitudinal sulcus (male); antennomere XII about half the length of III (male) and antennomere XI about half the length of III (female); prothorax about as long as wide; pronotum with a pair of tubercles near the posterior margin; elytra about 3 times as long as prothorax; elytra glabrous with sparse, fine punctures ( Quintino & Monné 2014: 504, figs. 122–132).

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FIGURE 3A–H. New records in Cerambycidae. Dorsal habitus. A—Sphalloeme costipennis Melzer, 1928; B—Thalusia atrata (Melzer, 1918); C—Trachelissa pustulata (Audinet-Serville, 1834); D—Ateralphus dejeani (Lane, 1973); E—Oreodera omissa Melzer, 1932; F—Phacellocera plumicornis (Klug, 1825); G—Oncideres impluviata (Germar, 1823); H—Psyllotoxus griseocinctus Thomson, 1868.