Anipocregyes Breuning, 1939

Yamasako, Junsuke & Makihara, Hiroshi, 2017, Review of the genus Anipocregyes Breuning, 1939 with two new species from Borneo (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Mesosini), Zootaxa 4250 (5), pp. 461-474 : 462

Anipocregyes Breuning, 1939

Anipocregyes Breuning, 1939: 65 , type species: Anipocregyes multifasciculatus Breuning, 1939 ; Breuning, 1959: 56; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 331.

Cristipocregyes Breuning, 1965a: 33 , type species: Cristipocregyes rondoni Breuning, 1965 ; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 329. Syn. nov.

Setomesosa Breuning, 1968: 6 , type species: Setomesosa rondoni Breuning, 1968 ; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 329. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis. This genus is unique within the tribe Mesosini Mulsant, 1839 in a combination of the following features: eye subdivided with vertically long lower lobe; occiput more or less swollen; antenna provided with somewhat dense suberect setae beneath; antennomere 3 subequal or slightly longer than scape and antennomere 4, respectively; prosternal process roundly sloped in lateral view; mesosternal process with a tubercle on the center near apex; paramere of male genitalia provided with a cylindroid projection on ventral side; endophallus with LSp unidentate and APH rudimentary.

It is somewhat similar to the genus Clyzomedus Pascoe, 1864 in general appearance, but distinguishable from the latter by having suberect setae on the body and paramere with ventral projection.

Redescription. Body small to moderate size in Mesosini , rotund and robust, provided with long suberect setae which are especially distinct on head, inferior side of antenna, and tibiae. Head with occiput more or less roundly swollen dorsally. Eye subdivided into upper and lower lobes which are connected posteriorly by a narrow line; lower lobe large, well prominent, vertically long. Antennal tubercle gently elevate. Antenna somewhat robust; scape thick, with narrow ridge on lateral side and developed cicatrix on the apex of outer side; antennomere 3 subequal or slightly longer than scape and antennomere 4 respectively. Pronotum with three obtuse tubercles on disk, which are usually distinct in smaller species but indistinct in larger species; lateral side with dull small projection near apex. Elytra more or less with longitudinal obtuse ridge or swelling on each middle behind base. Prosternal process not projected blow, roundly sloped in lateral view. Mesosternal process with tubercle on the center near apex, nearly truncate in lateral view. Legs with mesotibia without distal notch on outer margin.

Male genitalia with tegmen slender in dorsal view. Paramere in dorsal view more or less constricted behind base, curved toward rounded apex; ventral side provided with inwardly directed cylindroid projection behind basal constriction, gently concave just behind the projection. Endophallus slender, subdivided into BPH, MPH (MT+CT and short PB), and rudimentary APH, provided with three kind of spicules, MSp, LSp, and SSp; MSp and SSp minute; LSp unidentate; a single ED on dorsal side of APH.

Remarks. Two genera, Cristipocregyes and Setomesosa , are synonymized with Anipocregyes herein by reasons mentioned below.