Ecliptoides titoi, S., 2009

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2009, Bolivian Rhinotragini I: New species of ECLIPTOIDES Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2005 new status, and CLEPITOIDES new genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Robin O. S. Clarke, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (43), pp. 563-576 : 570

Ecliptoides titoi sp. nov.

( Figs. 3A, 3B )

Holotype: male. Size 6.4 mm. Deposited at MNKM.

Diagnosis: separation of E. titoi sp. nov. from the other Bolivian species of this genus has been outlined in the discussion following those species. From E. hovorei it can be separated by the black, harp-shaped figure at sides of pronotum, absent in the French Guiana species; and sides of elytra entirely black in the other two French Guiana species, partially black in E. titoi sp. nov.

General colour: opaque yellow and black to dusky. Head pale yellow. Antenna: scape yellow with dusky apex; pedicel chestnut; antennomeres III and IV chestnut with narrow yellow base; V-X with basal half yellow, apical half brown; XI brown. Pronotum yellow, the latter with broad, parallel-sided candelabrum at centre, and black harp-shaped figure at sides of pronotum, the latter just touching candelabrum at apex. Scutellum black. Elytra yellow, sides from basal 2/3 narrowly black to apex, extreme apex almost entirely yellow. Entire underside yellow, except: inner margin of mesepisternum, sides of metasternum and entire metepisternum dusky; abdomen slightly orange; apical tergite with black apex. Legs, including coxae, yellow, except: dorsad of mesofemora with small, chestnut fascia at apex; small, irregular, chestnut ring around apex of metafemoral club, extending for short distance abapically along mesal side; apical half of mesotibia and 2/3 of metatibiae black; pro- and mesotarsi yellow with dusky onychium, metatarsomere I pale chestnut with narrow yellow base, II and III yellow, onychium chestnut. Apex of wings dusky.

Structure: Head. Inferior lobes very large (1.8 x 1.6 units) and convex, together equal to width of pronotum; submentum sparsely carinate with isolated punctures, rest of underside smooth and impunctate. Antenna long and slender, just passing apex of elytra as far as apex of urosternite II; antennomere III comparatively long (0.59 mm).

Thorax. Prothorax elongate, 1/5 longer than wide, front and hind borders subequal, sides rounded, basal constriction distinct. Pronotum convex, surface of candelabrum very slightly depressed for basal half and basally, adjacent surface of disc, raised into indistinct calli; apical half sparsely hirsute and densely covered by sericeous pubescence, and spreading to cover harp-shaped mark almost entirely; disc with mixture of scabrous and alveolate, contiguous, punctures. Mesothorax with elytra weakly dehiscent, reaching apex of urosternite II; broad, gradually narrowing to apices; uniformly covered with relatively sparse punctures, denser on middle third of sides; hirsute for basal half, from base to apex with moderately dense, recumbent, short, pubescence, becoming denser towards apex; apex truncate and slightly oblique, lateral angle with spicule.

Abdomen. Elongate, narrow, slightly tapering from base to apex; length of I-III subequal; urosternite V slightly trapezoidal, with deep, V-shaped depression from apex to base, and sinuate apical border.

Measurements (mm), 1♂: total length 6.4; length of pronotum 1.2; width of pronotum 0.9; length of elytra 2.7; humeral width 1.0.

Type material: Holotype male, BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 17°29’96”S/ 63°39’13”W, 420 m, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5 km SSE Buena Vista , 2.XI.2005, R. Clarke/ S. Zamalloa col., on/flying to flowers of “ Sama blanca chica” ( MNKM).

Etymology: This species has been named after my good friend, Alberto (“Tito”) Descarpontriez, and generous supporter of our work.

Figures

FIGURAS 1‑3: Species of Ecliptoides stat. nov. 1. Ecliptoides julietae sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. female paratype. 2. Ecliptoides vargasi sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. male holotype lateral. 3. Ecliptoides titoi sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. male holotype lateral.