Pedostrangalia (Neosphenalia) verticenigra ( Pic, 1892 )

Şimşek, Burcu Şabanoğlu, Türkmen, Senem Özdemir & Sert, Osman, 2024, Faunistic and systematic studies on the Lepturini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lepturinae) in the Aegean region of Türkiye, Zootaxa 5541 (2), pp. 163-184 : 168

Pedostrangalia (Neosphenalia) verticenigra ( Pic, 1892)

Specimens Examined: Denizli: Babadağ, between IŞıklar – Babadağ , 05.VII.2022, 38°48′12″N, 28°47′06″E, 1409 m, 1♂, Leg. B. Şabanoğlu ; İzmir: Mordoğan , 22.V.2022, 38°28′13″N, 26°35′14″E, 37 m, 1♂, Leg. B. Şabanoğlu ; Manisa: Central county, Spil Mountain National Park , 04.VII.2022, 38°33′43″N, 27°26′49″E, 1322 m, 1♂ Leg. U. Özfuçucu .

Distribution in Türkiye: Ege Bölgesi ( Özdikmen, 2008), Artvin, Erzurum, Isparta, Rize.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 4 D ): Total length of aedeagus 3.2 mm. Median lobe almost straight in lateral view, median struts separated up to medio-proximal. Median lobe almost parallel from medio-proximal to distal. Median lobe with a triangular apex, a narrowly tapered median orifice, and triangular edge of the median foramen. Tegmen with a very vague roof part. Lateral lobes of tegmen almost parallel, slightly asymmetrical, narrowed, 7.4 times longer than width, with orange hair at apex. Ring part narrowed and curved medio-proximally.

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FIGURE 4. Male aedeagus A) Alosterna tabacicolor B) Anoplodera rufipes C) Leptura quadrifasciata D) Pedostrangalia verticenigra E) Rutpela maculata F) Stictoleptura excisipes G) Vadonia soror.