Lophalia cyanicollis Casey 1912: 335 Blackwelder 1946: 590 Linsley 1962: 96 Hovore et al. 1987: 297 Chemsak et al. 1992: 84 Monné and Giesbert 1994: 146 Noguera and Chemsak 1996: 402 Toledo-Hernández et al. 2002: 529 MacRae et al. 2012: 180 Morales-Morales et al. 2012: 38 Garcia Morales et al. 2014: 106 Santos-Silva et al. 2018: 203 Sphaenothecus cyanicollis Dupont 1838: 59 White 1853: 86 Lacordaire 1869: 184 Aurivillius 1912: 472 Sphenothecus cyanicollis LeConte 1858: 40 Gemminger and Harold 1872: 2973 Bates 1880: 85 Bates 1885: 329 Sphaenothecus ( Lophalia ) cyanicollis Linsley 1935: 100 Entomosterna cyanicollis LeConte 1873: 314 LeConte and Horn 1883: 300 Leng 1886b: 83 Revision of trachyderines related to Sphaenothecus from North America with description of three new genera, and new species of Lophalia Casey, 1912, Mannophorus LeConte, 1854, and Ischnocnemis Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini) Eya, Bryan K. Insecta Mundi 2024 2024-07-26 2024 61 1 94  Santos-Silva et al. 2018: 203  3VZWC (Dupont, 1838) Dupont 1838 [192,649,1539,1568] Insecta Cerambycidae Lophalia Animalia Coleoptera 22 21 Arthropoda species cyanicollis  ( Fig. 69–78)      Lophalia cyanicollis Casey 1912: 335;  Blackwelder 1946: 590(cat.);  Linsley 1962: 96(biol.);  Hovore et al. 1987: 297(dist.);  Chemsak et al. 1992: 84(cat.); Monné 1994: 34 (cat.);  Monné and Giesbert 1994: 146(cat.);  Noguera and Chemsak 1996: 402(dist.);  Toledo-Hernández et al. 2002: 529(dist., biol.);  MacRae et al. 2012: 180(biol.);  Morales-Morales et al. 2012: 38, 44 (dist., biol.);  Garcia Morales et al. 2014: 106(dist.);  Santos-Silva et al. 2018: 203(dist.)     Sphaenothecus cyanicollis Dupont 1838: 59;  White 1853: 86;  Lacordaire 1869: 184;  Aurivillius 1912: 472(cat.)     Sphenothecus cyanicollis LeConte 1858: 40(dist.);  Gemminger and Harold 1872: 2973(cat.);  Bates 1880: 85;  Bates 1885: 329(dist.).     Sphaenothecus( Lophalia) cyanicollis Linsley 1935: 100(dist.)     Entomosterna cyanicollis LeConte 1873: 314;  LeConte and Horn 1883: 300;  Leng 1886b: 83   Redescription. Male:Length 11–14 mm. Formsmall, stout; integument polished, head and pronotum metallic dark bluish-black or black tinted with blue, antennae, elytra, and legs black, underneath black, or black tinted with blue; each elytron with a single glabrous, slightly elevated, longitudinal, yellowish vittae. Headsmall; vertex shallowly convex, coarsely, irregularly punctate, middle between eyes vaguely carinate; front finely, irregularly punctate, mid-cranial sulcus narrow or vague extending from postclypeus over to posterior margin of antennal tubercles, each side of front below antennal insertion with a small, deep pit; postclypeus irregularly punctate, integument above vaguely to non-excavate; genae with anterior margins of lower eye lobes narrowly separated from base of mandible, glabrous to sparsely punctate, beneath densely contiguously punctate; pubescence moderately dense, short, dark, erect; mandibles with outer edge impressed striate-punctate, sparsely covered with depressed setae; antennae slender, exceeding elytral apices by one to two antennomeres; scape densely, coarsely punctate with short, suberect setae above and longer depressed setae underneath; antennomeres II–VI minutely, densely punctate, densely clothed with dark, depressed setae, remaining antennomeres finely, densely punctate, densely covered with short, appressed pubescence with a few depressed setae at apices; antennomeres from V vaguely carinate on outside, inside uncarinated; antennomere III longer than I; IV shorter than III; V longer than IV; VI, VII, VIII and IX subequal to V; X shorter than IX; XI longest, apical third vaguely appendiculate. Pronotumwider than long (L/W: 0.88 ×), sides broadly, shallowly rounded from base to apex; disc convex, nitid, basal two-third slightly flattened in middle, dorsum sparsely, irregularly punctate, sides more coarsely, irregularly punctate, setae arising from each puncture, short, golden, erect; apical margin with sides vaguely elevated and narrowly impressed behind, basal margin vaguely elevated, lobed at middle; proepisternal area sparsely, discretely punctate; prosternum not impressed, apical half transversely striate-punctate, basal half coarsely punctate with vaguely impressed, transverse subrectangular area on each side above coxae, pubescence obscure, dense, erect; mesosternum impressed in middle, minutely, densely punctate, densely pubescent with fine, depressed setae; metasternum nitid, punctures coarse, shallow and sparse with depressed, golden setae arising from each puncture, area adjacent to mesocoxae with fine punctures densely interspersed between coarser ones and densely pubescent with golden setae; metepisterna densely pubescent with golden, appressed setae. Scutellumtriangular, longer than wide, black, or dark bluish-black, glabrous, nitid, occasionally minutely, sparsely punctate near base. Elytra2.6 times as long as broad; each elytron with a broad glabrous, subsutural, longitudinal, yellowish vitta narrowing apically and not attaining apex; basal punctures on sutural intervals moderately coarse, discrete, becoming finer apically; pubescence short, suberect, and dark; apices bi-emarginate to sinuate with sutural and outer angles strongly dentate. Legsslender; femora slightly clavate, coarsely, densely punctate, dorsum sparsely clothed with short, depressed setae, inner surface sparsely clothed with suberect, golden setae; metafemora arcuate near base, falling far short of elytral apices; tibiae coarsely, deeply, contiguously punctate clothed with short, depressed setae; protibiae with inner surface densely clothed with short depressed, golden pubescence. Abdomennitid, finely, sparsely punctate and clothed with suberect golden setae, sides very finely punctate and clothed with appressed golden pubescent; last sternite with apex truncate to vaguely emarginate at middle.  Female:Length 10–14 mm. Form slightly more robust than male. Prosternum lacking the delimited punctate area before coxae, apical half transversely striate-punctate, basal half sparsely punctate in middle, transversely striate-punctate on sides. Antennae shorter or exceeding elytra by a half of antennomere. Abdomen with apex of last sternite broadly truncate.   Materials examined.  MEXICO:  Tamaulipas:  2–5 kmSW Ciudad Victoria, Hwy10,  24 Oct. 2004, B.K. Eya( 13 males, 11 females, BKEC),  25 Oct. 2004, B.K. Eya( 6 males, 9 females, BKEC);   33 kmNE Jaumave, Hwy101,  23 Oct. 2004, B.K. Eya(males, 1 female, BKEC).  Nuevo Leon: 19 kmW Linares, Hwy58,  22 Oct. 2004, B.K. Eya( 1 males, 4 females, BKEC);  Carretera Linares-Iturbide, km 10–15,  4 Nov. 1982, J. Flores( 2 females, EMEC).  Oaxaca: 18 km N. Jct. Hwy175/200 (  3 kmS Comala),  20 Oct. 2005, B.K. Eya( 1 male, BKEC);  Los Morales,  1600 m.  3 Oct. 2005, D. Curoe.  Yucatán: Piste  15 Sept 1967, E.C. Welling( 1 female, BKEC),  22 Sept. 1967, E.C. Welling( 1 male, BKEC).  Quintana Roo: km 8 Tilaco-Santa Inez Rd.,  13 Oct. 1998, Chemsak, Barrera( 3 males, 1 female, EMEC);   23 kmW Felipe, Carrillo Puerto,  12 Oct. 1988, C.D. Michener( 1 male, EMEC);  Lk. Coba Ruins, 11/  14 Nov. 1965, J.G. Edwards( 1 female, EMEC).  Veracruz: Veracruz,  24 Sept. 1961, R&K Dreisbach( 1 female).  Chiapas: San Jerónimo, Volcán Tacaná,  1 Oct. 1970( 1 male, BKEC),  24 Oct. 1970( 1 female, BKEC).   Discussion.The single ivory vitta on each elytron will differentiate this species from  L. quadrivittata(Bates)and  L. nigricollisEya  new specieswith two ivory vittae. The smaller overall size, stout body form, and denser, coarser punctures on the head, pronotum, elytra and the underside will separate this species from  L. prolataChemsak and Linsleywith finer punctures and more elongated form. The typespecies of the genus  Lophalia“was originally assigned to  Sphaenothecus” as  S. cyanicollis Dupont (1838: 59)( Linsley 1962: 96). Dupont (1838: 59)and Lacordaire (1869: 184)described  S. cyanicollisas a species with dark blue integument, and a single longitudinal, calloused and eburneous costa on each elytron that is much smaller and subparallel in form compared to  Sphaenothecus trilineatusDupontand  S. bilineatus( Gory, 1831). Lacordaire further noted that  S. cyanicolliswas similar in facies to  Entomosternabut differing by the shorter metatarsi, and mesosternum that is protuberant and truncated anteriorly. Lacordaire footnoted in his manuscript “Histoire Naturelle des Insectes” that a new genus based on  S. cyanicollisshould be established immediately following  GalissusDupontbut did not follow through with his proposal. Thereafter, LeConte and Horn (1883: 300)placed  S. cyanicollisinto  Entomosternanoting that “variations in the proportions of the joints of the hind tarsi are not unusual in Cerambycidae.” Subsequently, Linsley (1962: 96)“adopted the name  Lophalia” for  S. cyanicollisas proposed by Casey (1912: 333)noting that the assignment of  S. cyanicollisto  Entomosternadid “not agree well with that genus as defined by Chevrolat (1862: 752).”   Lophaliaconsist of species with either single or paired longitudinally raised ivory-like vitta(e) on each elytron. Linsley (1962: 96)describes the genus  Lophaliaas having only one vitta on each elytron based on  L. cyanicollisrepresented in the United States. However, Linsley’s characterization of  Lophaliadid not conform to this genus based on Casey’s description. Casey (1912: 333)designated  S. cyanicollisas the genotype of  Lophalia, and in the first couplet of his key to trachyderine genera he quoted, “ Elytra each with two pale costae.” This characterization does not agree with  S. cyanicollis. Apparently, the first couplet of Casey’s key should have been “ Elytra each with a pale costa” based on the opposing first couplet, “ Elytra without costae.” The subsequent fourth couplet ends with two species  Lophalia(i.e.,  S. cyanicollis), with single ivory costa, and  Zalophiawith paired ivory costae on each elytron. 2004-10-24 2004-10-25 2004-10-24 BKEC Eya Mexico Hwy 24 23 39 20 19 Tamaulipas 2004-10-22 2004-10-23 2004-10-22 BKEC Eya Mexico Hwy Hwy Linares 24 23 6 5 1 Nuevo Leon 1982-11-04 2005-10-20 1982-11-04 EMEC, BKEC Flores & N. Jct. Hwy & B. K. Eya Mexico Carretera Linares-Iturbide 24 23 3 2 1 Oaxaca 1967-09-15 2005-10-03 1967-09-15 BKEC, EMEC D. Curoe. & Piste & E. C. Welling & Chemsak & Barrera Mexico 1600 Tilaco-Santa Inez Rd. Los Morales 24 23 6 2 4 Yucatan [291,1179,977,1003] 1988-10-12 EMEC Michener Mexico Carrillo Puerto 24 23 1 1 1961-09-24 1970-10-24 1961-09-24 EMEC, BKEC Edwards & Dreisbach Mexico Lk. Coba Ruins Volcan Tacana San Jeronimo 24 23 4 3 1 Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave