Cobelura curiosa (Monné & Martins, 1976), Monné & Monné, 2018

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2018, Nomenclatural and distributional notes on Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4379 (2), pp. 287-294 : 290-291

Cobelura curiosa (Monné & Martins, 1976) , reinstatement, comb. nov.

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Paracobelura curiosa Monné, M.A. & Martins, 1976: 85 , figs. 7, 41.

Type locality. Costa Rica, Cartago: Turrialba ( MNRJ). Distribution . Costa Rica.

Monné, M.A. & Giesbert, 1992: 252 proposed the synonymy of Paracobelura curiosa with Periestola strandi Breuning, 1943 , but a detailed examination of both species allowed us to propose the reinstatement and the new combination of Paracobelura curiosa .

Cobelura curiosa can be distinguished from C. strandi by the sides of the pronotum covered with yellowish pubescence, the elytra with three longitudinal rows of linear spots of yellowish pubescence, and the extremity of the elytra less projected than in C. strandi . In C. strandi , the pronotum is uniformly covered with brownish pubescence, the elytra lacks longitudinal rows of yellowish pubescence, and the extremity of each elytron is strongly and acutely projected.

Specimen examined. Costa Rica, Cartago: Turrialba , male, 20.III.1973, V.O. Becker col. (holotype male, MNRJ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. 1, Parasphallenum fulguratum (Chabrillac, 1857); 2, Melathemma polita Bates, 1870; 3, Trachyderes (Trachyderes) latecinctus Martins, 1975; 4, holotype of Cobelura curiosa (Monné & Martins, 1976); 5, Oreodera tuberculata Thomson, 1865; 6, Rhaphiptera avicenniae Dalens & Tavakilian, 2007; 7, Rhaphipteroides apicalis Touroult & Tavakilian, 2007.