The megadiverse fauna of Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): Notes, descriptions, new records, new species, and revalidations
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Author
Nascimento, Francisco E. De L.
Author
Kozlov, Anton Olegovich
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-10
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.2
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Stizocera geniculata
(
Pascoe, 1866
)
(
Figure 83
)
Sphaerion geniculatum
Pascoe, 1866
: 479
.
Periboeum geniculatum
;
Lacordaire, 1868
: 319
;
Gemminger, 1872
: 2824
(cat.);
Aurivillius, 1900
: 409
(distr.).
Stizocera geniculata
;
Gounelle, 1907
: 242
;
Aurivillius, 1912
: 99
(cat.);
Blackwelder, 1946
: 567
(checklist);
Zajciw, 1962
: 199
;
1967: 304;
Gilmour, 1968
: 138;
Martins & Napp, 1983
: 80; Monné, 1993: 7 (cat.);
Monné & Giesbert, 1994
: 63 (checklist);
Monné, 2005
: 253 (cat.);
Martins, 2005
: 173;
Bezark, 2013
: 43 (distr.); Monné, 2018a: 367 (cat.).
This species was originally described from
Brazil
, without detailed place.
Aurivillius (1900)
reported the species from
Venezuela
, but it was
Martins & Napp (1983)
who first reported a state in
Brazil
(
Rondônia
). More recently,
Martins (2005)
recorded the species for
Brazil
(
Roraima
), and
Bezark (2013)
for
Trinidad and Tobago
.
In
Martins & Napp (1983)
,
S. geniculata
is only mentioned in the key to species of the genus, as being from Venezuela and Brazil (
Rondônia
). But, according to
Martins (2005)
(translated): “Our identification of
S. geniculata
may not be exact, although the specimens agree with the original description, except in the coloration of the head and prothorax which, according to
Pascoe (1866)
, are “castaneis” or “reddish chestnut.” Our specimens have the head and prothorax dark reddish.” It is true that the
holotype
has the head and prothorax reddish brown. However the specimens examined by us show that the color is variable, and may be light reddish-brown, dark reddish-brown or nearly dark brown. Also, the elytral apex is somewhat variable, as also occurs in several species of
Elaphidiini
. According to
Martins (2005)
, he examined two specimens from MZSP collection: “
BRAZIL
.
Roraima
: Baixo Rio Mocajaí (sul de Boa Vista),
2 females
, IV-V.1962, E. Dente col.” We have no doubt that both
Martins & Napp (1983)
and
Martins (2005)
based the Brazilian state record on the same specimens, and they are from the Brazilian state of
Roraima
. Thus, we are formally excluding
S. geniculata
from the Brazilian state of
Rondônia
.
FIGURES 80–84
.
80)
Obrium costaricum
, female, dorsal habitus.
81)
Pygmodeon obtusum
, male, dorsal habitus.
82)
Pantonyssus nigriceps
, female, dorsal habitus.
83)
Stizocera geniculata
, female, dorsal habitus.
84)
Map of the geographical distribution of
Lagocheirus plantaris plantaris
.
Material examined
.
COLOMBIA
(
new country record
),
Magdalena
:
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
(road
San
Pablo—La
Mica
;
10º53’24”N
/
74º05’44”W
;
270 m
),
1 female
,
5-6.
VI
.2018,
V. Sinyaev
col. (
MZSP
).
BRA-
ZIL
,
Roraima
:
Baixo
Rio Mocajaí
(sul
de Boa Vista
),
2 females
, IV-V.1962,
E. Dente
col. (
MZSP
)
.