Temnopis spiculata Botero and Santos-Silva, 2022

Botero, Juan Pablo & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, New species, synonymy, new records, and taxonomic notes in American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (931), pp. 1-22 : 9-12

Temnopis spiculata Botero and Santos-Silva , new species

( Fig. 23–28 )

Description. Holotype male. Frons, postclypeus, vertex, and mandibles black, except base of mandibles, apex of antennal tubercles, and area of vertex close to prothorax dark reddish-brown; anterior area of anteclypeus and mostly of labrum yellowish-brown; sides of head brownish close to eye lobes and between them, dark reddish-brown on remaining area behind upper eye lobes, and gradually orangish-brown on remaining area behind lower eye lobes; ventral surface brownish close to eyes, orangish-brown on remaining surface; scape, pedicel, and antennomeres III–VI black; antennomeres VII–X dark brown, slightly lighter toward X (missing antennomere XI). Prothorax mostly orangish, orangish-brown on posterior quarter and narrow area close to anterior margin. Ventral surface of meso- and metathorax brown, darker on some areas, except mesanepisternum mostly orangish-brown. Elytra dark brown, blackish on basal quarter of sutural area. Procoxae yellowish-brown except brownish apex; mesocoxae mostly blackish; metacoxae mostly brown. Femora dark brown on basal 2/3 of dorsal and lateral surface, black on remaining surface. Tibiae black. Tarsomeres I–II black; tarsomeres III and V dark brown basally, gradually lighter toward apex; tarsomere IV dark brown. Ventral surface of abdomen orangishbrown, with some irregular brownish areas interspersed.

Head. Frons rugose-punctate; with short, suberect, sparse yellowish-brown setae. Area between antennal tubercles concave, somewhat longitudinally rugose-punctate; with a few short yellowish-brown setae; remaining surface of vertex rugose-punctate, less so close to prothorax; with a few short yellowish-brown setae. Area behind upper eye lobes finely, somewhat rugose-punctate, almost glabrous; area between eye lobes with moderately abundant yellowish-brown pubescence; area behind lower eye lobes mostly transversely striate-punctate, with sparse, erect yellowish-brown setae close to eye, gradually longer toward ventral surface, almost glabrous on remaining surface. Gulamentum longitudinally sulcate centrally on posterior half; smooth, glabrous on posterior half, glabrous anterior half, except a few short yellowish-white setae on sides, and sparse yellowish-white pubescence and long, erect setae of same color interspersed close to anterior margin. Antennal tubercles with sculpturing and setae as on frons, except smooth and glabrous apex. Wide central area of postclypeus moderately coarsely punctate; with a few short, erect yellowish-brown setae, slightly longer and more abundant laterally; sides of postclypeus smooth, glabrous. Labrum concave, coplanar with anteclypeus at posterior quarter, inclined on anterior 3/4; with long, erect, sparse yellowish-brown setae, slightly longer laterally. Median groove well-marked from clypeus to near prothorax. Lower eye lobes with short, erect, sparse yellowish-white setae; distance between upper eye lobes 0.28 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.54 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.65 times elytral length (from base of scape to apex of antennomere X), reaching elytral apex near apex of antennomere V. Scape scabrous dorsally and laterally ( Fig. 27 ), except smooth apex, and with distinct, short, spiniform projections ventrally; with short, bristly, sparse yellowish-white setae throughout. Pedicel finely punctate, with short, sparse, bristly yellowish-white setae. Antennomeres III–V rugose-punctate, with moderately long spiniform projections ventrally ( Fig. 26 ), gradually shorter and sparser toward V; with bristly, yellowish-brown setae not obscuring integument, and long, erect setae of same color interspersed ventrally. Antennomere VI with pubescence and erect setae as on V, but with minute, sparse asperities ventrally; antennomeres VII–X with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, and long, erect setae of same color ventrally (erect setae gradually shorter toward X). Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.61; pedicel = 0.07; IV = 1.19; V = 1.27; VI = 1.04; VII = 0.78; VIII = 0.64; IX = 0.59; X = 0.53.

Thorax. Prothorax slightly wider than long, strongly constricted posteriorly; sides slightly rounded, divergent from anterolateral angles to lateral tubercles, which are slightly marked and placed slightly after middle, convergent from this point to posterior constriction. Pronotum transversely sulcate close to anterior and posterior margins, sulci widened centrally; longitudinally sulcate centrally between transverse sulci; finely, shallowly, moderately abundantly punctate; with short, decumbent yellowish-white setae distinctly not obscuring integument, slightly more abundant centrally and laterally; sides of orangish area slightly opaque. Sides of prothorax opaque close to pronotum on anterior half, gradually entirely opaque on posterior half, shining on remaining surface; finely, shallowly punctate on opaque region, transversely striate-punctate on shining region; with short, decumbent, sparse yellowish-white setae. Prosternum finely, shallowly, sparsely punctate; with both short and decumbent and long and erect yellowish setae not obscuring integument. Prosternal process laminiform, placed at the same level of prosternum. Ventral surface of meso- and metathorax with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument (more yellowish-brown laterally), except glabrous posterior 2/3 of central area of metaventrite. Mesoventral process laminiform, placed at same level as mesoventrite. Scutellum glabrous. Elytra. Finely, abundantly punctate; with abundant light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument; apex subrounded. Legs. Femora with yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, denser on basal 2/3 of dorsal surface and basal half of lateral surfaces. Tibiae finely, abundantly, transversely striate; with abundant, bristly dark brown pubescence not obscuring integument, denser, slightly longer ventrally on posterior third. Metatarsomere I twice length II‒III together.

Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, gradually more yellowish-brown toward ventrite 5, except glabrous apex of ventrites 1‒4.

Dimensions (mm) (Holotype male/ paratype male). Total length, 13.75/12.35; prothoracic length, 2.30/2.15; anterior prothoracic width, 1.85/1.65; posterior prothoracic width, 1.95/1.75; maximum prothoracic width, 2.60/2.40; humeral width, 2.80/2.40; elytral length, 9.10/8.00.

Type material. Holotype male from BOLIVIA, BENI: Vaca Diez, Santa Maria area , 9-11.II.2013, Wappes and Bonaso leg. ( FSCA, formerly ACMT) . Paratype male, same data as holotype ( MZSP) ; 11°05.5′S, 65°57.9′W, 3 specimens, beating, 10.II.2013, Lingafelter, Wappes and Garzon leg. ( SWLC). The holotype and the paratype from MZSP have an additional label with conflicting information: “ 14 km SE Riberalta, 11°05′S, 65°58′W, Lingafelter and Garzon.”

Etymology. Latin, “ spiculata ,” referring to the spicules of the basal antennomeres, distinctly longer than in other species in the genus.

Remarks. Temnopis spiculata new species is similar to T. rubricollis Martins, Galileo and Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009 ( Fig. 29–30 ), but differs as follows: distance between upper eye lobes 1.5 times width of one upper lobe; antennae longer, reaching elytral apex near apex of antennomere V; scape with spicules ventrally; spicules of the antennomeres III–V longer ( Fig. 26 ); elytral pubescence more abundant ( Fig. 23 ); and prosternal process at the same level of the prosternum ( Fig. 28 ). In T. rubricollis (male), the distance between upper eye lobes is equal to width of one upper lobe, antennae shorter, reaching the elytral apex at middle of antennomere VI, scape without spicules ventrally, spicules of the antennomeres III‒V shorter ( Fig. 29 ), elytral pubescence sparser ( Fig. 29 ), and prosternal process at the same level of the prosternum only basally ( Fig. 30 ). It is also slightly similar to T. fuscipennis Martins, 1978 ( Fig. 31‒32 ), but differs by the elytra unicolorous (bicolored in T. fuscipennis ), spicules of basal flagellomeres longer (shorter in T. fuscipennis ), antennomere V not narrowed apically (narrowed in T. fuscipennis ), and distal antennomeres slightly lighter than basal ones (strongly lighter in T. fuscipennis ).

SMODICINI Lacordaire, 1868

Figures

Figures 23–32. Temnopis spp. 23–28) T. spiculata Botero and Santos-Silva, sp. nov., holotype male: 23) Dorsal habitus;24) Ventral habitus; 25) Lateral habitus; 26) Antennomeres III–V; 27) Head, frontal view; 28) Prosternal process. 29–30) T. rubricollis Martins, Galileo and Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009, holotype male: 29) Dorsal habitus; 30) Ventral habitus. 31–32) T. fuscipennis Martins, 1978, male (MZSP 49216) from Brazil (Pará, Ulianópolis): 31) Dorsal habitus; 32) Lateral habitus.