Anisopodus scriptipennis Bates, 1872

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Devesa, Sergio, 2021, New species and new records in American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4942 (4), pp. 569-582 : 576

Anisopodus scriptipennis Bates, 1872

( Figs 22–31 )

Anisopodus scriptipennis Bates, 1872: 236 ; 1881: 163; 1885: 398 (distr.); Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 408 (lect.); Chemsak et al., 1992: 134 (cat.); Maes et al., 1994: 31 (distr.); Maes, 1998: 926 (distr.); Turnbow et al., 2003: 30 (distr.); Ødegaard, 2004: 86 (hosts); Monné, 2005: 20 (cat.); Hovore, 2006: 377 (distr.); Swift et al., 2010: 36 (distr.); Maes et al., 2010: 405 (distr.); Lanuza-Garay & Santos-Murgas, 2018: 3 (distr.); Audureau & Roguet, 2018: 67 (distr.).

Anisopodus scriptpennis ; Li et al., 2017: 679 (error, host., ecol.).

Anisopodus scriptipennis was described based on at least one male and one female from Nicaragua (Chontales). Chemsak & Linsley (1970) designated a lectotype. Currently, it is known from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama ( Monné 2020). Maes et al. (1994) recorded this species from Mexico, without further locality. In Panama, the species is formally recorded from the provinces of Chiriquí ( Bates 1885), Colón ( Bates 1885), and Darién ( Lanuza-Garay & Santos-Murgas 2018). In Costa Rica, the species is formally recorded from Guanacaste, Limón, Puntarenas, and San José ( Swift et al. 2010).

Examination of a female specimen from Costa Rica (Heredia) ( Figs 22–25 ), as well as a male from Panama (Chiriquí) ( Fig. 31 ), allowed us to see variations on the elytral pubescence pattern. The shape of the area lacking dense yellowish-white pubescence after the middle of the elytra is very variable, and the circular spots lacking yellowish-white pubescence on the anterior half are also variable in the size.

Material examined. MEXICO, Chiapas (new state record): 5 miles SW El Bosque , 1 female, 4.VII.1969, Campbell & Bright leg. ( MZSP) . COSTA RICA, Heredia (new province record): 16 km SSE La Virgen (10º16’N, 84º05’W’, 1050-1150 msnm, 1 female, 10-14.IV.2001, J. Prena leg. ( SDPC) . PANAMA, Panama Oeste (new province record): Cerro Campana , 2900’, 1 male, 31.VII.1970, J.M. Campbell leg. ( MZSP) . Chiriquí: Cerro Punta , 8000’, 1 male, 18-24.VII.1961, J.M. Campbell leg. ( MZSP) .

Figures

FIGURES 22–31. Anisopodus scriptipennis Bates, 1872. 22–25) Female from Costa Rica (Heredia): 22) Dorsal habitus; 23) Ventral habitus; 24) Lateral habitus; 25) Head, frontal view. 26–30) Female from Mexico (Chiapas): 26) Prosternal process and mesoventral process; 27) Dorsal habitus; 28) Ventral habitus; 29) Lateral habitus; 30) Head, frontal view. 31) Dorsal habitus, male from Panama (Chiriquí).