Aneflomorpha gilana Casey

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2022, Revision of Aneflomorpha Casey and Neaneflus Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the United States with an illustrated key to species, Insecta Mundi 2022 (954), pp. 1-59 : 32

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scientific name	Aneflomorpha gilana Casey
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Aneflomorpha gilana Casey View in CoL

( Fig. 1h View Figure 1 , 2f View Figure 2 , 5h View Figure 5 , 6n View Figure 6 , 7h, n View Figure 7 , 8g, x View Figure 8 , 9g View Figure 9 , 10h, n View Figure 10 , 11b View Figure 11 , 13 View Figure 13 )

Aneflomorpha gilana Casey 1924: 243 View in CoL .

Aneflomorpha parkeri Knull View in CoL , new synonym.

Diagnosis. Length 13–17 mm, pronotum averages 1.0 times longer than wide, elytra together average 3.50 times longer than wide ( Fig. 1h View Figure 1 , 13a, b View Figure 13 ). Integument testaceous to light rufous. Antennae carinate ( Fig. 9g View Figure 9 ). Spine of third antennomere very short, about the same length as second antennomere and only slightly longer than spine of fourth antennomere, projecting away from antennal plane by nearly 45 degrees, acute at apex ( Fig. 9g View Figure 9 ). Pronotum with moderately dense punctures mostly obscured by pubescence, without impunctate central callus ( Fig. 5h View Figure 5 , 6n View Figure 6 ). Elytral apices obtusely truncate to weakly dentate at suture (rarely rounded apicolaterally) truncate to weakly bidentate ( Fig. 8g View Figure 8 ). Elytral pubescence white or off-white, recumbent; erect and suberect setae nearly absent ( Fig. 7h, n View Figure 7 ). Procoxal cavities widely open by more than apical width of prosternal process which is only slightly expanded ( Fig. 10h, n View Figure 10 ). Protibia slender, gradually widening apically with the dorsal margin straight and non-carinate ( Fig. 11b View Figure 11 ).

Discussion. The very broad pronotum (slightly broader than long), antennal flagellomeres and tibiae paler in color than antennal scape and femora, widely open procoxal cavities and barely weakly expanded prosternal process, and very short spine of antennomere three are distinctive for this species. Aneflomorpha luteicornis is similar in having lighter colored antennal flagellomeres, but they, along with the tibiae and femoral bases, contrast much more from the darker surrounding integument ( Fig. 2b View Figure 2 ). The overall integument color in A. gilana is rufous, while in A. luteicornis it is usually dark brown. The spine of antennomere three is distinctly longer than antennomere two in A. luteicornis ( Fig. 9j View Figure 9 ), unlike in A. gilana . The pronotum is slightly longer than wide in A. luteicornis ( Fig. 5k View Figure 5 ), but as broad as long in A. gilana . The elytral pubescence in A. gilana has erect setae almost entirely absent ( Fig. 7h View Figure 7 , 13 View Figure 13 ) and has primarily recumbent setae, while in A. luteicornis , erect setae are abundant at the elytral base ( Fig. 7k View Figure 7 ), in addition to recumbent setae. Aneflomorpha gilana is also similar to A. linearis , but the dorsally flattened and carinate protibia of A. linearis is distinctive ( Fig. 11e, g View Figure 11 ).

Examination of the holotype of A. parkeri Knull ( Fig. 2f View Figure 2 , 13b, d View Figure 13 ) shows it to have all the features of A. gilana (with the exception of having the outer apex of the elytra rounded) and is considered a new synonym.

Distribution and biology. This species is known only from central Arizona ( Linsley 1963). A male and female of A. gilana were collected in the same beat of Quercus gambelii Nutt. in Coconino County, Arizona in July. An additional specimen was identified in the USNM collection having been reared from this tree, so it is a confirmed larval host. Vlasak in Heffern et al. (2018) recorded a larval host for A. parkeri as Calliandra eriophylla Benth. , near Tucson, Arizona, however, this specimen is actually A. paralinearis .

Material examined. USA: Arizona: Phoenix (holotype, USNM) ; Pinal Mts. , 12 August, F. H. Parker, J. N. Knull Collection (holotype of A. parkeri, FMNH ) ; Coconino Co., Lake Mary Road at Road 124, 34° 54.492 N, 111° 25.886 W, 20 July 2020, beating Quercus gambelii Nutt. (2, SWLC) GoogleMaps ; Prescott National Forest, reared from Gambel oak, emerged 23 March 1928, G. Hofer ( USNM) ; Yavapai Co., Connerville Cutoff Rd. ½ mile W. SR 174, 28 July 1999, R. A. Belmont ( CMNH) ; Yavapai Co., Prescott , 8 August 1967, J. McCleve ( TAMU) .