Aneflomorpha linsleyae Chemsak

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 : 35

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scientific name	Aneflomorpha linsleyae Chemsak
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Aneflomorpha linsleyae Chemsak View in CoL

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Aneflomorpha linsleyae Chemsak 1962: 105 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Length 13–16 mm, pronotum averages 1.05 times longer than wide, elytra together average 3.30 times longer than wide ( Fig. 2a View Figure 2 ). Integument rufous. Antennae carinate ( Fig. 9i View Figure 9 ). Spine of third antennomere blunt or subacute, nearly 1.5 times longer than the second antennomere and spine of the fourth antennomere, projecting away from antennal plane by nearly 45 degrees ( Fig. 9i View Figure 9 ). Pronotum with dense, mostly contiguous punctures of similar size and mostly unobscured by moderately dense, but fine and erect setae; very small post-median impunctate callus sometimes present ( Fig. 5j View Figure 5 ). Elytral apices bidentate to weakly bispinose ( Fig. 8i View Figure 8 ). Elytral pubescence consisting only of uniformly distributed, translucent or golden, erect setae, without recumbent setae ( Fig. 7j View Figure 7 ). Procoxal cavities open by less than half the width of the broadly expanded prosternal process ( Fig. 10j View Figure 10 ). Protibia flattened laterally and non-carinate ( Fig. 11c View Figure 11 ).

Discussion. The light rufous integument with uniformly distributed, erect setae with absence of recumbent setae are distinctive for this species. Only the two species in the eastern United States, A. delongi and A. subpubescens , are similar in color and pubescence. Aneflomorpha delongi has a much longer spine of the third antennomere which is nearly half the length of the fourth antennomere ( Fig. 9e View Figure 9 ) unlike A. linsleyae in which it is only about one-fourth the length of the fourth antennomere ( Fig. 9i View Figure 9 ). The spine of antennomere three in A. subpubescens is acute and not strongly projecting away from the antennal plane ( Fig. 9q View Figure 9 ), unlike A. linsleyae . Aneflomorpha aculeata is also similar in coloration and pubescence, but the presence of recumbent elytral setae ( Fig. 7a View Figure 7 ) and protibial base not flattened (as in Fig. 11h View Figure 11 ) immediately distinguishes it from A. linsleyae .

Distribution and biology. This rarely encountered species is primarily restricted to the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona ( Chemsak 1962; Linsley 1963), although one specimen has been examined from the Patagonia Mountains. No larval hosts or adult associations have been documented; adults have been taken most commonly at lights at the Southwestern Research Station and the South Fork of Cave Creek in nearby Cave Creek Canyon and in Rucker Canyon in late July and August.

Material examined. USA: Arizona: Cochise Co., S. W.Res.Sta. 27 July 1976, Lester L. Lampert, U.V. light ( RFMC) ; Cochise Co., Cave Creek Canyon, South Fork Cave Creek , 1610 m, 31° 52.377′ N, 109° 11.059′ W, 16 July 2018, mv/uv lights, S. W. Lingafelter ( SWLC) GoogleMaps ; Cochise Co., Southwestern Research Station , 1645 m, 31° 53.006′ N, 109° 12.355′ W, 7–16 August 2018, mv/uv lights, S. W. Lingafelter ( SWLC) GoogleMaps ; Cochise Co., John Hands Picnic Area , 1700 m, 31° 52′ 44″N, 109° 13′ 18″W, 24 July 2022, mv/uv lights, S. W. Lingafelter (2, SWLC) GoogleMaps ; Cochise Co., Paradise Rd. & Forest Rd 42 near East Turkey Creek , 1955 m, 31.908710 °, −109.251056 °, 9 August 2018, mv/uv lights, S. W. Lingafelter ( SWLC) ; Cochise Co., Red Rock Canyon Trail , Rucker Canyon, F. W. Skillman, Jr. ( FWSC) ; Chiricahua Wilderness, Pinery Canyon , 16 July 2009, W. Seifert ( TAMU) ; Santa Cruz Co., 10 mi. S. Patagonia, 31.4585°, −110.7281°, 2 August 2019, at light, Kyle E. Schnepp ( KESC) .