Strongylaspis corticarius (Erichson, 1848)

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2015, The Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola, with Diagnoses, Descriptions of New Species, Distribution Records, and a Key for Identification, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3), pp. 353-388 : 355

3. Strongylaspis corticarius (Erichson, 1848) ( Figs. 1d , 13a )

Discussion. This species, the only one of the genus known from the West Indies, is uncommonly collected but widespread, being known from Mexico through northern South America, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, and Florida in the United States. Two specimens have been found from the Dominican Republic, and these represent a new country and island record for the species.

This species is very distinctive from all other Hispaniolan prionines. It is recognized by the convex scutellum that is strongly coarsely granulatedenticulate, and by the pronotum progressively widening posteriorly, the margins of which terminate in a posterolateral spine or acute angle. The integument of the head, pronotum, basal antennomeres, forelegs, and elytra is covered in small granules. The elytra are glabrous and impunctate.

Hispaniolan Localities. D O M I N I C A N REPUBLIC: Independencia Province (Sierra de Neiba, 6 km north of Piños del Eden [ MNDR]) ; Pedernales Province (north of Pedernales at the border of the Río Banano Road south of Arroyos , 18°09.291′N 71°45.540′W, at light, 21 July 1999, Ivie, Guerrero, and Dominici [ WIBF]) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Callipogon sericeum, major male, b) C. sericeum, female, c) Orthomegas cinnamomeus, female, d) Strongylaspis corticarius, male, e) Xixuthrus domingoensis, male, f) X.domingoensis, female, g) Hovorodon bituberculatum, male, h) H. bituberculatum, female, i) Stenodontes exsertus, major male.

Fig. 13. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Callipogon sericeum and Strongylaspis corticarius, b) Xixuthrus domingoensis and Hovorodon bituberculatum.