Prionus (Trichoprionus) aureopilosus Fragoso and Monné, 1982

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 : 358

9. Prionus (Trichoprionus) aureopilosus Fragoso and Monné, 1982 ( Figs. 2c, d , 14b )

Discussion. This is a rarely collected Hispaniolan species, with only about four specimens known since the original description by Fragoso and Monné (1982). That paper included the male holotype, two male paratypes, and one female paratype that was collected in February (the male specimens had no date on their labels). An additional, very rare female specimen was collected in March, making only two known for that gender (MNRJ and WIBF).

Males of this species are distinctive by their strongly appendiculate antennae (particularly antennomeres 3–8) and densely golden pubescent elytra. Females are very different from males, being larger, all black, mostly glabrous, and having weakly serrate antennae. The pronotum of both sexes has three lateral spines (positioned anteriorly, postmedially, and posteriorly).

Hispaniolan Localities. D O M I N I C A N REPUBLIC: La Vega Province (Yaquecillo, Constanza [holotype male, MNRJ]; near Constanza, 5,000’, Casalito, 1,200 m [paratype males, female, MNRJ]; no specific data [1 male, USNM]) ; Santiago Province (Parque Nacional Armando Bermúdez, near Cerro Prieto , 13 March 1999, A. Del Monte [1 female, WIBF]) .

Figures

Fig. 2. Dorsal habitus of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Monodesmus atratus, male holotype, b) Sarifer seabrai, male, c) Prionus aureopilosus, male, d) P. aureopilosus, female, e) Derancistrus anthracinus, female, f) Derancistrus elegans, female, g) Derancistrus hovorei, female holotype, h) Elateropsis antennatus, female, i) Elateropsis femoratus, male variant.

Fig. 14. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Stenodontes exsertus, b) Monodesmus atratus, Sarifer seabrai, and Prionus aureopilosus.