Elateropsis antennatus Galileo and Martins, 1994

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 : 360-361

13. Elateropsis antennatus Galileo and Martins, 1994 ( Figs. 2h , 15b )

Discussion. Although widespread in Hispaniola, this endemic species is rare as only one specimen has been collected recently. The remaining seven known specimens were collected over 30 years ago. All known records are from the Dominican Republic except for one for which the label simply indicates “ Haiti ”. Since no specific locality is known for that specimen, its locality is represented on the map by a dot near the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Like other species of Elateropsis Chevrolat, 1862 , E. antennatus is characterized by the narrow, elongate, and posteriorly pointed scutellum and anterior depression at the middle of the pronotum. Elateropsis antennatus is described in Galileo and Martins (1994) as having the following characters: cylindrical metatibia; prosternal process notched; pronotum without microsculpture; pronotum with patches of pubescence at sides but lacking a patch anterior to the scutellum; elytra densely punctate, without pubescent fasciae; and mesal surface of profemora and ventral sclerites without long setae in males. The key of Galileo and Martins (1994) states that the legs are black, although the description states that the femora are reddish. The holotype photo and illustration clearly show the femora contrasting in color from the tibiae and tarsi, as in E. femoratus , but specimens in the USNM have been seen with both character states.

These characteristics make this species most similar to E. femoratus . The main distinction between them is that E. femoratus lacks pubescent patches on the pronotum and ventral sclerites. Elateropsis antennatus is also similar to the Cuban

Elateropsis fulvipes (Chevrolat, 1838) , but that species lacks an anterior pronotal impression, has the elytra abruptly divergent at the apical third or more, and has the elytral punctures small and more closely spaced.

Hispaniolan Localities. HAITI (no further data [USNM]); DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Banica Province (Tabacal [ MNDR]) ; Barahona Province (Monteada Nueva Palo = Loma Pie de Palo , June 22, 1980 [ MNDR]) ; Elías Piña Province (no specific locality data, 24 May 1981 [ MNDR]) ; La Vega Province (La Vega, March 3, 1977 [ MNDR]) ; Pedernales Province ( Parque Nacional Jaragua , Oviedo [ WIBF]) ; Samaná Province ( Las Galeras , 24 April 2014 [Gontran Drouin Collection]) ; Santo Domingo Province (no further data [ USNM]) .

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. 15. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Derancistrus elegans and Derancistrus hovorei, b) Elateropsis antennatus, Elateropsis femoratus, and Elateropsis quinquenotatus.