Elateropsis femoratus (Sallé, 1855)

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 : 361

14. Elateropsis femoratus (Sallé, 1855) ( Figs. 2i , 3a , 11c , 15b )

Discussion. Endemic to Hispaniola, this is the most common Elateropsis on the island (although still infrequently collected). It has been encountered during the daytime from May through July. One specimen was collected on recently dead Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steudel ( Moraceae ). Notes on this species, along with specific collection localities, were presented in Lingafelter and Woodley (2007).

In the key of Galileo and Martins (1994), E. femoratus is characterized as having: metatibia cylindrical; prosternal process notched; pronotum without microscuplture, depressed (although not strongly so) in the anterior half; pronotum and elytra without pubescent patches; femora uniformly reddish or with apices black; and prosternal process lacking a basal ventral tubercle. They illustrate this species as lacking any patches of pubescence on the venter. As with other species of Elateropsis , the variability in appendage coloration can make determinations difficult. Specimens may have reddish femora as illustrated by Sallé (1855) or legs completely black. These characteristics are similar to those of E. antennatus . The main distinction is that specimens of E. antennatus have dense patches of pubescence at the sides of the pronotum and on part of the metasternum and metepisternum.

Hispaniolan Localities. D O M I N I C A N REPUBLIC: La Altagracia Province (Punta Cana near Ecological Reserve; Parque Nacional del Este, Valle de Orqueta ; Verón, road to Hoyo Azul); La Vega Province (Jarabacoa, 1700’); Santo Domingo Province (Puerto Vaca, Sierra Preta) .

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. 3. Dorsal habitus of HispaniolanPrioninae.a) Elateropsis femoratus, male,b) Elateropsis lineatus, female, c) Elateropsis quinquenotatus, female, d) Elateropsis sericeiventris, male, e) Elateropsis trimarginatus, female, f) Elateropsis dichroma, female holotype, g) Elateropsis woodleyi, male holotype, h) Solenoptera dominicensis, male, i) S. dominicensis, female.

Fig. 11. Living Hispaniolan Prioninae (photographs by Rick Stanley). a) Xixuthrus domingoensis, male, b) Hovorodon bituberculatum, female, c) Elateropsis femoratus, male, d) Solenoptera dominicensis, male.

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