Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775 )

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2010, Synopsis of the genus Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Bolivia, with descriptions of two new species and new country records (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 2542, pp. 33-47 : 38

Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775)

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Cerambyx hirtipes DeGeer, 1775: 116 .

Colobothea hirtipes ; Monné, 2005: 344 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006: 38 (distr.). Stenocorus annulatus Fabricius, 1775: 180 .

Saperda lineata Fabricius, 1793: 214 .

Saperda hirtimana Schoenherr, 1817: 419 .

Saperda murina Schoenherr, 1817: 419 .

Colobothea contaminata Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Latreille, 1825: 337. Colobothea concreta Bates, 1865: 106 .

Comments. Very similar in the pattern of coloration to C. brullei Gahan, 1889 , but easily distinguishable by the sharply oblique humeri, and by the antenna of the male without an obtuse spine at the apex of antennomere VI.

Geographical distribution. Widely distributed in the Amazon Basin, and in the northern part of South America. Here, we extend the distribution to Trinidad & Tobago (new country record).

Specimens examined. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Trinidad, Maracas, Trinidad Bay, 2 females, 12.VII.1968, J. Boos leg. (MNRJ).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. 7, Colobothea hirtipes (Degeer) Ƥ; 8, Colobothea emarginata (Olivier) 3; 9, Colobothea bicuspidata (Latreille) 3; 10, Colobothea appendiculata Aurivillius Ƥ; 11, Colobothea plebeja Aurivillius 3; 12, Colobothea meleagrina Erichson 3.