Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2018, Synopsis of the genus Volxemia Lameere, 1884 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 4457 (3), pp. 491-494 : 493

Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884 ( Fig. 2 )

Lolxemia dianella Lameere, 1884: 86 ; Zajciw, 1958: 686; 1974a: 47 (distr.); Damoiseau & Cools, 1987: 10 (types); Martins, 1999:

154, fig. 96; Monné, M. A., 2005: 172 (cat.); Galileo, Martins & Moyses, 2008: 17, 118 (distr.); Monné, M. L. et al., 2010: 239

(distr.); Botero, 2015: 14, figs, 3D–E (lect.).

In the original description of V. dianella Lameere, 1884 , the author mentioned that the species was described with 3 specimens: “1 ♀ rapportée de Botafogo par Van Volxem; 1 ♂ et 1 ♀ du Brésil, sans localité précise” ( Lameere 1884). Zajciw (1974) extended the distribution to Espírito Santo state, Reserva Biológica Sooretama; and Martins (1999) listed two more localities in Espírito Santo: Barra de São Francisco (Córrego do Itá) and Linhares. Galileo et al. (2008) redescribed and illustrated V. dianella . Botero (2015) designated a lectotype female from Brazil and a paralectotype female from the neighborhood of Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil.

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).

Specimens examined. Brazil, Espírito Santo: Barra de São Francisco ( Córrego do Itá ), male, XI.1956, W. Grossmann col.; Linhares (Parque Sooretama) ( MNRJ) ; male, IX.1968, B. Silva col. (MNRJ).

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FIGURES 1–3. 1, Volxemia solangeae sp. nov.; 2, Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884; 3, Volxemia seabrai Zajciw, 1968.