Antodice raberi, Heffern & Nascimento & Santos-Silva, 2024

Heffern, Daniel, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2024, Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Panama: new species, new records, and new synonymy, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 247-262 : 258-261

Antodice raberi sp. nov.

( Figs 22–26 )

Description. Holotype female. Integument mostly dark brown; ventral mouthparts dark reddish brown, except light yellowish-brown palpomeres; anteclypeus and anterior 2/3 of labrum brown; gulamentum mostly brown; basal half of ventral surface of antennomere III dark reddish brown; antennomere IV brown with irregular dark orangishbrown areas; antennomeres V–XI orangish brown, gradually lighter toward XI. Legs orangish brown, lighter on apical half of tibiae and entire tarsi.

Head. Frons smooth centrally between eyes, abundantly, finely punctate with coarse punctures interspersed on remaining surface; glabrous on smooth area, with moderately sparse light yellowish-brown pubescence close to eyes, sparse on remaining inferior 3/4, and dense yellow pubescence on superior quarter, except glabrous median groove; with a few long, erect yellowish setae close to eyes. Area between antennal tubercles with dense white pubescent band on each side of glabrous median groove, moderately abundant yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument close to white pubescent band, and sparse yellowish-brown pubescence toward antennal tubercles; with long, erect brown setae interspersed.Area between eyes with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous median groove. Remaining surface of vertex sparsely, coarsely punctate; with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument on each side of median groove, and abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument on remaining surface. Area behind eyes abundantly, coarsely punctate; with dense, narrow yellowish-brown pubescent band close to eye, and moderately abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except whitish pubescent spot surrounded by yellow pubescence, located behind superior area of lower eye lobe, between eye and prothorax. Genae subsmooth and subglabrous. Wide central area of postclypeus abundantly, coarsely punctate, punctures partially confluent; with very sparse yellowish-brown pubescence, and one very long, erect yellowish-brown seta on each side. Sides of postclypeus glabrous. Labrum moderately abundantly, coarsely punctate, punctures sparser toward anterior margin; with abundant, erect yellowish-brown setae directed forward, not obscuring integument, with a few short, erect yellowish-brown setae interspersed on posterior quarter. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous, except a few short yellowish-brown setae on intermaxillary process. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.05 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.45 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 1.65 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere VIII. Scape abundantly, moderately coarsely punctate; with abundant short, erect dark-brown setae, more abundant dorsally, and long, erect dark-brown setae interspersed. Pedicel and antennomeres III–IV with abundant, short, erect dark-brown setae dorsally and laterally, and dense, long, erect dark-brown setae ventrally; antennomere III with a few long, erect dark-brown setae interspersed dorsally. Antennomere V with abundant, short, both erect and suberect, both pale-yellow and dark-brown setae dorsally and laterally, setae longer on apex of dorsal surface; with abundant, long, erect dark-brown setae ventrally, except base with long, erect pale-yellow setae. Antennomeres VI–XI with abundant, both decumbent and erect pale-yellow setae, setae longer ventrally, except a few long, erect dark-brown setae on apex of dorsal and ventral surfaces of VI–VII. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.76; pedicel = 0.13; IV = 1.19; V = 1.17; VI = 1.06; VII = 0.98; VIII = 0.92; IX = 0.80; X = 0.65; XI = 0.55.

Thorax. Prothorax wider than long; sides with distinct rounded protuberance centrally. Pronotum abundantly, coarsely punctate; sides of posterior third with longitudinal, dense white pubescent band, from posterior sulcus to base of rounded protuberance of prothorax; sides of anterior third with dense, irregular white pubescent macula, also occupying superior region of sides of prothorax, almost fused with the posterior white pubescent band; with wide, longitudinal straw-colored pubescent band centrally, from anterior to posterior margin; remaining surface with abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, with a few long, erect straw colored setae interspersed. Sides of prothorax with sculpturing as on pronotum; with large,subtriangular,dense white pubescent macula inferiorly, not reaching anterior quarter and postcoxal process; with abundant straw-colored pubescence on postcoxal process, abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument between the two areas with dense white pubescence, and moderately abundant straw-colored pubescence on remaining surface. Prosternum abundantly, coarsely punctate; with moderately abundant pubescence not obscuring integument, pubescence brownish laterally and anteriorly, yellowish-white on remaining surface; with long, erect straw-colored setae interspersed centrally. Prosternal process with abundant straw-colored pubescence, denser centrally, and long, erect setae of same color interspersed; narrowest area 0.18 times procoxal width. Mesoventrite with abundant straw-colored pubescence not obscuring integument, except pale yellowish-brown pubescence on area close to mesoventral process and dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument laterally close to inferior region of mesanepisterna. Mesanepisterna with dense white pubescence except abundant yellowish pubescence close to prothorax. Mesepimera with dense white pubescence. Mesoventral process with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument laterally and abundant yellowish pubescence obscuring integument centrally; apex 0.29 times mesocoxal width. Metanepisterna with dense white pubescence basally and abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument on remaining surface; with a few long, erect straw-colored setae interspersed. Sides of metaventrite with abundant dark-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except oblique, subelliptical, dense white pubescent macula anteriorly; remaining surface with abundant straw-colored pubescence not obscuring integument, except dense pubescence close to metacoxae and glabrous metathoracic discrimen; with long, erect, straw-colored setae interspersed. Scutellum with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except dense pubescence of same color on margins. Elytra. Abundantly, moderately finely punctate, punctures sparser and finer on posterior quarter; apex rounded; parallelsided on anterior 3/4, gradually narrowed toward apex posterior quarter; with abundant straw-colored pubescence partially obscuring integument, except: abundant yellowish-brown pubescence anteriorly, not reaching scutellum; large right triangle-shaped dark-brown pubescent macula dorsally on anterior sixth; three small yellowish-white pubescent spots dorsally, one on anterior yellowish-brown pubescent area, two on right triangle-shaped anterior area; sparse dark-brown pubescence close to epipleural margin on anterior half; large dark-brown pubescent macula about middle of dorsal surface, narrowed toward anterior third, projected toward epipleural margin on its posterior area; two dense white pubescent spots inside dark-brown pubescent area, innermost larger, located about middle of dorsal surface, smaller located on lateral curvature of elytra; large, irregular area with abundant brown pubescence not obscuring integument on posterior third of dorsal surface, not reaching apex, with two dense white pubescent maculae inside, anterior one larger, irregular, posterior one U-shaped; area close to apex with abundant light yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument. Elytral surface with long, erect straw-colored setae throughout, denser apically. Legs. Femora with abundant, erect, both short and long yellowish-white setae not obscuring integument ventrally, outer surface, and apical area of dorsal surface, and sparser setae on remaining surface. Protibiae with sparse, erect, both short and long yellowish-white setae dorsally and laterally; ventral surface with abundant, short, erect yellowish-brown setae on posterior half, and dense, erect light yellowish-brown setae on apical half; outer apex with ( Fig. 26 ) with short spicule followed by tab with rounded apex with abundant minute spicules. Mesotibiae strongly notched after middle; basal third with sparse, erect, both short and long yellowish-white setae, remaining surface with abundant yellowish-white pubescence, with long, erect setae of same color interspersed, except dense fringe of erect yellowish-brown setae dorsally on apical 2/3. Metatibiae with sparse yellowish-white pubescence on basal third and abundant pubescence of same color on remaining surface, except dorsal surface with dense, short, erect yellowish-white setae; with long, erect yellowish-white setae interspersed throughout. Dorsal surface of tarsi with moderately sparse, long, erect yellowish-white setae.

Abdomen. Sides of ventrites 1–4 with large, dense white pubescent macula, reaching apex of ventrite only on ventrite 1; area of ventrites 2–4 between white macula and apex with abundant straw-colored pubescence; remaining surface of ventrites 1–4 with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous apex; ventrite 5 with abundant straw-colored pubescence partially obscuring integument laterally, except abundant yellowish-brown pubescence close to apex, and abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument on remaining surface, pubescence sparser from basal quarter; all ventrites with long, erect, yellowish setae interspersed.

Dimensions (mm). Total length, 15.40; prothoracic length, 1.95; anterior prothoracic width, 2.35; posterior prothoracic width, 2.30; maximum prothoracic width, 2.50; humeral width, 3.40; elytral length, 11.25.

Type material. Holotype male from PANAMA, Ngäbe-Buglé: Fortuna Cabins , 08.7814°N 82.1909°W, MV/ UV light, 27.IV-4.V.2023, B.T. Raber leg. ( TAMU, formerly DHCO).

Etymology. This new species is dedicated to Brian Raber, friend of the first author and collector of the holotype.

Remarks. Antodice Thomson, 1864 has 28 species distributed from Mexico to southern South America (Monné 2023; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023.

Antodice raberi sp. nov. is similar to A. neivai Lane, 1940 (see photographs on Bezark 2024a, Tippmann 1960, and Lingafelter et al. 2014) by the length of the genae and lower eye lobes, but this species has a very distinct general appearance, color of antennae and legs, and pubescent pattern; therefore, they cannot be confused. The new species is slightly similar to A. nympha Bates, 1881 (see photographs on Bezark 2024a and McCarty 2006), but differs: area behind eyes without dense white pubescent maculae (present in A. nympha ); antennomere III entirely dark (light on basal half in A. nympha ); elytra with minute yellowish-white pubescent spots anteriorly (with moderately large maculae in A. nympha ); and posterior area of elytra with two dense and large white pubescent maculae (with at least three maculae in A. nympha ). Antodice raberi is also somewhat similar to A. kyra Martins & Galileo, 1998 , and A. exilis Chemsak & Noguera, 1993 , but differs especially by the pronotum with longitudinal light pubescent band centrally from anterior to posterior margin (absent in A. kyra and A. exilis ) and base of the dorsal surface of elytra with large and triangular area without light pubescence (absent in A. kyra and A. exilis ), and without dense and moderately large white pubescent macula close to anterior margin (present in A. kyra and A. exilis ).

Figures

FIGURES 22–26. Antodice raberi sp. nov., holotype female: 22) Dorsal habitus; 23) Ventral habitus; 24) Lateral habitus; 25) Head, frontal view; 26) Apex of protibia.