Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher)

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2008, Seven New Species of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Dominican Republic with Taxonomic Notes, New Country Records, and a Key toElaphidionAudinet-Serville from Hispaniola, The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (3), pp. 353-379 : 353-379

Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher)

( Figs. 1 , 5a,b )

Discussion. This species, described by Fisher (1947) from two females from Guánica, in southwest Puerto Rico, was collected in eastern Dominican Republic in 2004 and 2005 (new country record). Specific label data are as follows: La Altagracia Prov., Parque Nacional Guaraguao, 18 ° 19.568 9 N, 68 ° 48.500 9 W, 0– 5 m, 28 June 2005, Norman E. Woodley (1 female, USNM); La Altagracia Prov., Punta Cana, near Ecological Reserve, 0–5 m, 18 ° 30.477 9 N, 68 ° 22.499 9 W, attracted to lights, 2–7 July 2005, N. Woodley (1 female, USNM); La Altagracia Prov., Parque Nacional Guaraguao, 18 ° 19.568 9 N, 68 ° 48.500 9 W, 0–5 m, 19 July 2004, blacklight, Lingafelter, Micheli, Guerrero (1 male, USNM).

356 The Dominican Republic records include the first known male of the species ( Fig. 1 ). The male differs from females in the following aspects: The pronotum is covered by a much denser vestiture of golden pubescence, nearly concealing the middle glabrous callus ( Fig. 5a ) (less pubescent and with larger glabrous middle callus in females, Fig. 5b ); and the antennae, with the last antennomere distinctly longer than the penultimate, extend to the elytral apex (the terminal antennomere is subequal to the penultimate and the antennae are distinctly shorter than the elytra in females).

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus photos of Dominican Republic Elaphidiini. 1) Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher), male; 2) Elaphidion fullonium Newman, neotype, male [5holotype of Elaphidion confusum Fisher], (USNM); 3) Elaphidion bidens (Fabricius), holotype; 4) Nesiosphaerion testaceum (Fisher), female.

Fig. 5. Pronota of Dominican Republic Elaphidiini. a) Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher), male; b) Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher), female; c) Elaphidion androsensis Fisher, male; d) Elaphidion androsensis Fisher, female; e) Nesiosphaerion testaceum (Fisher), male; f) Nesiosphaerion testaceum (Fisher), female.