Stenolis flavoguttata, Monné, Miguel A., 2011

Monné, Miguel A., 2011, Revision of the genus Stenolis Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 2831, pp. 39-53 : 43

Stenolis flavoguttata sp. nov.

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Description. Male. Integument dark brown. Pubescence predominantly brownish-gray dorsally except for pale yellow maculae, as follows: diffuse patch behind superior lobes of eyes; narrow lateral line on each side of pronotum and eight rounded spots on each elytron, three on basal third, two in middle, and three on apical third. Ventral side of body and legs covered with grayish pubescence.

Antennae reaching apices of the elytra at apex of antennomere VI. Sides of prothorax rounded, without tubercles; single line of minute punctures near posterior margin. Elytra with apices semicircularly emarginate, external angle projecting in minute tooth. Punctures very scattered on basal half. Fifth urotergite rounded at apex; fifth urosternite transversely truncate at distal extremity. Metatarsomere I as long as II + III.

Female. Antennae reaching apices of elytra at the apex of antennomere VII. Ovipositor projecting slightly beyond elytral apices; fifth urotergite and urosternite transversely truncate at apex.

Measurements (mm), male/female. Total length, 6.0–6.5/5.1–6.5; prothorax length, 1.2–1.2/1.0–1.1; prothorax width, 1.5–1.6/1.5–1.6; elytral length, 4.2–4.5/3.7–4.5; humeral width, 1.8–2.0/1.7–2.1.

Etymology. Latin flavus, yellow + gutta, spot.

Type material. Holotype male, MEXICO. Veracruz: Volcán San Martin, SE slope, 31.VII.1959, B. & B. Valentine col. ( MNRJ). Paratypes, male, same data ( EMEC). Lake Catemaco, male, 8–16.VIII.1960, S. F. Howden col. ( CNCI). 16 km W Santecomapan, 2 females, 113. IV.1993, J. E. Wappes col. ( ACMT). Chiapas: 12 km S Palenque, female, 3.IX.1982, Clark & Cave col. ( MNRJ).

Comments. S. flavoguttata sp. nov. has in common with S. polygramma the yellow spots on the elytra, but in the new species the spots are rounded and arranged in a different pattern than those of S. polygramma ; also, there is no longitudinal yellow line in the middle of the pronotum.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, Stenolis polygramma (Bates, 1872); 2, Stenolis gilvolineata sp. nov.; 3, Stenolis angulata (Fabricius, 1801); 4, Stenolis flavoguttata sp. nov.; 5, Stenolis inclusa (Bates, 1885); 6, Stenolis xanthostigma sp. nov.