Leptostylus retrorsus Bates, 1885

Monné, Miguel A., Nascimento, Francisco E. De L., Monné, Marcela L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2019, New records, new genera, and new species in Acanthocinini (Lamiinae) from the Neotropical region, and new synonym in Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 4624 (4), pp. 491-506 : 492

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5935534

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scientific name

Leptostylus retrorsus Bates, 1885
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Leptostylus retrorsus Bates, 1885 View in CoL

( Figures 1–2 View FIGURES 1–7. 1–2 )

Leptostylus retrorsus Bates, 1885: 387 View in CoL ; Monné, 2018: 85 (cat.).

Bates (1885) described L. retrorsus View in CoL based, apparently, on a single specimen from Panama. It is possible to infer this because he provided one unique length: “4¾ lin. [≈ 10.1 mm].” When Bates had more than one specimen, he provided the range as, for example, in the description of Leptostylus fuligineus View in CoL , in the same work: “Long. 3½-4½.” Even so, Chemsak & Linsley (1970) designated lectotype for L. retrorsus View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–7. 1–2 ). Although it is not a serious problem, it is important to know that if there are more specimens in the BMNH and/or other institutions, identified as L. retrorsus View in CoL (even by Bates himself), from the same place as the holotype / lectotype, they are not paralectotypes. This is because the existence of syntypes is not supported by the original description. According to ICZN (1999: Article 73.1.2): “if the nominal species-group taxon is based on a single specimen, either so stated or implied in the original publication, that specimen is the holotype fixed by monotypy.” The single measurement provided in the original description is evidence that Bates had a single specimen when described the species.

The specimen from Ecuador ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–7. 1–2 ) agrees well with the photograph of the lectotype ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–7. 1–2 ) deposited at BMNH. Therefore, its geographical distribution extends from Central America ( Costa Rica, Panama) to northern South America.According to Bates (1885), the dark macula placed about middle of the elytra is V-shaped. However, sometimes that macula is more widened close to suture, becoming something like an inverted triangle. Furthermore, there is another V-shaped macula, slightly brownish, from near humeri to about midlength, slightly distinct in some specimens, but well-marked in others.

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), Pichincha: Río Pachijal (Los Bancos; 00º04’06”N / 78º54’17”W; 928m), 1 female, 29.X.2011, V. Sinyaev col. ( MZSP) GoogleMaps .

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Leptostylus

Loc

Leptostylus retrorsus Bates, 1885

Monné, Miguel A., Nascimento, Francisco E. De L., Monné, Marcela L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio 2019
2019
Loc

Leptostylus retrorsus

Monne, M. A. 2018: 85
Bates, H. W. 1885: 387
1885
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