Amblycerus spondiae Kingsolver, 1980

Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, Zootaxa 4701 (2), pp. 101-148 : 133-136

Amblycerus spondiae Kingsolver, 1980

( Figs 17 , 30 , 43 , 56 , 73, 86, 105, 109, 121)

Amblycerus spondiae Kingsolver, 1980: 239 (desc., type, distr., key, host); Janzen, 1980: 933, 935, 947 (bio., host.); Janzen, 1981: 272 (bio., host.); Pfaffenberger, 1985: 2 (cit.); Johnson & Kingsolver, 1981: 410 (distr.); Udayagiri & Wadhi, 1989:15 (cat., distr., host.); Romero et al. 1996: 86, 87, 158 (descr., host, key, distri., spp. groups); Romero et al. 2002 (phyl., host).

Types examined. Paratype deposited in AMNH, 1 male, with labels: Rabinal, Guate.\ 3000 ft. \ VII-2-1947 ; F.

Johnson\ Donor, Cols.\ C & P Vaurie; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue] ♀ [handwritten symbol]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Paratypes deposited in AMNH, 2 males, with labels: Salama, Guate.\ 3000 ft. \ VII-24-1947; F. Johnson\ Donor, Cols.\ C & P Vaurie; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue] ♀ [handwritten symbol]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Paratype deposited in AMNH, 1 male, with labels: Amatitlan\ Guate., 4000 ft. \ VIII-24-1947; F. Johnson\ Donor, Cols.\ C & P Vaurie; amnh; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue] ♀ [hand- written symbol]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Paratypes deposited in AMNH, 2 males, with labels: Amatitlan\ Guate., 4000 ft. \ VIII-24- 1947; F. Johnson\ Donor, Cols.\ C & P Vaurie; AMNH; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue] ♀ [handwritten symbol]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Depository: AMNH. Paratype deposited in USNM, 1 male, with labels: COSTA RICA \ Guanacaste Prov. \ R. Carroll, coll.; Palo Verde, OTS\ COMELCO A\ 17-XI-1971 \ Spondias mombin . Bag2; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Paratype deposited in USNM, 1 female, with labels: COSTA RICA \ Guanacaste Prov. \ R. Carroll, coll.; Palo Verde, OTS\ COMELCO A ♂ [handwritten symbol]\ 17-XI-1971 \ Spondias mombin . Bag2; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. Paratype deposited in USNM, 1 male, with labels: COSTA RICA:\ Guanacaste Prov. \ Finca La Pacifica\ 5-6-III- 1973; Riparian forest,\ dry leaf litter\ D. R. Whitehead; PARATYPE [white label with borders and writing in blue] ♀ [handwritten symbol]\ Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017.

Additional specimens examined. [1 male specimen]: MEX., 25 mi. S.\ Malpaso, Chis.\ V.25.1969\ J. M. Campbell; Amblycerus \ lineolatus\ (motsch.)\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( USNM). [1 male specimen]: MEX., Guerro\ Nr. Ixtapa\ IV-9-1984 \ J. E. Wappes ♀ [handwritten symbol]; Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA). [1 male specimen]: MEXICO, CHIAPAS \ 17 KM W TUXTLA GTZ.\ OCT 4-6 1986 \ E. GIESBERT, COLL. ♀ [handwritten symbol]; Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA). [1 male specimen]: Mexico: interc\ 15 mar 1976 \ S. Diego 3440; CDA Mex\ Mss\ det.\ J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( USNM). [1 male specimen]: MEXICO: Chiapas,\ 25 mi. Sw. Cintalapa\ July 11, 1971 \ Clark, Murray\ Hart, Schaffner; TAM; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( USNM). [2 specimens males]: Sam Jeronimo\ B. V. P., Guate.\ 3000 ft. \ VII-27-1947; F. Johnson\ Donor, Cols.\ C & P Vaurie; gravidus [handwritten]; Amblycerus spondiae \ KINGSOLVER\ Det. J. Romero N. 99’; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( AMNH). [1 male specimen]: HONDURAS: El Pariso [Paraiso] Dpt.\ El Portillo (Apaguis Mts.)\ 7km. S. Danli 12-X-1993 \ P. [R.] W. Skillman Jr.; Spondiae\ ???\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA). [1 female specimen]: HONDURAS: El Paraiso \ Yuscaran Cerro Monserrat\ 10-31 Mar 1993 \ rcol. R. Ortega ♂ [handwritten symbol]; Am- blycerus\ spondiae\ Kingsolver\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA). [1 male specimen]: NICARAGUA: Matagalpa:\ 10 km NW Matagalpa, Selva Negra, 10-18-IV- 2005, 1280 m\ 12º59’N, 85º54’W, W. Opitz\ beating forest edge vegetation\ Male; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA). [1 female specimen]: COSTA RICA \ Guanacaste Prov. \ D. H. Janzen et al\ 1 MAY—1976; FINCA LA PACIFICA; Capparis sp 2\ 1900-2000 pm;? spondiae [handwriting in red]\ det.\ J. M. Kingsolver; [♀]; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( USNM). [1 male specimen]: COSTA RICA. Punt.\ Monteverde. 1400 m \ - 24. VIII.1987 \ H & A. Howden; HFH; Amblycerus \ spondiae\ Kingsolver\ det. J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus spondiae \ Kingsolver, 1980 \ Det.: A. T. Santos; C. S.\ Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA).

Measurements. Paratype (Salama., Guate., AMNH), BL: 9.3 mm; BW: 4.7 mm.

Diagnosis ( Figs 30 , 105 ). Amblycerus spondiae is characterized by the following characters combination: eyes distant from each other anteriorly, ocular index: 2.7 ( Fig. 30 ); pronotum subquadrate with lateral margins slightly curved and lateral carina almost reaching the posterior margin of pronotum ( Figs 54, 56 ), with median strip of setae and tufts in lateral margins ( Fig. 56 ); scutellum tridentate with median tooth longer than the lateral ones (Fig. 73); first tarsomere about 3.5 times the length of the median spur; median lobe of male genitalia about 4.4 times as long as its greatest width at apical region ( Fig. 105 ); internal sac in the apical region with a pair of hollow, subtriangular sclerites ( Fig. 105 ). It shares some similarities externally and in relation to genitalia with A. alternatus , but differs from it by the distinct frontoclypeal suture (indistinct in A. alternatus ), cervical boss with three setae (two setae in A. alternatus ); metaventrite with median sulcus longer than a half the lenght of metaventrite (about half as long as metaventrite in A. alternatus ) and apical region with a pair of hollow, subtriangular, non-tuberculate sclerites (with a pair of hollow, subtriangular tuberculate sclerites in A. alternatus ). Amblycerus spondiae differs from A. cuernavacensis by the lateral carina almost reaching the posterior margin of pronotum (reaching the posterior margin of pronotum in A. cuernavacensis ), cervical boss with three setae (two setae in A. cuernavacensis ) and scutellum tridentate with median tooth longer than the others (all teeth with same length in A. cuernavacensis ). Amblycerus spondiae differs from A. vitis by the apical sclerite with acute, curved apex (apical sclerite with acute, straight apex in A. vitis ) and in median region with a short, unpaired wishbone sclerite (longer wishbone sclerite in A. vitis ).

Distribution ( Fig. 121 ). Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (new country record), Costa Rica and Panama.

Life History. According to Kingsolver (1980), the oviposition by A. spondiae is apparently on fruits or endocarps on the ground. Adults have been observed on clumps of Spondias endocarps that had passed through the alimentary tract of monkeys, and on endocarps of Hippomane from which the fleshy exocarp had been sloughed off.

Host Plants (Tab. II). Anacardiaceae : Spondias mombin L., Spondias radlkoferi Donn. -Sm. Boraginaceae : Cordia dodecandra DC. Capparaceae : Capparis sp. (new record). Euphorbiaceae : Hippomane mancinella L. Rhamnaceae : Ziziphus mexicanus .

Figures

FIGURES 15–18. Dorsal, group spondiae: 15. A. alternatus, 16. A. cuernavacensis, 17. A. spondiae, 18. A. vitis. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 28–31. Head, group spondiae: 28. A. alternatus, 29. A. cuernavacensis, 30. A. spondiae, 31. A. vitis. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 41–44. Lateral, group spondiae: 41. A. alternatus, 42. A. cuernavacensis, 43. A. spondiae and 44. A. vitis. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 54–57. Pronotum, group spondiae: 54. A. alternatus, 55. A. cuernavacensis, 56. A. spondiae and 57. A. vitis. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 103–106. Male genitalia, median lobe, group spondiae: 103. A. alternatus, 104. A. cuernavacensis, 105. A. spondiae and 106. A. vitis. Scale bars = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 120–121. FIGURE 120. Map with the geographical distribution of A. alternatus and A. cuernavacensis. Leaked symbols refer to bibliography data. FIGURE 121. Map with the geographical distribution of A. spondiae and A. vitis. Leaked symbols refer to bibliography data.