Oreodera stictica Monné and Fragoso, 1988

Wappes, James E. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2019, A new species, new geographical records, and taxonomic notes in Oreodera Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Insecta Mundi 698, pp. 1-11 : 6

Oreodera stictica Monné and Fragoso, 1988

( Fig. 18–21 )

Oreodera stictica Monné and Fragoso 1988: 814 ; Monné 1994: 32 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 236 (checklist); Julio et al. 2000: 46 (holotype); Monné 2005: 195 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 208 (checklist); Monné and Monné 2016: 56 (holotype); Monné 2018: 271 (cat.).

This species was described based on three males from Brazil (Mato Grosso) which were subsequently destroyed in the 2018 MNRJ fire. Fortunately, the holotype was illustrated in the original description ( Fig. 20 ) and photographed by Steven W. Lingafelter in 2003, although, by then it had become seriously contaminated by fungi ( Fig. 21 ), which dramatically altered its appearance rendering it nearly unrecognizable.

Although not mentioned in the original description, the metatibiae are distinctly widened from near base, making the basal third wider than usual among Oreodera species.

Since the original description, the species has only been mentioned in catalogs and checklists. Often, species occurring in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso also occur in Bolivia which is the case here.

Material examined. BOLIVIA (new country record), Santa Cruz: Potrerillo del Guendá (17 ° 40.26 ′ S / 65 ° 24.44 ′ W), 2 males, 9-28.XI.2006, B.K. Dozier and F. and J. Romero col. ( ACMT); ( Snake farm; 17 ° 40 ′ S / 63 ° 27 ′ W; 370–400 m), 1 female, 3.XII.2012, Skillman and Wappes col. ( FWSC); 1 male, 15–22.XI.2011, Bettella, Bonaso and Romero col. ( MZSP); Buena Vista (410 m), 1 female, 29.X.1999, Porter and Stange col. ( FSCA); Huaico (430 m; 17 ° 40 ′ S / 63 ° 24 ′ W), 1 female, 21.XI.2013, Skillman and Wappes col. ( FWSC); Huaico (near Potrerillo del Guendá ; 430 m; MV/UV light; 63 ° 26 ′ S / 17 ° 40 ′ W), 1 male, 21.XI.2013, Wappes and Skillman col. ( ACMT); 1 male, 1 female, 27–29.XI.2013, Wappes and Kuckartz col. ( ACMT) .

Figures

Figures 18–21. Oreodera stictica. 18) Dorsal habitus, male. 19) Dorsal habitus, female. 20) Holotype male, from Monné and Fragoso (1988). 21) Holotype male, dorsal habitus.