Tetragonoschema (Tetragonoschema) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2012, A revision of the genera Anilaroides Théry, 1934, stat. nov. and Tetragonoschema Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 3521, pp. 1-38 : 21

Tetragonoschema (Tetragonoschema) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900

( Figs. 12 , 47 , 79 )

Tetragonoschema fossicollis Kerremans, 1900: 297 . Type locality: Brazil, Prov. Goyaz, Jatahy.

Tetragonoschema fossicollis: Kerremans, 1903: 168 (catalogue); Obenberger, 1922: 72 ( fossicolle , key); 1930: 559 ( fossicolle , catalogue); Blackwelder, 1944: 315 (checklist); Théry, 1944: 16 (catalogue).

Tetragonoschema pujoli Théry, 1944: 20 , syn. nov.. Type locality: Brazil. Prov. Goyaz, Jatahy.

Tetragonoschema pujoli: Bellamy, 2008: 1520 (catalogue).

Type specimens studied. T. fossicolle (number of syntypes unknown), lectotype ( Fig. 12 ), here designated (male, BMNH): “ Holotype [p, rounded, red-framed] // [ Brazil, Prov. Goyaz] Jatahy, Donckier [h] // Kerremans 1903 –59 [p] // fossicollis Kerr. Type [h]” ; T. pujoli , holotype ( Fig. 13 ) by monotypy (female, MNHN): “Museum Paris, Bresil [p], Prov.[ince] de Goyaz, Jatahy, 1903, H. Donckier [h] // Jatahy, Goyaz [p] // Pujoli Théry [h] Type [p]”.

Further specimens studied. BRAZIL. GOYAS: Jatahy (1 male, ISNB).

Diagnosis. Very small, length: 3.1–3.5 mm, short, black with red humeral patches; elytra nearly as long as wide, 1.10 times as long as wide; antennae very short, barely reaching anterior third of lateral pronotal margins when laid alongside the pronotum; anterior pronotal margin with large medial lobe; male metatibiae slightly curved and enlarged posteriorly; aedeagus almost spindle-shaped, parameres without preapical spines ( Fig. 79 ).

Since the number of syntypes of T. fossicolle is unknown I hereby designate the male from BMNH as the lectotype of Tetragonoschema fossicollis .

After having studied the lectotype of T. (T.) fossicolle and holotype of T. (T.) pujoli I have failed to find any substantial differences and I conclude that they are conspecific, T. (T.) pujoli being a younger synonym of T. (T.) fossicolle .

Bionomy. Unknown.

Sexual dimorphism. No difference between male and female was observed except for the slightly curved and enlarged male metatibiae.

Distribution. Brazil (prov. Goyaz).

Note. According to the description ( Kerremans, 1900) the pronotum bears a small, rounded, medial depression. After having studied Kerremans syntype (hereby designated as the lectotype) I found that the depression is somewhat eccentric and irregular and most probably it is a secondary injury. Thery´s holotype of T. pujoli ( Fig. 13 ) has no sign of any pronotal depression.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 18. Historical types: 10 — Tetragonoschema cupreocingulatum Hoscheck, 1931, lectotype, 3.5 mm; 11 — T. darlingtoni Théry, 1944, lectotype, 3.6 mm; 12 — T. fossicollis Kerremans, 1900, lectotype, 3.1 mm; 13 — T. pujoli Théry, 1944, holotype, 3.5 mm; 14 — T. humeralis Waterhouse, 1882, lectotype, 4.0 mm; 15 — T. nanum Obenberger, 1922, lectotype, 3.2 mm; 16 — T. brasiliae Obenberger, 1922, lectotype, 3.3 mm; 17 — T. medium Obenberger, 1922, lectotype, 3.8 mm; 18 — T. pygmaeum Théry, 1944, lectotype, 3.5 mm.

FIGURES 46 – 54. Habitus: 46 — Tetragonoschema (T.) darlingtoni Théry, 1944, male, 3.8 mm (Venezuela, Barquisimento); 47 — T. (T.) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900, female, 3.5 mm (Brasil, Jatahy); 48 — T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882, female, 5.0 mm (Mexico, Aguacero); 49 — T. (T.) nanum Obenberger, 1922, male, 4.4 mm (Paraguay, Loma Plata); 50 — T. (T.) purpurascens Kerremans, 1897, female, 4.3 mm (Argentina, Loreto); 51 — T. (T.) rubromarginatum Théry, 1944, male, 6.0 mm (Argentina, La Rioja); 52 — T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924, female, 5.3 mm (Argentina, Tucumán); 53 — T. (T.) undatum (Steinheil, 1874), female, 4.6 mm (Paraguay, Loma Plata); 54 — Chrysomelidae (Clytrinae) sp., possible model in the mimetic complex including some species of Tetragonoschema.

FIGURES 72 – 81. Aedeagi: 72 — Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) patagonicum Obenberger, 1922 (holotype); 73 — T. (P.) torresi Cobos, 1959 (holotype); 74 — T. (P.) cobosi sp. nov. (holotype); 75 — T. (T.) rubromarginatum Théry, 1944 (lectotype); 76 — T. (T.) barriesi sp. nov. (holotype); 77 — T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924 (Argentina, Tucuman); 78 — T. (T.) cupreocingulatum Hoscheck, 1931 (lectotype); 79 — T. (T.) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900 (lectotype); 80 — T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882 (Mexico, Michoacan); 81 — T. (T.) trinidadense Bellamy, 1991 (holotype).