Papuandra araucariae ( Gressitt, 1959 ), 2010

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Heffern, Daniel & Matsuda, Kiyoshi, 2010, Revision of Hawaiian, Australasian, Oriental, and Japanese Parandrinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (130), pp. 1-120 : 71-72

Papuandra araucariae ( Gressitt, 1959)

( Fig. 1, 2 , 86 , 141, 142 , 201 , 210 , 226 , 269 , 318 , 387-389 )

Parandra araucariae Gressitt, 1959: 65 , fig. 1.

Parandra (Parandra) araucariae ; Arigony 1984: 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 116, fig. 27, 28, 33, 40, 49, 56, 63-66; Santos-Silva 2002: 32 (note).

Description. Integument shining, pale-brown; parts of head, parts of mandibles, margins of pronotum and of scutellum, and elytral suture, blackish.

Male ( Fig. 387 ). Dorsal surface of head finely, sparsely punctate; gibbosities separated by deep furrow, and with projection in posterior part near longitudinal furrow; area between gibbosities and ocular carina with depression well defined; ocular carina narrow, without bifurcation in “Y” near posterior edge of eyes; area behind eyes more coarsely punctate than dorsal surface of head. Eyes ( Fig. 86 ) moderately narrow; posterior ocular edge ( Fig. 387 ) distinct, but without abrupt declivity towards posterior part of head. Central area of clypeus oblique. Labrum tumid at middle-basal area; central projection ( Fig. 1 ) moderately wide, truncate at apex. Submentum barely depressed, sparsely, shallowly punctate; pilosity short and very sparse; anterior margin moderately narrow and elevated. Mandibles ( Fig. 141 ) not falciform; inner margin with two teeth together protracted and distinctly separated at their apices; dorsal carina narrow and not notably elevated. Galea ( Fig. 201 ). Ventral sensorial area of antennomeres III-XI visible from side ( Fig. 226 ) and divided by clear carina; dorsal sensorial area of antennomere XI moderately large.

Pronotum finely, sparsely punctate at central area, and coarser and more abundantly punctate laterally; anterior edge slightly concave centrally; anterior angles clearly projected forward. Elytra abundantly, somewhat coarsely punctate, but finer and sparser towards suture on basal two-thirds, and all of apical third; each elytron with one carina visible. Wings as in Fig. 210 . Metasternum glabrous, with punctures shallow, coarser laterally. Metafemur ( Fig. 388 ) moderately elongate. Dorsal face of metatibiae longitudinally sulcate. Metatarsomere V approximately as long as I-III together ( Fig. 269 ).

Female ( Fig. 389 ). Central projection of labrum ( Fig. 2 ). Mandibles as in Fig. 142 . Punctation of head, pronotum, and elytra as in males.

Variability. Integument brown. Males: gibbosities of dorsal surface of head separated by shallow furrow; projection of gibbosities in posterior part near longitudinal furrow, barely visible; central area of clypeus barely oblique; central projection of labrum rounded at apex; submentum not depressed; submentum flat; submentum transversely striate; anterior margin of submentum barely elevated. Female: punctation of basal two-thirds of elytra, close to suture, and laterally.

Dimensions in mm (M / F). Total length (including mandibles), 13.0-16.0/15.1-18.2; prothorax: length, 2.9-3.3/3.2-4.0; anterior width, 3.3-4.0/3.6-4.4; posterior width, 2.6-3.5/3.6-4.2; humeral width, 3.2-4.1/ 4.0-5.0; elytral length, 7.5-9.0/9.0-11.1.

Geographical distribution ( Fig. 318 ). Papua New Guinea (New Guinea, Normamby Island), and Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Material examined. (15 M, 7 F), as follows: PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Morobe: Bulolo M, 1964, ( UNCO) ; F, II.1974, J. Sedlacek coll. ( EVCO) ; F, (in dead trunk of Araucaria cunninghamii ), 12.II.1974, J. Sedlacek coll. ( EVCO) ; M, XII.24-29.1994, K. Hiramatsu coll. ( NOCO); M, XII.25.1994, M. Takagi coll. ( NOCO); (800m) , F, I.15-II.14.1979, J. Sedlacek coll. ( IRSN); (700m) , F, I.16.1970, ( JCCO); M, [date not indicated], J. Sedlacek coll. ( MZSP); (1020m) , paratype M, VIII.24.1956, E. J. Ford Jr. coll. ( BPBM) ; M, XII.12.1971, J. Sedlacek coll. ( DHCO); M, III.5.1972, J. Sedlacek coll. ( DHCO); Wau ( Wau Ecology Institut ; 1200m), 3 M, 1 F, II.15-18.2000, A. Weigel coll. ( AWCO) ; F, II.15-18.2000, A. Weigel coll. ( MZSP); (1200m) , M, VIII.30.1971, ( CHKC). Madang: Wum (Upper Jimmi Valley; 840m), paratype M, VII.17.1955, J. L. Gressitt coll. ( BPBM). Eastern Highlands: Okapa - Okasa, M, F, XII.18.1964, R. Hornabrook coll. ( CHKC). INDONESIA, New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Papua: Epomani-Ugida, km 179 ( Paniai region ; 1350-1400m), 2 M, I.19- 20.1996, A. Riedel coll. ( ZSMC) .

Type, type locality. According to Gressitt (1959) the holotype male is from Western Highlands (Wum), deposited at BPBM, and there are twenty-eight (28) paratypes, deposited at BMNH, USNM, CASC, BPBM, CSIR, RMNH, MZBI, CNHM, and DASF. Gressitt (1959) recorded that the holotype and some paratypes from Wum collected July 16, 1955 by him, and some from Bulolo collected August 22-23, 1956 by him are deposited at BPBM. We examined two paratypes males from Wum and Bulolo, deposited at BPMB, that don’t agree with that data (see “Material examined”).

Comments. Papuandra araucariae is the only species in this genus with the mandibles of the male and female similar. It was common to find specimens from New Guinea in many collections misidentified as P. araucariae . See comments on P. norfolkensis , from Norfolk Island.

Figures

Figure 1-44. Labrum. 1) Papuandra araucariae, male. 2) P. araucariae, female. 3) P. gressitti, holotype male. 4) P. weigeli, holotype male. 5) P. weigeli, paratype female. 6) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 7) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 8) P. norfolkensis, paratype female. 9) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 10) P. rothschildi, paratype female. 11) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 12) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 13) C. austrocaledonica, female. 14) C. passandroides, male. 15) C. passandroides, female. 16) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 17) S. frenchi, female. 18) Malukandra heterostyla, holotype male. 19) M. jayawijayana, holotype male. 20) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 21) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 22) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 23) M. striatifrons, holotype female of Parandra vitiensis. 24) M. solomonensis, male. 25) M. solomonensis, female. 26) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 27) M.bougainvillensis, paratype female.28) M.birai, holotype male. 29) Stenandra kolbei, female. 30) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 31) Komiyandra janus, female. 32) K. shibatai, male. 33) K. shibatai, female. 34) K. formosana, male. 35) K. formosana, female. 36) K. lanyuana, male. 37) K. lanyuana, female. 38) K. javana, holotype male. 39) K. javana, paratype female. 40) K. nayani, paratype male. 41) K. nayani, paratype female. 42) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 43) K. ohbayashii, paratype female. 44) K. vivesi, holotype male.

Figure 75-89. Head, lateral view, male. 75) Hawaiiandra puncticeps. 76) Storeyandra frenchi. 77) Malukandra heterostyla. 78) M. jayawijayana, holotype. 79) M. hornabrooki, holotype. 80) Caledonandra austrocaledonica. 81) C. passandroides. 82) Melanesiandra striatifrons. 83) M. solomonensis, paratype. 84) M. bougainvillensis, holotype. 85) M. birai, holotype. 86) Papuandra araucariae. 87) P. gressitti, holotype. 88) P. weigeli, holotype. 89) P. norfolkensis, holotype.

Figure 118-147. Mandibles, dorsal view. 118) Birandra (Yvesandra) angulicollis, male. 119) B. (Y.) angulicollis, female. 120) Acutandra araucana, male. 121) Parandra (Parandra) glabra, female. 122) Stenandra kolbei, female. 123) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 124) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 125) S. frenchi, female. 126) Malukandra heterostyla, holotype male. 127) M. jayawijayana, holotype male. 128) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 129) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 130) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 131) C. austrocaledonica, female. 132) C. passandroides, male. 133) C. passandroides, female. 134) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 135) M. striatifrons, female. 136) M. solomonensis, male. 137) M. solomonensis, female. 138) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 139) M. bougainvillensis, paratype female. 140) M. birai, holotype male. 141) Papuandra araucariae, paratype male. 142) P. araucariae, female. 143) P. gressitti, holotype male. 144) P. weigeli, holotype male. 145) P. weigeli, paratype female. 146) P. queenslandensis, holotype male. 147) P. oberthueri, holotype female.

Figure 200-209. 200-204) Maxillary palp. 200) Komiyandra nayani, paratype male. 201) Papuandra araucariae, male. 202) Storeyandra frenchi, female. 203) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 204) Acutandra murrayi, female. 205-209) Wing. 205) Acutandra murrayi, female. 206) Neandra brunnea, male. 207) Archandra caspia, male. 208) Parandra (Parandra) ubirajarai, male. 209) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male.

Figure 210-217. 210-214) Wings. 210) Papuandra araucariae, male. 211) Komiyandra nayani, paratype male. 212) Birandra (Birandra) silvaini, male. 213) Caledonandra passandroides, male. 214) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 215-217) Antenna. 215) Stenandra kolbei, female. 216) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 217) Storeyandra frenchi, male.

Figure 218-234. Antenna. 218) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 219) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 220) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 221) C. passandroides, male. 222) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 223) M. solomonensis, male. 224) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 225) M. birai, holotype male.226) Papuandra araucariae, male. 227) P. gressitti, holotype male. 228) P. weigeli, holotype male. 229) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 230) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 231) P. rothschildi, paratype male. 232) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 233) Komiyandra janus, female. 234) K. shibatai, male.

Figure 252-276. 252-257) Antenna. 252) Komiyandra drumonti, holotype male. 253) K. cabigasi, paratype male. 254) K. johkii, holotype male. 255) K. poggii, holotype male. 256) K. koni, paratype male. 257) K. uenoi, paratype male. 258-276) Metatarsus. 258) Stenandra kolbei, female. 259) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 260) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 261) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 262) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 263) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 264) C. passandroides, male. 265) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 266) M. solomonensis, male. 267) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 268) M. birai, holotype male. 269) Papuandra araucariae, male. 270) P. gressitti, holotype male. 271) P. weigeli, holotype male. 272) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 273) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 274) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 275) oberthueri, holotype female. 276) Komiyandra janus, female.

Figure 317-322. Maps. 317) Malukandra hornabrooki. 318) Papuandra araucariae (circle), Komiyandra menieri (square), K. drumonti (diamond), Papuandra queenslandensis (star). 319) Caledonandra austrocaledonica. 320) Komiyandra formosana (circle), K. lanyuana (square). 321) Storeyandra frenchi. 322) Stenandra kolbei in Asia.

Figure 385-390. Habitus. 385) Melanesiandra birai, holotype male, dorsal view. 386) M. birai, holotype male, ventral view. 387) Papuandra araucariae, male, dorsal view. 388) P. araucariae, male ventral view. 389) P. araucariae, female, dorsal view. 390) P. gressitti, holotype male, dorsal view.