Epimelitta scoparia ( Klug, 1825 ), 1870

Clarke, Robin O. S., Flora, Hotel, Fauna, Casilla, de, Santa Cruz, Sierra & Bolivia, 2016, Provisional revision of the genus Epimelitta Bates, 1870 and associated genera, with a brief synopsis of the genus Acorethra Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (504), pp. 1-43 : 10-11

Epimelitta scoparia ( Klug, 1825)

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Molorchus scoparius Klug, 1825:469 .

Epimelitta scoparia ; Bates, 1870: 33; Monné, 2016:813 (cat.).

Epimelitta miranda Tippmann, 1960:128 ; Monné and Giesbert, 1992:250 (syn.).

Epimelitta meliponica Bates, 1870:331 , syn. nov.

Epimelitta acutipennis Fisher, 1947:54 , syn. nov.

Measurements (mm): 14 males / 5 females: total length 10.75-13.0/14.00-16.35; length of pronotum 1.75- 2.15/2.25-2.50; width of pronotum 2.20-2.65/2.85-3.30; length of elytra 2.55-3.25/3.70-4.20; width at humeri 2.15-2.70/2.80-3.25.

Specimens analyzed: BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 17°27’S / 63°43’W, 5 km W Buena Vista, 1 km W Candelaria, 400 m, on/flying to flowers of “ Gomphrena ”: male, 21.VIII.2007. ( RCSZ); 17º29’96’’S/ 63º39’13’’W, 440 m, 5 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, Chiquitano Forest , on/flying to flowers of “ Sapaimosi ”: female 26.VIII.2008 ( RCSZ) .

Specimens examined: GUYANA, female ( USNM Allotype #57681) . BRAZIL, Amazonas, Santarem , female ( CMNH Acc. No. 2966) . PERU, Pucallpa (Rio Ucayali), 400 m, female, XII.1955, Dirings collection ( MZSP) . BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 17°27’S / 63°43’W, 5 km W Buena Vista, 1 km W Candelaria , 400 m, on/flying to flowers of “ Gomphrena ”: male, 14.VIII.2007 ( MNKM) ; ditto, 9 males, 15-23.VIII.2007 ( RCSZ). 17º29’96’’S/ 63º39’13’’W, 440 m, 5 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, Chiquitano Forest , on/ flying to flowers of “Sapaimosi”: female, 1.IX.2008 ( RCSZ); ditto, on/flying to flowers of “ Gomphrena ”: male, 5.IX.2007 ( RCSZ); ditto, on/flying to flowers of “ Barbasquillo ”: 2 males, 20-25.VIII.2005; ditto, on/ flying to flowers of “Ramoneo”: male, 10.VIII.2008 ( RCSZ). [Note: The holotype of Epimelitta scoparia Bates, 1870 was examined with photographs made available by the BMNH.]

Comment: Bolivia is a new country record for the species.

Figures

Figures 1-6. Genus Epimelitta. Fig. 1-5. Epimelitta scoparia (Klug, 1825): 1) male dorsal aspect; 2) male ventral aspect; 3) female ventral aspect; 4) Epimelitta acutipennis Fisher, 1947 syn. nov., female; 5) Molorchus scoparius Klug, 1825, male cotype. Fig. 6. Epimelitta rufiventris Bates, 1879, female holotype.