Tigrinestola tigrina ( Skinner, 1905 )

Heffern, Daniel & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2017, Notes and descriptions on North American Desmiphorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4247 (4), pp. 469-479 : 472

Tigrinestola tigrina ( Skinner, 1905)

( Figs 1–4 , 23 )

Skinner (1905) described Lypsimena tigrina based on two specimens: “one specimen from Carr Canyon, Huachuca Mountains , Arizona, and one in the Horn collection from Southern Texas .

The syntype from Carr Canyon is currently deposited at ANSP. However , we did not search for the syntype from southern Texas . The former collection of Horn is currently housed at the MCZ collection. There are no other known specimens of this species from Texas, and the label is undoubtedly in error.

Schaeffer (1906) proposed a questionable new species: “The size and markings of my insect agree with the Doctor’s [Skinner] description, and I have no doubt that this is the species, but in case it should prove different I propose the name of Estola picta for it. The description by Schaeffer (1906) actually agrees very well with L. tigrina , and it is currently maintained as a synonym. The former collection of Schaeffer is currently deposited at USNM. Lingafelter et al. (2014) did not list the type (syntypes) of Estola picta at USNM collection. However, it is very probable that Schaeffer did not indicate the specimen(s) as type(s). Thus, if they are at USNM, it(they) could simply have a label identifying it(them) as E. picta , E. tigrina , or L. tigrina .

After the original description of L. tigrina , we could not find a citation affirming that the types of T. tigrina were examined. We designate as lectotype the female ( Figs 1, 2 ) belonging to ANSP, with the following labels ( Fig. 3 ):

White (Printed): Carr Canyon / Huachuca Mts. / Cochise Co. Ariz. White (Printed): H. Skinner / August 1905

Light salmon: COTYPTE [Printed] / S. tigrina [Handwritten] / Skinner [Handwritten] Red: TYPE [Printed] 8107 [Handwritten] / Lypsimena tigrina Skin. [Handwritten]. Red (Printed), added by us: LECTOTYPE

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 4, Lypsimena tigrina, lectotype female: 1, dorsal habitus; 2, lateral habitus; 3, labels; 4, elytral base, lateral view. 5 – 8, Tigrinestola nearnsi sp. nov., holotype male: 5, dorsal habitus; 6, ventral habitus; 7, lateral habitus, 8, head, frontal view.

FIGURES 16 – 23. 16 – 20, Allotigrinestola sundbergi sp. nov., holotype male: 16, dorsal habitus; 17, ventral habitus; 18, lateral habitus; 19, head, frontal view; 20, metatibia. 21 – 22, Allotigrinestola sundbergi sp. nov., paratypes: 21, male, dorsal habitus; 22, female, dorsal habitus. 23, Tigrinestola tigrina, male, dorsal habitus.