Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775 )

Tavakilian, Gérard L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, A new species of Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Peru, French Guiana, and Brazil, with notes on Colobothea hirtipes (Degeer, 1775), Zootaxa 5219 (3), pp. 265-275 : 273-274

Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775)

( Figs 8–12, 15–22 , 27–30 )

Cerambyx hirtipes Degeer, 1775: 117 ( Figs 17–18 ).

Stenocorus annulatus Fabricius, 1775: 180 (see photograph on Bezark 2022).

Saperda lineata Fabricius, 1793: 314 ( Fig. 20 ).

Saperda murina Schönherr, 1817: 419 (

unnecessary replacement name for Stenocorus annulatus ).

Saperda hirtimana Schönherr, 1817: 419

(unnecessary replacement name for Cerambyx hirtipes ).

Saperda virens Schönherr, 1817: 419

(replacement name for Cerambyx erythrophthalmos Voet, 1781 —see drawing in Voet 1781).

Colobothea contaminata Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825: 337 ( Figs 21–22 ).

Colobothea concreta Bates, 1865: 106 ( Fig. 19 ).

It is important to report that the first author spent 20 years in French Guiana, gathering all the collecting data from more than 700 collectors and concluding that Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775) appears to be the most common species of the genus (218 collecting data representing 348 specimens, of which 48.2% are males). This species is related to many identified host plants, belonging to several botanic families:

Acosmium nitens (J. Vogel) Yakovlev [ Fabaceae ], Scott Mori 23644;

Aiouea guianensis Aublet [ Lauraceae ], Georges Cremers 11372;

Avicennia germinans (Linné) Stearn [ Verbenaceae ], Michel Hoff det.;

Chaunochiton kappleri (Sagot ex Engler) Ducke [Olocaceae], Denis Loubry 1798;

Conceveiba guianensis Aublet [ Euphorbiaceae ], Daniel Sabatier 1447;

Gnetum paniculatum Spruce ex Bentham [ Gnetaceae ], Scott Mori 23581;

Gnetum sp. [ Gnetaceae ], Denis Loubry 1805;

Machaerium sp. [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1815;

Maripa sp. [ Convolvulaceae ], Scott Mori 23592;

Paramachaerium ormosioides (Ducke) Ducke [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1870;

Paramachaerium ormosioides (Ducke) Ducke [ Fabaceae ], Daniel Sabatier 1782;

Peltogyne venosa (Vahl) Bentham [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Denis Loubry 836;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1569;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1382;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1366;

Spondias mombin Linné [ Anacardiaceae ], in Duffy;

Swartzia polyphylla A. de Candolle [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Denis Loubry 1735;

Swartzia polyphylla A. P. de Candolle [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Scott Mori 23594;

Xylopia sericea Saint-Hilaire [ Annonaceae ], Christian Feuillet 2313.

Adults of C. hirtipes show cathemeral activity throughout the year with a small peak in August-September.

Figures

FIGURES 8–16. Colobothea spp. 8–10) Colobothea hirtipes (De Geer, 1775), male from Brazil, Pará, Serra Norte: 8) Dorsal habitus; 9) Ventral habitus; 10) Head and pronotum, oblique view. 11–12) C. hirtipes, female from Venezuela: 11) Dorsal habitus; 12) Ventral habitus. 13–16) Humerus: 13) C. batesi sp. nov., holotype male; 14) C. batesi sp. nov., paratype female; 15) C. hirtipes, male; 16) C. hirtipes, female.

FIGURES 17–22. 17–18) Cerambyx hirtipes Degeer, 1775, holotype male: 17) Dorsal habitus; 18) Lateral habitus. 19) Colobothea concreta Bates, 1865, syntype. 20) Saperda lineata Fabricius, 1793, syntype. 21–22) Colobothea contaminata Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825, syntype: 21) Lateral habitus; 22) Dorsal habitus. All photographs by Jesus Santiago Moure.

FIGURES 23–30. 23–26) Colobothea batesi sp. nov.: 23) Male paratype, dorsal habitus; 24) Female paratype, dorsal habitus; 25) Male paratype from Thomson collection (MNHN), dorsal habitus and labels; 26) Male paratype from Bates collection (MNHN), dorsal habitus and labels. 27–30) Syntypes of Colobothea concreta Bates, 1865 (MNHN), dorsal habitus and labels: 27) Female from Brazil (Pará); 28) Male from Tapajós; 29) Female from Tapajós; 30) Male from Tapajós. Photographs 23–24 and 27–30 by Christophe Rivier.