Pseudoperma patruelis ( Breuning, 1940 )

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2018, Synopsis of the genus Pseudoperma Dillon and Dillon, 1946 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 52 (9 - 10), pp. 621-626 : 622-624

Pseudoperma patruelis ( Breuning, 1940)

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Distribution

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

Stethoperma patruelis Breuning, 1940: 186 Pseudoperma patruelis ; Dillon and Dillon, 1946: 47, pl. 3, fig. 15; Zajciw, 1958: 14 (distr.); Zajciw, 1972: 60 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 603 (cat.); Monné et al., 2010: 249 (distr.); Monné et al., 2012: 71, fig. 130 (distr.); Monné et al., 2016: 28 (distr.)

Specimens examined

BRAZIL. Minas Gerais, new state record: Barreira do Piquete, Serra da Mantiqueira , 1500 m, 2 males, 10 January 1961, PR . San Martin and H. Schubart. Fazenda dos Campos , male, 3 females, 5 February 1919, JF . Zikán. PoÇos de Caldas, Morro São Domingos , female, September–December 1967, O . Roppa, J. Becker and O. Leoncini. Rio de Janeiro: Parque Nacional do Itatiaia , female, 1 February 1944, H . Zellibor ; female, December 1953, L . Zikán; ( Maromba , 1200 m), male, 26 December 1953, Seabra and Alvarenga; idem, female, 3 January 1959, R . Barth ; idem, female, 4 February 1966, H . Ebert ; idem, male, 20 November 1969, N . Santos and Machado ; 1250 m, idem female, 23–30 December 2008, ML . and MA. Monné ; idem, 750 m, male, 6–8 November 2009, ML . and MA. Monné ; idem, 1250 m, female, 20 November 2010, ML . and MA. Monné ; idem, male, 19 November 2012, D . Takiya; idem, ( Hotel do Ypé ), female, 16 November 2016, ML . and MA. Monné. São Paulo, new state record: São Paulo ( Cantareira ), female, 20 December 1934 H . Zellibor ; idem, male, 26 December 1938, H . Zellibor ; idem, male, 29 January 1939, H . Zellibor ; idem, male, 4 January 1950, H . Zellibor ; idem, 2 females, December 1950, H . Zellibor ; idem, male, 4 December 1951, H . Zellibor ; idem, female, 7 January 1952, H . Zellibor ; idem, 2 males, 7 February 1953, H . Zellibor ; idem, female, 4 November 1956, H . Zellibor ; idem, 2 males, 28 January 1940, Dr Nick . São Bento do Sapucai , male, January 1953, L . Buckup. São José Barreiros ( Serra da Bocaina ), 5 males, 5 females, November 1967, Alvarenga and Seabra . Santa Catarina, new state record: Corupá , female, March 1956, A . Maller ; idem, female, February 1973, A . Maller; Corupá ( Rio Vermelho ), 2 males, 2 females, February–March 1943, A . Maller ; idem, male, December 1956, A . Maller ; idem, female, January 1957, A . Maller ; idem, male, January 1958, A . Maller ; idem, male, February 1975, A . Maller. Pinhal , female, December 1955, A . Maller ; idem, male, female, December 1957, A . Maller. São Bento do Sul , male, November 1975, A . Maller ; idem, male, February 1976, A . Maller. All in MNRJ .

Comments

The tegument shows some colour variations according to the locality; the specimens from Santa Catarina are more reddish than the others from northern states. The antennal tubercles are prominent and acute, and the mesosternal process is flat and slightly declivous anteriorly.

Figures

Figure 1. (a) Pseudoperma patruelis (Breuning), male; (b) Pseudoperma chalcogramma (Bates), male; (c) Pseudoperma lingafelteri sp. nov., holotype male; (d) Pseudoperma patruelis, lateral view, detail of meso- and metasternum (e) Pseudoperma chalcogramma, lateral view; detail of meso- and metasternum (f) Pseudoperma lingafelteri sp. nov, lateral view; detail of meso- and metasternum.