Canidia cincticornis balteata (Lacordaire)

Wappes, James E. & Lingafelter, Steven W., 2005, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini), Zootaxa 927, pp. 1-27 : 6

Canidia cincticornis balteata (Lacordaire)

Figs. 3 b, 4b, 5b, 7a, 9b; Map 2

Dectes balteatus Lacordaire, 1872: 775 ; Bates, 1881: 174. Type locality: Mexico.

Canidia balteatus: Bates, 1885: 409 .

Canidia cincticornis balteatus: Dillon, 1955: 149 ; Gilmour, 1965: 581; Monné and Giesbert, 1993: 243.

Dectes (Canidia) balteata inapicalis Tippmann, 1960: 190 . Type locality: Colombia. New synonymy.

Canidia cincticornis inapicalis: Gilmour, 1965: 581 ; Monné and Giesbert, 1993: 243; Monné and Giesbert, 1995; Monné and Hovore, 2004.

Specimens examined: 47 including the holotype of C. balteata inapicalis Tippmann. Mexican in distribution (Map 2).

Remarks: The round, black macula on an otherwise gray dorsum, combined with the bidentate elytral apices, characterize this subspecies. Tippmann’s inapicalis was based, in part, on specimens from Colombia which lack the black apical macula. However, throughout its range ( Mexico to Colombia) individuals can be found with greatly reduced or absent apical spots. This is unlike the larger post­median spots which remain fairly constant in size and placement. None of the specimens examined lack the postmedian spots.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Species of Canidia: a, C. cincticornis cincticornis Thomson; b, C. cincticornis balteata (Lacordaire); c, C. canescens (Dillon); d, C. mexicana Thomson; e, C. spinicornis (Bates); f, C. ochreostictica (Dillon).