Lepturges (Lepturges) melzeri Gilmour, 1959

Olivier, Renan Da Silva, Santos-Silva, Antonio, Monné, Marcela Laura & Costa-Pinto, Paula Jéssica, 2024, Notes, new records, and transference in South American Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 451-499 : 473-474

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scientific name	Lepturges (Lepturges) melzeri Gilmour, 1959
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepturges (Lepturges) melzeri Gilmour, 1959 View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Figs 38–42 View FIGURES 38–42 )

Lepturges humilis Melzer, 1935: 201 View in CoL (not Lepturges humilis Bates, 1863 View in CoL ).

Lepturges melzeri Gilmour, 1959: 7 View in CoL .

Urgleptes melzeri View in CoL ; Monné, 1976: 357.

Remarks. Gilmour (1959) used L. melzeri as a replacement name for L. humilis Melzer, 1935 ( Figs 38–40 View FIGURES 38–42 ) due to homonymy with L. humilis Bates, 1863 . Monné (1976) transferred L. melzeri to Urgleptes Dillon, 1956 . However, the punctures on the posterior area of the pronotum ( Figs 39–40 View FIGURES 38–42 ) do not extend toward the sides of the prothorax. In Urgleptes , these punctures extend clearly to the sides of the prothorax and this is the main difference between these two genera. Often, the isolated punctures on the upper part of the prothorax near the pronotum are confused with the row or rows of punctures on the pronotum. These punctures on the sides of the prothorax are relatively common in the species of Lepturges (Lepturges) (e.g., Figs 41–42 View FIGURES 38–42 ). However, these punctures on the sides of the prothorax, which are sometimes small crateriform tubercles, are not connected to the pronotal punctures.

Currently, it is known from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) ( Bezark 2024, Monné 2024b, Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023).

References

Bezark, L. G. (2024) Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. 2024 Edition. Updated through 31 December 2023. Available from: http: // bezbycids. com / byciddb / wdefault. asp? w = n (accessed 15 May 2024)

Gilmour, E. F. (1959) On the Neotropical Acanthocinini V (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). New species of Lepturges Bates and Urgleptes Dillon. Opuscula Zoologica, 28, 1 - 10.

Melzer, J. (1935) Novos cerambycideos do Brasil, da Argentina e de Costa Rica. Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, 2 (2), 173 - 205.

Monne, M. A. (1976) O genero Lepturges (s. str.) Bates, 1863 no Leste e Sul do Brasil (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 36 (2), 357 - 376.

Monne, M. A. (2024 b) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Available from: https: // cerambycids. com / catalog / (accessed 21 April 2024)

Tavakilian, G. L. & Chevillotte, H. (2023) Titan: base de donnees internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes. Available from: http: // titan. gbif. fr / (accessed 10 April 2024)

Figures

FIGURES 38–42. Lepturges (Lepturges) spp. 38–40) Lepturges (Lepturges) melzeri Gilmour, 1959, lectotype: 38) Dorsal habitus; 39) Head and pronotum; 40) Prothorax, oblique habitus. 41–42) Lepturges (Lepturges) punctatissimus Monné, 1976, paratype male: 41) Head and pronotum; 42) Prothorax, oblique habitus.