Olivensa cephalotes (Pascoe, 1858)

Dalens, Pierre-Henri & Robin, Frédéric, 2019, Genus Olivensa Lane, 1965 in French Guiana, and description of a new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Insecta Mundi 735 (735), pp. 1-7 : 4

Olivensa cephalotes (Pascoe, 1858)

( Fig. 9–12 )

Amphionycha cephalotes Pascoe 1858: 257 ; Bates 1866: 428 (distr.). Hemilophus cephalotes Gemminger and Harold 1873: 3210 (cat.). Amphionycha cephalotes, Bates 1881: 304 (checklist). Adesmus cephalotes Aurivillius 1923: 589 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 623 (cat.); Gilmour 1965: 636 (cat.); Martins and Galileo 1993: 113; Monné and Giesbert 1994: 288 (cat.); Wappes et al. 2011: 6 (distr.); Giuglaris 2012: 64 (distr.); Morvan and Roguet 2013: 27 (distr.); Martins and Galileo 2014: 183, 224–225 (key).

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA, 1 male, Saül , Montagne Pelée, 25-VIII-2006, Light trap, Pierre-Henri Dalens leg. (PHDC) ; 1 female, Saül , Montagne Pelée, 4-I-2011, FIT, SEAG leg. (PHDC) ; 1 female, Saül , Montagne Pelée, 17-I-2011, FIT, SEAG leg. (PHDC) ; 1 male, Saül , Montagne Pelée, 7-III- 2011, FIT, SEAG leg. (PHDC) ; 1 male, Saül , Montagne Pelée, 21-IV-2011, FIT, SEAG leg. (PHDC) ; 1 male, Rémire-Montjoly , Mont Mahury, 19-VIII-2017, Malaise trap, SEAG leg. (PHDC) .

Size range. 4.2–6.2 mm.

Description. From Pascoe (1868): “Head and thorax testaceous yellow; elytra somewhat silky, greyish, the external margins black; undersurface and legs testaceous, except the posterior tibiae, which, with the eyes and antennae, are black, the four last joints of the latter, being pale yellow.

Length 3 ½ lines.

Head rather wider than the thorax, which is somewhat narrower than the elytra, the latter slightly contracted in the middle and rounded at the apex.”

Figures

Figures 9–16. Olivensa spp. 9–12) Olivensa cephalotes, female. 9) Dorsal habitus. 10) Ventral habitus. 11) Lateral habitus. 12) Head, frontal view. 13–16) Olivensa megacephala, female. 13) Dorsal habitus. 14) Ventral habitus. 15) Lateral habitus. 16) Head, frontal view.