Elateropsis quinquenotatus Chevrolat, 1862

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2015, The Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola, with Diagnoses, Descriptions of New Species, Distribution Records, and a Key for Identification, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3), pp. 353-388 : 361-363

16. Elateropsis quinquenotatus Chevrolat, 1862 ( Figs. 3c , 15b )

Discussion. Elateropsis quinquenotatus was described from a single male specimen from Jamaica as having five separate spots of pubescence on the pronotum along the lateral and posterior margins (Chevrolat 1862). Using Galileo and Martins (1994), one female specimen from Haiti with dense, white pubescence along the sides and posterior margin of the pronotum and densely punctate elytra and pronotum is tentatively identified as E. quinquenotatus . This specimen represents a new island record for Hispaniola and a new country record for Haiti. Since no specific locality is known, its locality is represented on the map by a dot near the capital, Port-au-Prince. However, because Elateropsis are rarely collected and there is likely variation in pubescence patterns on the pronotum and coloration of the legs (as known in other species, such as E. lineatus ), species delimitation is uncertain.

This species is very similar to E. trimarginatus by having dense, white pubescence along the sides and posterior margin of the pronotum and on the metepisternum, metasternum, and mesepisternum. It is distinguished from E. trimarginatus by having black elytra, very dense, rugose-punctate sculpturing on the basal third of the elytra and very dense punctures elsewhere on the elytra and head. In E. trimarginatus , the elytra are ferruginous, and the punctures are dense but mostly separately spaced. It is also very similar to E. sericeiventris , but that species lacks pubescence along the posterior margin of the pronotum, has at least partially ferruginous elytra, and is otherwise longer and slightly more slender in proportions.

Hispaniolan Localities. HAITI (no further data [USNM]).

Figures

Fig. 3. Dorsal habitus of HispaniolanPrioninae.a) Elateropsis femoratus, male,b) Elateropsis lineatus, female, c) Elateropsis quinquenotatus, female, d) Elateropsis sericeiventris, male, e) Elateropsis trimarginatus, female, f) Elateropsis dichroma, female holotype, g) Elateropsis woodleyi, male holotype, h) Solenoptera dominicensis, male, i) S. dominicensis, female.

Fig. 15. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Derancistrus elegans and Derancistrus hovorei, b) Elateropsis antennatus, Elateropsis femoratus, and Elateropsis quinquenotatus.