Lamprobityle, HELLER, 1923

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2014, A Review Of Species Of The Genus Lamprobityle Heller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 14 (2), pp. 97-107 : 102-103

The key for the genus Lamprobityle

1(4) Largest part of profemuri red and/or with darkened apices.

2(3) Dorsal surface with intense metallic blue gloss.Antennes blue-black. Profemuri red, with darkened apices. Body length 13 mm …………...................................................................... L. azurea (Vives)

3(2) Dorsal surface greyish, without intense metallic blue gloss, with wide silvery transverse tomentum stripe. First three antennomeres partly red. Profemuri monochromatic, red (without darkened apices). Body length 8.7 mm …………………………….………...... L. katrinae Barševskis sp. n. ( Fig. 2 )

4(1) Profemuri completely black, or largest part of femur black, sometimes with metallic luster.

5(10) Elytral surface fully or partly with intense green, blue, golden or violet metallic gloss, with spots or transverse stripes.

6(7) Elytral surface fully with intense green metallic gloss and with many small white spots, without large yellow spots or strict transverse stripes……………...... L. kristinae Barševskis sp. n. ( Fig. 3 )

7(6) Elytral surface black, with transverse wide areas of intense green metallic colour and with large or large and small spots and/or strict transverse stripes of white tomentum.

8(9) Dorsal surface of elytra with transverse stripes and some small spots covered with grey-white tomentum and surrounded by intense metallic and glossy blue, green or violet area ……………… …................…........................................................................................ L. magnifica Heller ( Fig. 5 )

9(8) Dorsal surface of elytra with white and yellow spots surrounded by wide, transverse, intense metallic and glossy green or golden areas ..................……..................... L. mariae (Vives) * ( Fig. 6 )

10(5) Dorsal surface grey or black, without intense green, blue or violet metallic gloss, monochromatic or with spots and transverse stripes.

11(12) Elytral surface with many tiny spots arranged in chaotic manner through all surface, behind shoulders, sometimes forming transverse, interrupted band ……… L. conspersa (Aurivillius) ( Fig. 7 )

12(11) Elytra monochromatic or with light wide or narrow transverse stripe and/or with large spots, without many tiny spots arranged in chaotic manner through all surface.

11(14) Elytra monochromatic or with wide and smudgy transverse band of tomentum

12(13) Legs with metallic blue gleam. Body length more than 10 mm …………….. ……………… ……………………................................................................................. L. rugulata (Vives) ( Fig. 8 )

13(12) Legs with metallic bronze gloss. Body length less than 10 mm ………….. ……………… ……………………………………………….....…............................................... L. fasciata (Vives)

14(11) Elytra with explicit, narrow and light transverse stripe or also with additional spots.

15(16) Elytra black or greyish and, prior to middle, with narrow, transverse stripe that close to suture turns into small spots; apex-directed surface covered with several tiny and light spots ………....…………. .................................................................... L. zeltitae Barševskis sp.n. ( Fig. 3 )

16(15) Elytra grey and, prior to middle, with irregularly shaped transverse stripe, and several large spots at base, at both sides and at apex, in some places with slightly metallic and green gloss .......... ............................................................................... L. mindanaoensis Barševskis & Jaeger ( Fig. 9 )

* Specimens of L. mariae (Vives) deposited in our collection slightly differs from the figure of the type specimen, published by E. Vives (2009) by the shape of elytra. It may well be that these forms are different species, but for this conclusion requires additional large series of specimens in order to accurately determine the species.

Figures

2. Lamprobityle katrinae sp. nov.

Fig. 3. Lamprobityle kristinae sp. nov.

Fig. 5. L. magnifica Heller (A – Type, B – Labels, C – Specimen from N Luzon, Cagayan, Sta Ana (DUBC)) (A, B from Barševskis, Jaeger 2014).

Fig. 6.L. mariae (Vives)? [See the note at the species identification keys]

Fig. 7. L. conspersa (Aurivillius) (A – Holotype (from: www.naturarv.se), B – Labels of holotype (from: www.naturarv.se), C – lectotype (http://smithsoniancerambycidae.com), D – Labels of lectotype(http://smithsoniancerambycidae.com))

Fig. 8. L. rugulata (Vives) (A, B).

Fig. 9. L. mindanaoensis Barševskis & Jaeger (Holotype, from: Barševskis, Jaeger 2014).