Amphicnaeia villosula (Thomson, 1868)

Wappes, James E., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2019, Synonymies, a new combination, and four new species in Amphicnaeia Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Insecta Mundi 703 (703), pp. 1-18 : 10

Amphicnaeia villosula (Thomson, 1868)

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Aesylacris villosula Thomson 1868: 143 ; Lacordaire 1872: 611; Gemminger 1873: 3103 (cat.); Thomson 1878: 12 (type); Aurivillius 1922: 297 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 599 (checklist).

Amphicnaeia villosula ; Breuning 1960: 173 (cat.); 1971: 220; Monné 1994: 5 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert 1994: 186 (checklist); Martínez 2000: 95 (distr.); Monné 2005: 289 (cat.); Monné 2018: 393 (cat.).

Amphicnaeia villosula was described by Thomson (1868) based on a single specimen from Colombia, currently deposited in the MNHN collection. After this, the species had only been mentioned in catalogs and checklists, except by Breuning (1971), who provided a short redescription of the species. Analyzing the redescription indicates Breuning (1971) provided some details not mentioned in the original description (e.g. size of eyes). As he provided the same measurements as Thomson (1868), it suggests that he likely examined the holotype. Based on the holotype photograph ( Fig. 13 ), the redescription by Breuning (1971), at least dorsally, agrees very well with Thomson’s description of the species. A photograph of the holotype is provided for the first time here.

Figures

Figures 9–14. Amphicnaeia spp. 9–12) Amphicnaeia bezarki, paratype female. 9) Dorsal habitus. 10) Ventral habitus. 11) Lateral habitus. 12) Head, frontal view. 13) Amphicnaeia villosula, holotype, dorsal habitus. 14) Amphicnaeia vitticollis, holotype, dorsal habitus.