Lasiodera rufipes ( Klug, 1842 )

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XII. Taxonomic Revision of the South American Genus Lasiodera Gray, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (1), pp. 45-61 : 53-55

Lasiodera rufipes ( Klug, 1842)

( Figs. 1–19 , 24 , 27, 29–34 , 37 , 45 )

Enoplium rufipes Klug 1842: 362 . Type locality: Salto Grande , Brazil. The number of specimens available to Gorham when he made his description is unknown. Therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype labeled “Salto Grande” and deposited in ZMHB.

Pelonium zonatum Thomson 1860:66 . New synonymy.

Pelonium rufipes (Klug) : Gorham 1877: 419; Schenkling 1903: table 2, fig. 11.

Lasiodera rufipes (Klug) : Corporaal 1950: 278; Solervicens 2008: 593; Opitz 2017: 63.

Diagnosis. Specimens of this species are superficially similar to those of L. ruficollis and L. trifasciata . They differ from L. ruficollis by having a black forebody and from L. trifasciata by having red legs and a more coarsely punctate pronotal disc.

Redescription. Size: Length 9.5 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 45 . Color: Upper frons and epicranium black, lower frons and post-gena reddish; antennal fundus testaceous, capitulum black; pronotum black; prothoracic venter reddish; pterothorax and abdomen black; elytra bicolored, each elytron with 4 yellow markings. Head: Funicular antennomeres filiform, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 sublunulate ( Fig. 1 ); eyes small, narrower than width of frons (EW/FW = 16/35); cranium coarsely punctate. Thorax: Pronotum ( Figs. 24 , 31 ) quadrate (PW/PL = 68/75), lateral margins with a tubercle; elytral disc without asetiferous punctures; EL/EW = 190/50; protibial anterior margin spinous. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 37 ; phallobasic rod bipartite, phallobasic rod plate broad.

Variation. Size: Length 9.0–17.0 mm; width 3.0–5.0. mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous

Natural History. Specimens were collected from October to June; some at 300–500 m elevation.

Distribution. I examined 326 specimens from: BRAZIL: Estado do Paraná, Curitiba, 1939; Caviuna, XII-1945; Estado do S~ ao Paulo, Val. Du Rio Pardo, XII-1898, E. Gounelle; Campos de Jord~ ao, II-1906; Casa Grande de S~ ao Paulo, I-1936; Teodoro Sampaio, XI-1973, F. M. Olivera; Estado do Goias, Jatai, VI-1972, F. M. Oliveira; Estado do Minas Gerais, Vila Monte Verde, 26-I-1970, J. Halik; Passa Quatro, Fazenda Dos Campos, J. F. Zikán; Estado do Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, II-1978, 300- 500 m, F. Plaumann; idem, 1-XII-1932, F. Plaumann; idem, X-1973, F. Plaumann; Blumenau, no other information ( Fig. 48 ). PARAGUAY. ARGENTINA. Specimens are

deposited in ACMT, AMNH, BMNH, CASC, FMNH, FSCA, MNHN, TAMU, USNM, and WOPC.

Notes. I examined the type of this species in 1974. The description is based on a homotype specimen.

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Lasiodera rufipes. 1) Antenna; Head: 2) Frontal view; 3) Ventral view; 4) Dorsal view; 5) Prothorax, ventral view; 6) Pronotum, dorsal view.

Figs. 7–16. Lasiodera rufipes. 7) Labrum; 8) Mandible; 9) Maxilla; 10) Tegmen; 11) Phallus; 12) Labium; 13) Metendosternite; 14) Spicular fork; 15) Proventricular valve; 16) Metathoracic wing.

Figs. 17–19. Mesodermal structures of Lasiodera rufipes. 17) Alimentary canal; 18) Male reproductive organs;

Figs. 20–26. Lasiodera species. Antennae: 20) L. trifasciata; 21) L. kirby; 22) L. ruficollis. Pronota: 23) L. kirbyi;

Figs. 27–30. 27) Lasiodera rufipes, head; 28) Pelonium lampyroides Spinola, head; 29) L. rufipes, mouthparts;

Figs. 31–34. Lasiodera rufipes. 31) Pronotum; 32) Prothoracic venter; 33) Metatarsus; 34) Metatarsal ungues.

Figs. 35–38. Lasiodera species, abdominal terminalia. 35) L. kirbyi; 36) L. ruficollis; 37) L. rufipes; 38) L. trifasciata.

Figs. 45–47. Lasiodera species, habitus. 45) L. ruficollis; 46) L. rufipes; 47) L. trifasciata.

Fig. 48. Geographic distribution of Lasiodera species.