Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann

Hovore, Frank T. & Toledo, Víctor H., 2006, Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), Zootaxa 1252, pp. 49-61 : 55-56

Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann

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Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann, 1960: 195 . ­ Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 264 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 133 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005: 197 (cat.).

Diagnosis

Body pale testaceous, clothed dorsally with mottled pale tan, light reddish­brown, gray and piceous­black pubescence. Antennal scape and second segment pale tan pubescent, remainder of segments dark reddish­brown, most segments darker apically; head pale tan pubescent with a pair of small dark spots on front, and another pair on vertex. Pronotum 1.5 times broader than long; sides pale tan pubescent, disk mottled pale tan and light redbrown, with a nebulous dark brown or piceous median area extending from base to apex. Scutellum ligulate, black, tipped with pale pubescence. Elytra 1.7 times longer than broad; with scattered punctures on the basal half; apex emarginate, the sutural angle narrowly rounded and the outer angle acutely dentate; the disk is clothed with mottled light tan, redbrown, gray and piceous pubescence, the latter two colors forming a broad dark postmedian band, with a broad, pale tan “M”­shaped marking on a red­brown background over the basal one­third, the scutellar region mottled gray and piceous, and the apical onefourth banded with pale tan and light red­brown. The femora are pale above, piceous or dark brown basally beneath, clothed with pale pubescence; tibiae pale brown, darker apically. The underside is predominantly dark brown or piceous, lighter laterally and around the appendages, thinly clothed with pale pubescence. Length: 6.5–9.0 mm.

Remarks

Described originally from Satipo, Peru, this species also occurs in Amazonian Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Mato Grosso), Bolivia and French Guiana. It has been taken from dead twigs of Ficus in Ecuador. The characterization was drawn from a photograph of the type specimen and additional material from Bolivia and Ecuador.

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 7. 1. Sympagus bimaculatus (Gilmour), male, Ecuador. 2. Sympagus buckleyi (Bates), male, Bolivia. 3. Sympagus cedrelis Hovore and Toledo, male paratype, Mexico. 4. Sympagus monnei Hovore and Toledo, holotype female, Panama. 5. Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann, male, Ecuador. 6. Sympagus laetabilis (Bates), male, Costa Rica. 7. Sympagus laetabilis (Bates), female, Costa Rica.