Tarsostenus hilaris ( WESTWOOD , 1849)

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 615-616

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Tarsostenus hilaris ( WESTWOOD , 1849)
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Tarsostenus hilaris ( WESTWOOD, 1849) ( Figs 20 View Figs 2-21 , 35 View Figs 22-40 , 67 View Figs 67-70 , 87 View Figs 83-88 , 91 View Fig )

Tillus hilaris WESTWOOD, 1849: 48 . Lectotype. Gender not known. Herein designated. Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) (BMNH). WESTWOOD, 1852: 50 (Opilus). GORHAM, 1876: 62 (Tillus). BLACKBURN, 1900: 118 (Tillus). BASHFORD, 1991: 105 ( Blackburniella ); 1994: 133 ( Blackburniella ); 2004: 4 ( Blackburniella ). OPITZ, 2012: 32 (Tarsostenosis). BARTLETT, 2013: 413 ( Tarsostenus View in CoL ). Westwood did not indicate in his description whether his nominal species is based on more than one specimen. Therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

Thanasimorpha hilaris var. ruficollis PIC, 1941: 6 . nov.syn. The characteristic on which this variety is based falls within the range of variation of the nominal species. A male genitalic comparison confirms the synonymy.

D i a g n o s i s: The forebody and the anterior 1/3 rd of the elytral disc is testaceous, the posterior 2/3 rds of the elytral disc is black except for a white narrow fascia that extends, at the middle of the disc, from the epipleural margin to the sutural margin. These characteristics will distinguish the members of this species from superficially similar specimens of T. kanak OPITZ , new species.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 3.8 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 67 View Figs 67-70 . Integument: Head red-brown, pronotum predominantly red-brown but infuscated anteriorly, pterothorax and legs testaceous, abdomen black, elytron tricolored, anterior third testaceous, with white fascia at middle, posterior third black. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than width of eye (FW/EW-29/18); antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform, 9 th and 10 th antennomeres long triagonal, 11 th oblong ( Fig. 20 View Figs 2-21 ). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, with slightly developed lateral tubercle and with three glabrous elevations near base ( Fig. 35 View Figs 22-40 ). (PL/PW- 68/62); elytral disc with prominent asetiferous punctations that extend beyond white transverse fascia, posterior fourth without asetiferous punctation, with 1° setae, 2° setae present on periphery of disc (EL/EW- 210/40). Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at middle of anterior margin; phallobase slightly sclerotized ventrally, lobes very small, fimbriate, phallobasic rod very long, phallobasic struts not contiguous with phallobasic apodeme, phallic apex long triagonal, phallic plates narrow, spicular apodemes not fused ( Fig. 87 View Figs 83-88 ).

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 3.8-5.5 mm; width 0.8-1.2 mm. The forebody of specimens from Australia is entirely red-brown. The extent of the anterior infuscation on the pronotal disc varies among the available specimens from Tasmania.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: Specimens were collected in January, February, and March. Some specimens were reared from Eucalyptus L’ HÉRITIER, laden with various species of cerambycids. One specimen was collected at 850 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 91 View Fig ): This species is known from Tasmania and Australia. In addition to the type I examined 42 specimens. Tasmania: Hobart, Lea; Patrick River , Jan. 1933, F. E. Wilson ; National Park , 24-I-34, K. C. McKeown. Australia: Victoria: Belgrave, 22-10-19, C. Oke ; Croydeon ; Nunawading , 3-1-55, a. Nebois ; Hawthorn , Dec. 1963, E. M .; Melbourne , 23-XII-27, F. E. Wilson ; Gembrook , June 1927, C. Oke ; Queensland: Cairns, II /70, Bowen, A. Simson ; Brisbane , IV-1969, Lyctus FABRICIUS predator: South Australia: Mt. Lofty Rgs., A.H. Elston ; Adelaide, A. H. Elston: New South Wales: Sydney , 5 November 1958, P. Goodwin ; 35°43'S 150°11'E, Surf Beach, Bateman’s Bay , 2.iii.1972, private house, S. Misko GoogleMaps ; Surf Beach, 35°43'S 150°11'E, Bateman’s Bay , 2.iii.1972, private house, S. Misko GoogleMaps ; Dorrego , 10.11.1923, W. W. Froggatt ; Murrumbateman , 7-I-82, E. C. Zimmerman: Australian Capital Territory: Canberra, Kambah, 5-II-79, D. C. Rentz ; Garran , 13.ii-67, T. Parker ; Canberra , 28-XII- 60, B. P. Moore ; Black Mountain , 1-ii-68, M. S. Upton ; Brindabella Range , 35°22'S 148°50'E, 19 Nov. 1991, 850 m, J. F. Lawrence, M. A. & D. Ivie GoogleMaps ; Mt. Majura , 2-ii-1969, K. Pullen. Specimens are deposited in AMSA, ANIC, BMNH, and WOPC .

BARTLETT J. S. (2013): A revised taxonomy for Australian Teneropsis CHAPIN and Cregya LECONTE (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Korynetinae). - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 58: 411 - 420.

BASHFORD R. (1991): Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia deabalta Link in Tasmania. - Australian entomological magazine 18 (3): 103 - 109.

BLACKBURN T. (1900): Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVII. - Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 113 - 169

GORHAM H. S. (1876): Notes on the Coleopterous Family Cleridae, with descriptions of New Genera and Species. - Cistula Entomologica 2: 57 - 106.

OPITZ W. (2012): Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleridae) - Part I: Generic composition of the subfamily and key and phylogeny of genera. - Psyche 2012: 1 - 35.

WESTWOOD J. O. (1849): Descriptions of new species. Appendix, p. 48. - In: WHITE A., Nomenclature of coleopteres insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV: Cleridae. British Museum, London.

WESTWOOD J. O. (1852): Descriptions of new species of Cleridae from Asia, Africa and Australia. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 20: 34 - 55.

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Figs 2-21: Antennae. (2) Paratillus carus. (3) Tarsostenus bicolor. (4) T. kanak. (5) Tarsostenodes tentus. (6) T. guttulus. (7) T. simulator. (8) Tarsostenus univittatus. (9) Tarsostenodes morulus. (10) Blackburniella intricata. (11) Tarsostenodes albonotatus. (12) T. gibbus. (13) T. leucogramma. (14) Tarsostenus antehelvis. (15) Blackburniella apicula. (16) Tarsostenus tricolor. (17) Paratillus atali. (18) Tarsostenodes vesica. (19) T. cribripennis. (20) Tarsostenus hilaris. (21) Tarsostenodes howensis.

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Figs 22-40: Pronota. (22) Paratillus carus. (23) Tarsostenodes cribripennis. (24) T. guttulus. (25) T. albonotatus. (26) Blackburniella apicula. (27) B. intricata. (28) Tarsostenodes simulator. (29) T. bullatus. (30) T. tentus. (31) T. gibbus. (32) T. leucogramma. (33) T. howensis. (34) T. vesica. (35) Tarsostenus hilaris. (36) Tarsostenus. univittatus. (37) T. morulus. (38) T. bicolor. (39) T. kanak. (40) Paratillus atali.

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Figs 67-70: Habitus. (67) Tarsostenus hilaris. (68) T. kanak. (69) T. tricolor. (70) T. univittatus.

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Figs 83-88: Male terminalia. (83) Tarsostenodes tentus. (84) T. vesica. (85) Tarsostenus antehelvis. (86) T. bicolor. (87) T. hilaris. (88) T. univittatus.

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Fig. 91: Geographic distribution of species as noted.

AMSA

Albany Museum

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Tarsostenus