Chlorophorus arciferus ( Chevrolat, 1863 )

Fu, Zheng-Ju, Chen, Lu & Li, Zhu, 2024, Taxonomic notes on the genus Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with one new synonym and four newly recorded species from China, ZooKeys 1214, pp. 1-14 : 1-14

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Chlorophorus arciferus ( Chevrolat, 1863) View in CoL

Figs 8–14 View Figures 8–14 , 15 View Figure 15

Amauraesthes arciferus Chevrolat, 1863: 330. TL: India. TD: BMNH. View in CoL

Caloclytus arciferus Gahan 1906: 263. View in CoL

Chlorophorus arciferus Aurivillius 1912: 403. View in CoL

Clytanthus varius v. pieli Pic, 1924: 15. TL: China, Jiangsu. TD: MNHN. View in CoL

Clytanthus verbasci v. rectefasciatus Pic, 1937: 14. TL: Vietnam. TD: MNHN. View in CoL

Chlorophorus semisinuatus Pic, 1949: 54. TL: India. TD: MNHN. syn. nov. View in CoL

Chlorophorus (Immaculatus) arciferus Lazarev 2019: 147. View in CoL

Chlorophorus (Humeromagnomaculatus) arciferus Özdikmen 2022: 655, 687, 691. View in CoL

Specimens examined.

China • 13 ♂♂ 12 ♀♀; Xizang, Lingzhi City, Chayu County, Shangchayu Town , Shizhong Village ; 1700 m; 26 VIII. 2017; Qiu Jianyue, Peng Chenli and Xu Hao leg. ( SWU) • 4 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀; Xizang, Lingzhi City, Motuo County, Beibeng Township , Yarang Village ; 800 m; 21 VIII. 2017; Qiu Jianyue, Peng Chenli and Xu Hao leg. ( SWU) .

Male genitalia.

Tergite VIII rounded at apical margin. Sternite VIII truncate at apical margin and with long setae (Fig. 15 a, b View Figure 15 ); Tegmen weakly arcuate in lateral view, paramere 3 / 5 the length of tegmen, dehiscent in apical 1 / 4, provided with short setae near apex (Fig. 15 c – e View Figure 15 ); median lobe long and slender, curved in lateral view, median struts 2 / 5 times as long as entire median lobe, ventral plate longer than dorsal plate, the apex of ventral plate pointed; median foramen convex (Fig. 15 f, g View Figure 15 ).

Remarks.

Gressitt (1951) reported C. varius pieli from China (Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan) and treated Clytanthus verbasci v. rectefasciatus as a synonym of this taxon. Gressitt and Rondon (1970) synonymized C. varius v. pieli and C. socius with C. arciferus . However, according to Holzschuh (1991 b), the figures provided in both Gressitt (1951, plate XI, fig. 5 with legend “ C. varius v. pieli ?: Anhwei ”) and Gressitt and Rondon (1970, fig. 36 h – i; 36 h marked as C. arciferus and 36 i as “ ditto subsp? ”) do not show C. arciferus ; fig. 36 h might represent C. ictericus Holzschuh, 1991 and fig. 36 i C. copiosus Holzschuh, 1991 . Hua (2002) reported C. arciferus from China (Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hainan, Sichuan), Laos, Bhutan, India and Nepal. But fig. 145 in Hua et al. (1993, pl. X) and fig. 334 in Hua et al. (2009, pl. XXIX) do not show C. arciferus either.

So far, we have examined specimens only from Xizang, China (Figs 11–14 View Figures 8–14 ). Therefore, the distribution of this species is not wide: it might be distributed in India, Nepal, China (Xizang) and adjacent areas.

Although based on the figures of Clytanthus varius v. pieli , Gressitt’s (1951) specimen is not C. arciferus . However, we did not examine the type specimen. Therefore, both are still treated as synonyms of C. arciferus . Furthermore, we examined the pictures of the type of Chlorophorus semisinuatus Pic, 1949 (Fig. 10 View Figures 8–14 ), and found that the external morphological characteristics of this species are the same as C. arciferus (Figs 8–9 View Figures 8–14 , 11–14 View Figures 8–14 ), so Chlorophorus arciferus ( Chevrolat, 1863) = Chlorophorus semisinuatus Pic, 1949 , syn. nov.

References

Holzschuh C (1991 b) 45 neue Bockkäfer aus Asien, vorwiegend aus Thailand (Coleoptera: Disteniidae und Cerambycidae). Schriftenreihe der Forstlichen Bundesversuchanstalt (FBVA-Berichte) 51: 35–75.

Aurivillius C (1912) Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae. Coleopterorum Catalogus pars 39. In: Schenkling S (Ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Volumen 22. Cerambycidae I. Junk, Berlin, 574 pp.

Chevrolat LA (1863) Clytides d'Asie et d'Oceanie. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege 18 (4): 253 - 350.

Gahan CJ (1906) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. – Vol. I (Cerambycidae). Taylor and Francis, London, XVIII + 329 pp.

Gressitt JL (1951) Longicorn beetles of China. P. Lechevalier, Paris, 667 pp.

Gressitt JL, Rondon JA (1970) Cerambycid-beetles of Laos (Disteniidae, Prioninae, Philinae, Aseminae, Lepturinae, Cerambycinae). Pacific Insects Monograph 24: II – III + 1–314. [48 pls]

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Hua LZ, Nara H, Samuelson GA, Lingafelter SW (2009) Iconography of Chinese Longicorn Beetles (1406 Species) in Color . Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen University Press, 474 pp.

Lazarev MA (2019) Catalogue of Bhutan Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Humanity space International Almanac 8 (2): 141–198.

Özdikmen H (2022) A new attempt on the subgeneric composition of Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 with descriptions of new subgenera (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 17 (2): 628–693.

Pic M (1924) Nouveautes diverses. Melanges Exotico-Entomologiques 41: 1 - 32.

Pic M (1937) Nouveautes diverses. Melanges Exotico-Entomologiques 69: 1 - 36.

Pic M (1949) Nouveaux Coleopteres exotiques et notes diverses. Miscellanea Entomologica 46: 49 - 55.

Figures

Figure 15. Chlorophorus arciferus (Chevrolat, 1863), male genitalia a, b tergite VIII with sternites VIII and IX a dorsal view b ventral view c – e tegmen c dorsal view d ventral view e lateral view f, g median lobe f ventral view g lateral view. Scale bars for genitalia: 1 mm.

Figures 8–14. Chlorophorus arciferus (Chevrolat, 1863) 8 adult habitus (from BMNH photo J. - Y. Qiu and H. Xu) 9 adult habitus (from MNHN, photo X. Gouverneur) 10 holotype of Chlorophorus semisinuatus Pic, 1949 (from MNHN, photo X. Gouverneur) 11–13 males and 14 female from Xizang, adults, dorsal habitus. Scale bars for adult habitus: 5 mm.