Nephalius spiniger ( Blanchard, 1847 )

Olivier, Renan Da Silva, Santos-Silva, Antonio, Monné, Marcela Laura & Costa-Pinto, Paula Jéssica, 2024, Notes, new records, and transference in South American Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 451-499 : 457

Nephalius spiniger ( Blanchard, 1847)

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Miopteryx spiniger Blanchard, 1847: 209 .

Sphaerion spinigerum ; Burmeister, 1865: 167.

Periboeum spinigerum ; Gemminger, 1872: 2824.

Nephalius spiniger ; Martins, 2005: 99.

Remarks. This species was described based on a single specimen from Bolivia (Santa Cruz). Blanchard (1847) did not indicate the sex of the holotype. However, based on the original description and figure, it is a male, as supposed by Martins (2005) and formalized in Monné (2024a) and Tavakilian & Chevillotte (2023).

Currently, it is known from Brazil (Goiás and Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija), Paraguay, Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires), and Uruguay ( Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul (new state record): Campo Grande, Chácara Vida Nova , 20°34’04.8”S 54°40’18.2”W, 494 m, 1 specimen (ZUFMS-COL-00629), 15.X.2007, J.E. Maier leg. ( ZUFMS) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Dorsal habitus. 1) Ctenoscelis (Apotrophus) simplicicollis (Bates, 1875), male (MZSP 15391) from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Alegrete). 2) Macrodontia flavipennis Chevrolat, 1833, male (MZSP 16292) from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Viçosa). 3) Hovorodon subcancellatus (Thomson, 1867), male (MZSP 14357) from Brazil (Goiás, Vianópolis). 4) Polyoza lacordairei Audinet-Serville, 1832, male (MZSP 34618) from Brazil (São Paulo, Luiz Antônio). 5) Sphallotrichus bidens (Fabricius, 1802), female (MZSP 61220) from Brazil (Amazonas, Taracuá). 6) Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius, 1787), female (MZSP 61221) from Brazil (São Paulo, Atibaia). 7) Megacyllene falsa (Chevrolat, 1862), female (MZSP 61222) from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Serra do Caraça). 8) Nephalius spiniger (Blanchard, 1847), female from Argentina (Misiones, Campo Grande). 9) Stizocera meinerti (Aurivillius, 1900), male (MZSP 61223) from Brazil (Piauí, Canto do Buriti).