Clepitoides neei, S., 2009

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2009, Bolivian Rhinotragini I: New species of ECLIPTOIDES Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2005 new status, and CLEPITOIDES new genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Robin O. S. Clarke, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (43), pp. 563-576 : 573-574

Clepitoides neei sp. nov.

( Figs. 6A, 6B )

Holotype: male. Size 8.3 mm. Deposited at MNKM.

Diagnosis: separation of C. neei sp. nov. from C. gerardi sp. nov. and C. anae sp. nov. is discussed below the descriptions of these species. Female of C. neei sp. nov. from all other species by its large size, and elongate, conical urosternite V.

General colour: translucent yellow and black or dusky. Head yellow with small, dusky fascia between superior lobes. Antenna: scape and pedicel yellow; antennomeres III-IX yellow with slightly dusky apices (narrow on basal segments, broader on apical ones); X and XI entirely dusky. Pronotum yellow with narrow, shapely candelabrum. Scutellum black. Elytra yellow, sides from basal 1/8 narrowly dusky to apex, apical 1/8 entirely chestnut. Entire underside yellow, except: triangular black fascia occupying basal 1/6 of metepisternum; abdomen slightly more orange on urosternite III; visible tergites ochraceus and opaque. Legs, including coxae, almost entirely yellow, except: extreme apex of metafemoral club, apices of all tibiae, and onychia chestnut. Apex of wings dusky.

Structure: Head. Inferior lobes very large (2.2 x 2.0 units) and convex, almost touching, together distinctly wider than pronotum; underside entirely smooth. Antennae short, reaching apical 1/5 of elytra and middle of urosternite II.

Thorax. Prothorax one and a half times longer than wide, front and hind borders subequal, sides almost parallel without constrictions. Pronotum convex, very sparsely hirsute; disc with alveolate, contiguous punctures; sides glabrous, mostly smooth with sparse punctures. Mesothorax with elytra reaching apex of urosternite II; moderately broad, gradually narrowed to apex; only densely punctured along sutural and lateral margins, and at apex; hirsute for basal half, otherwise glabrous; apex slightly oblique, each angle slightly protracted into blunt tooth. Abdomen. Very elongate, narrow, parallel-sided to apex (sides of each segment slightly subparallel); widest at apex of urosternite II; length of I-IV subequal; V quadrate, not much narrower than IV; V slightly trapezoidal, with foliate sides and horseshoe-shaped depression. Apical tergite emarginate at middle of apex.

Female. General colour as in male, except: sterna slightly more orange; metepisternum lacking black base; abdomen, especially urosternites III-V, dark chestnut; antenna almost uniform brown, only scape yellow.

Structure: inferior lobes 1.8 x 1.6 units, interocular space (1.3 units) impunctate on middle third, with 1-2 rows of dense punctures to each side; area of submentum slightly carinate with sparse punctures; antenna reaching apical 1/6 of elytra, and base of urosternite II. Abdomen robust, fusiform; widest at apex of urosternite II; length of I-III subequal; V narrow, conical, with shallow rectangular depression from middle to apex; apical border rounded.

Measurements (mm), 1♂ / 1♀: total length 8.3/9.5; length of pronotum 1.4/1.6; width of pronotum 1.0/1.2; length of elytra 3.5/3.6; humeral width 1.2/1.3.

Type material: Holotype male, BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 17°29’96”S/ 63°39’13”W, 420 m, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5 km SSE Buena Vista , 25.X.2007, R. Clarke/ S. Zamalloa col., on/flying to flowers of “ Barbasquillo ” B ( MNKM) . Paratype same data as holotype: 1 female, 19.X.2007 ( RCSZ) .

Etymology: This species has been named after Michael Nee for teaching me a minute portion of his knowledge of the Neotropical flora.

Figures

FIGURAS 4‑6: Species of Clepitoides gen. nov. 4. Clepitoides anae sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. female paratype. 5. Clepitoides gerardi sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. female paratype. 6. Clepitoides neei sp. nov., A. male holotype, B. female paratype.