Eriphus mexicanus Audinet-Serville, 1834

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Botero, Juan Pablo, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Martins, David dos Santos, 2020, New species, new records, and taxonomical notes in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the state of Espírito Santo (Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60, pp. 1-22 : 7

Eriphus mexicanus Audinet-Serville, 1834 ( Fig. 22 )

This species was described based on a single specimen from Mexico (no further details). Later, Buquet (1844) described Eriphus unipunctatus , but the type locality is unknown (“Hab. inconnue”). Chevrolat (1862) synonymized E. unipunctatus with E. mexicanus and indicated Mexico as the country where the species occurs. According to him (translated): “Collection of Mr. J. Thomson. The type of Serville no longer existed when I acquired almost all of the Cerambycidae from this author”. Monné (1994a) indicated E. mexicanus as from Brazil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro), and Monné & Fragoso (1996) confirmed this information. However, Monné & Giesbert (1994) listed the species from Mexico and Panama. Usually, the inclusions of new records in this checklist were based on Giesbert’s private collection, which is currently deposited at FSCA. It will be necessary to examine the specimens to confirm if they are E. mexicanus . If they are E. mexicanus , this indicate that E. mexicanus and E. unipunctatus are not the same species, due to the isolated geographical distribution.

The specimen examined by us agrees perfectly with the original descriptions and with the photograph of the holotype of E.unipunctatus , differing only by the absence

of the black spot on base of the pronotum. Material examined: BRASIL, Espírito Santo: Aracruz, 1 ♀,

12.X.1986, J.B. Silva col. (MZSP, formerly SSA).

Figures

Figures 12-22. (12) Blabicentrus lineatus, female, dorsal habitus; (13) Pseudestola densepunctata, female, dorsal habitus; (14) Proceroblesthis prolata, male, dorsal habitus; (15) Butocrysa insignis, male, dorsal habitus; (16) Phoebella albomaculata, male, dorsal habitus; (17) Rhaphiptera affinis, male, dorsal habitus; (18) Desmiphora(Desmiphora) cirrosa, female,dorsal habitus;(19) Cipriscola fasciata, male,dorsal habitus.(20-21) Metacriodioncapixaba,female:(20)dorsal view; (21) ventral view;(22) Eriphusmexicanus, female,dorsal view.