Wappesia gahani ( Gounelle, 1911 ), 2021

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2021, The interesting and complex tribe Oxycoleini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): a new genus, new species, and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 5060 (3), pp. 353-370 : 357

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0E9C6A17-710A-4DF7-A23F-69FAA1113F4D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5635841
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2021-11-01 09:15:23, last updated 2024-11-27 00:05:46)
scientific name	Wappesia gahani ( Gounelle, 1911 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Wappesia gahani ( Gounelle, 1911) , comb. nov.

Tethlimmena gahani Gounelle, 1911: 168 View in CoL ; Aurivillius, 1912: 287 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 578 (checklist); Monné, 1993: 57 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 100 (checklist).

Oxycoleus gahani View in CoL ; Júlio, 1997: 5; Martins & Galileo, 2003: 62; Monné, 2005: 427 (cat.); 2021: 622 (cat.).

Remarks. As seen above, one of the features pointed out by Júlio (1997) to separate T. gahani from T. tristis was the color of the prothorax. However, this feature is variable intraspecifically at least in some species of Oxycoleus . Therefore, this variation is expected to also occurs in Wappesia . It is probable that Melzer (1933) was correct: Tethlimmena tristis being just a chromatic variation of Tethlimmena gahani . See remarks on W. tristis . The male illustrated by Júlio (1997) has the antennae distinctly longer than in the holotype male of Merionoeda (Merionoeda) latipennis , and also than in the male of W. tristis ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–4. 1 ). This may reinforce that Oxycoleus gahani sensu Júlio (1997) belongs to a different species.

References

Aurivillius, C. (1912) Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 39. Wilhelm Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 574.

Blackwelder, R. E. (1946) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Part 4. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185, 551 - 763. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.4

Gounelle, E. (1911) Liste des cerambycides de la region de Jatahy, Etat de Goyaz, Bresil. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 80, 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 2969

Julio, C. E. A. (1997) Descricoes, sinonimia, novo status, novas combinacoes e chave para as especies brasileiras de Oxycoleus Lacordaire, 1869 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Molorchini). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Zoologia, 381, 1 - 11.

Martins, U. R. & Galileo, M. H. M. (2003) Tribo Oxycoleini. In: Martins, U. R. (Org.), Cerambycidae Sul-americanos (Coleoptera) Taxonomia. Vol. 6. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba, pp. 51 - 63.

Melzer, J. (1933) Cerambycideos neotropicos, novos ou pouco conhecidos. Revista de Entomologia, 3 (3), 367 - 382.

Monne, M. A. (1993) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Part VII. Subfamily Cerambycinae: Tribes Nathriini, Molorchini, Psebiini, Stenopterini, Necydalopsini, Rhinotragini and Eroschemini. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Sao Paulo, 81 pp.

Monne, M. A. & Giesbert, E. F. (1994) Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, 409 pp.

Monne, M. A. (2005) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Zootaxa, 946 (1), 1 - 765. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 946.1.1

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. 1) Tethlimmena obscurus (Júlio, 1997), dorsal habitus, by Steven W. Lingafelter. 2–3) Wappesia tristis (Melzer, 1933): 2) Holotype female from Brazil (Santa Catarina), dorsal habitus; 3) Male from Brazil (Minas Gerais), dorsal habitus. 4) Tethlimmena aliena Bates, 1872, male from Costa Rica (Limón), dorsal habitus.