Hyperplatys ushveridzei Santos-Silva, Nascimento & Kozlov, 2019

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco E. De L. & Kozlov, Anton Olegovich, 2019, The megadiverse fauna of Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): Notes, descriptions, new records, new species, and revalidations, Zootaxa 4603 (3), pp. 441-472 : 450-453

Hyperplatys ushveridzei Santos-Silva, Nascimento & Kozlov , sp. nov.

( Figures 33–36 )

Description. Female. Integument mostly dark brown, almost black dorsally; mentum reddish brown; apex of last palpomeres reddish; apex of labrum yellowish brown; antennomere III brown, darker at apex; antennomeres IV–VI light reddish brown except dark-brown apex; antennomere VII entirely brown (missing remaining antennomeres); posterior quarter of pronotum slightly reddish brown; trochanters yellowish brown; metacoxae mostly dark reddish brown; base of femora slightly reddish brown; apex of abdominal ventrite IV reddish brown.

Head. Frons finely, densely punctate; with sparse whitish pubescence close to clypeus, yellowish-brown, abundant, not obscuring integument between eyes (except whitish pubescence close to inferior area of eyes), brownish, abundant, not obscuring integument toward antennal tubercles. Vertex with sculpturing as on frons; area between antennal tubercles abruptly depressed; area between antennal tubercles with brownish pubescence, abundant, not obscuring integument, except glabrous median groove; remaining surface of vertex with yellowish-brown pubescence centrally, yellowish-white laterally, both abundant, not obscuring integument, except glabrous area close to abrupt depression. Area behind upper eye lobes with dense yellowish-white pubescence (whiter depending on light intensity) close to eye, sparser, yellowish-brown on remaining surface; area behind lower eye lobes with dense yellowish-white pubescence (whiter depending on light intensity) close to eye, glabrous on remaining surface. Antennal tubercles with sculpturing as on frons with brownish pubescence not obscuring integument, except yellowish-brown pubescence on apex. Median groove distinct from clypeus to area between upper eye lobes. Genae with sparse yellowish-white pubescence (whiter depending on light intensity) except glabrous distal area. Postclypeus with a few short yellowish-white setae (whiter depending on light intensity) on wide central area, glabrous laterally; with long, erect, sparse dark setae on wide central area. Labrum convex, inclined on anterior area; posteriorly with sparse yellowish-white pubescence interspersed with long, erect dark setae, anteriorly with sparse yellowish-brown pubescence, and fringe of short yellowish setae at anterior margin. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous, except anterior area narrowly depressed, with short, sparse brownish setae interspersed with long, erect dark setae. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.38 times length of scape; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.64 times length of scape. Antennae (scape to apex of antennomere VII, which appears to be broken at apex) 1.5 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at distal third of antennomere VI; scape with yellowish-brown pubescence dorsally, whitish on remaining surface; antennomeres with whitish pubescence not obscuring integument, partially yellowish from IV; pedicel and antennomere III with a few short, thick dark setae ventrally; antennal formula (ratio) based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.84; pedicel = 0.09; IV = 0.88; V = 0.73; VI = 0.71; VII = 0.38.

Thorax. Prothorax 1.8 times wider than long (including lateral tubercles); sides gradually widened from anterolateral angles to apex of lateral tubercle, which is nearly acute, slightly directed backward. Pronotum finely, densely punctate except sparser punctures toward lateral tubercles of prothorax, and coarse punctures on posterior quarter; pubescence abundant, not obscuring integument, mostly white except inverted U-shaped yellowish-brown pubescence on center of anterior half, and irregular, moderately small spot with yellowish-brown pubescence on each side of midlength; with a few long, erect dark setae on sides of posterior quarter. Sides of prothorax with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, slightly whiter close to anterior margin and prosternum. Prosternum with abundant white pubescence laterally, gradually sparser toward central area; prosternal process with pubescence as on prosternum on basal half, distinctly sparser on posterior half. Mesoventrite and mesoventral process with white pubescence, distinctly sparser on center on mesoventrite. Mesanepisternum, mesepimeron and metanepisternum with light yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument. Metaventrite with dense white pubescence laterally, sparser centrally. Scutellum with dense white pubescence partially obscuring integument. Elytra. Coarsely, moderately abundantly punctate on basal half, gradually sparser toward apex; apex obliquely truncate; humeral carina well-marked at about basal 2/3, slightly distinct at posterior third; circum-scutellar area somewhat tumid; with abundant white pubescence partially obscuring integument, dorsally, yellowish-brown laterally, except the following areas with distinctly sparse yellowish-brown pubescence: W-shaped area (considering both elytra) on center of anterior quarter; several circular spots dorsally. Legs. Femora with abundant white pubescence not obscuring integument. Tibiae with abundant white pubescence not obscuring integument, except posterior third of ventral surface with dark yellowish-brown bristly setae, and dorsal sulcus of mesotibiae with dark setae; ventral surface of meso- and metatibiae with short, erect, thick dark setae. Metatarsomere I about as long as II–III together.

Abdomen. Ventrites with whitish pubescence not obscuring integument, sparser centrally in I–IV; V with a few long, erect dark setae posteriorly; posterior margin of V-emarginated.

Dimensions (mm). Total length, 5.00; prothoracic length, 0.70; anterior prothoracic width, 0.90; posterior prothoracic width, 1.05; maximum prothoracic width, 1.25; humeral width, 1.65; elytral length, 3.70.

Type material. Holotype male from COLOMBIA, Cundinamarca: Gachalá ( Vereda El Naranjal ; 04º42’02”N / 73º25’03”W; 2170 m), 01-02.VI.2018, V. Sinyaev col. ( MZSP).

Remarks. Hyperplatys ushveridzei sp. nov. is similar to H. maculata Haldeman, 1847 , and H. montana Casey, 1913 , but differs by the lateral tubercles of the prothorax slightly directed backward (strongly in H. maculata and H. montana ), and absence of oblique band with sparse pubescence on posterior third (present in H. maculata and H. montana ). It is also similar to H. pusillus nigrisparsus ( Bates, 1885) , but differs by the absence of wide macula with sparse pubescence on posterior third (present in H. pusillus nigrisparsus ).

Etymology. The new species is dedicated Giya Shalvovich Ushveridze (Moscow, Russia), a collector of insects. He is a personal friend of the third author, who in this way wishes to express his gratitude and respect for him.

Figures

FIGURES 33–39. 33–36) Hyperplatys ushveridzei, holotype female: 33) Dorsal habitus; 34) Ventral habitus; 35) Lateral habitus; 36) Head, frontal view. 37–39) Periestola strandi: 37) Paracobelura curiosa, dorsal habitus, paratype female; 38) Dorsal habitus, male; 39) Periestola strandi, dorsal habitus, holotype. Figure 39 by Jesus Santiago Moure (deceased).