Aneflomorpha gilana Casey

(Fig. 1h, 2f, 5h, 6n, 7h, n, 8g, x, 9g, 10h, n, 11b, 13)

Aneflomorpha gilana Casey 1924: 243 .

Aneflomorpha parkeri Knull, new synonym .

Diagnosis. Length 13–17 mm, pronotum averages 1.0 times longer than wide, elytra together average 3.50 times longer than wide (Fig. 1h, 13a, b). Integument testaceous to light rufous. Antennae carinate (Fig. 9g). Spine of third antennomere very short, about the same length as second antennomere and only slightly longer than spine of fourth antennomere, projecting away from antennal plane by nearly 45 degrees, acute at apex (Fig. 9g). Pronotum with moderately dense punctures mostly obscured by pubescence, without impunctate central callus (Fig. 5h, 6n). Elytral apices obtusely truncate to weakly dentate at suture (rarely rounded apicolaterally) truncate to weakly bidentate (Fig. 8g). Elytral pubescence white or off-white, recumbent; erect and suberect setae nearly absent (Fig. 7h, n). Procoxal cavities widely open by more than apical width of prosternal process which is only slightly expanded (Fig. 10h, n). Protibia slender, gradually widening apically with the dorsal margin straight and non-carinate (Fig. 11b).

Discussion. The very broad pronotum (slightly broader than long), antennal flagellomeres and tibiae paler in color than antennal scape and femora, widely open procoxal cavities and barely weakly expanded prosternal process, and very short spine of antennomere three are distinctive for this species. Aneflomorpha luteicornis is similar in having lighter colored antennal flagellomeres, but they, along with the tibiae and femoral bases, contrast much more from the darker surrounding integument (Fig. 2b). The overall integument color in A. gilana is rufous, while in A. luteicornis it is usually dark brown. The spine of antennomere three is distinctly longer than antennomere two in A. luteicornis (Fig. 9j), unlike in A. gilana . The pronotum is slightly longer than wide in A. luteicornis (Fig. 5k), but as broad as long in A. gilana . The elytral pubescence in A. gilana has erect setae almost entirely absent (Fig. 7h, 13) and has primarily recumbent setae, while in A. luteicornis, erect setae are abundant at the elytral base (Fig. 7k), in addition to recumbent setae. Aneflomorpha gilana is also similar to A. linearis, but the dorsally flattened and carinate protibia of A. linearis is distinctive (Fig. 11e, g).

Examination of the holotype of A. parkeri Knull (Fig. 2f, 13b, d) shows it to have all the features of A. gilana (with the exception of having the outer apex of the elytra rounded) and is considered a new synonym.

Distribution and biology. This species is known only from central Arizona (Linsley 1963). A male and female of A. gilana were collected in the same beat of Quercus gambelii Nutt. in Coconino County, Arizona in July. An additional specimen was identified in the USNM collection having been reared from this tree, so it is a confirmed larval host. Vlasak in Heffern et al. (2018) recorded a larval host for A. parkeri as Calliandra eriophylla Benth., near Tucson, Arizona, however, this specimen is actually A. paralinearis .

Material examined. USA: Arizona: Phoenix (holotype, USNM); Pinal Mts., 12 August, F. H. Parker, J. N. Knull Collection (holotype of A. parkeri, FMNH) ; Coconino Co., Lake Mary Road at Road 124, 34° 54.492 N, 111° 25.886 W, 20 July 2020, beating Quercus gambelii Nutt. (2, SWLC) ; Prescott National Forest, reared from Gambel oak, emerged 23 March 1928, G. Hofer (USNM) ; Yavapai Co., Connerville Cutoff Rd. ½ mile W. SR 174, 28 July 1999, R. A. Belmont (CMNH) ; Yavapai Co., Prescott, 8 August 1967, J. McCleve (TAMU) .