Stenopseustes aeger Bates, 1873

Stenopseustes aeger Bates, 1873: 131; Lameere, 1883: 28 (cat.); Aurivillius, 1912: 286 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 577 (checklist); Monné, 1993: 55 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 99 (checklist); Monné, 2005: 503 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 124 (checklist); Monné, 2015: 794 (cat.).

Stenopseustes gibbicollis Fisher, 1947: 5; Zajciw & Seabra, 1968: 71 (distr.); Monné, 1993: 55 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 99 (checklist); Monné, 2005: 503 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 124 (checklist); Monné, 2015: 795 (cat). Syn. nov.

BATES (1873) DEScRIbED Stenopseustes aeger bASED oN mALES (AT LEAST Two) fRom BRAZIL (PARANá) , AND gAvE A SINgLE mEASUREmENT (“ LoNg 5 LIN.”), whAT coULD INDIcATE ThAT hE hAD A SINgLE SPEcImEN. HowEvER, hE ALSo AffIRmED: “(coll. W. W. Saunders and H. W. Bates).” CURRENTLy, ThE SyNTyPES ARE DEPoSITED AT MUSéUm NATIoNAL D’HISToIRE NATURELLE (PARIS, FRANcE) .

FIShER (1947) DEScRIbED Stenopseustes gibbicollis bASED oN A SINgLE fEmALE fRom BRAZIL (SANTA CATARINA). AccoRDINg To hIm: “ThIS SPEcIES IS ALLIED To Stenopseustes aeger BATES, bUT IT DIffERS fRom ThE DEScRIPTIoN gIvEN foR ThAT SPEcIES IN hAvINg ThE ANTENNAE ENTIRELy bLAck, ThE PRoNoTUm DISTINcTLy NARRowER ThAN ThE ELyTRA, wITh A LARgE, bRoAD, DISTINcT, mEDIAN, bLAck vITTA, ThE TIbIAE, TARSI, AND APIcAL hALvES of ThE PoSTERIoR fEmoRA bLAck, AND ThE LAST vISIbLE AbDomINAL STERNITE obTUSELy ANgULATED AT ThE APEx.” NEvERThELESS, S. aeger IS hIghLy vARIAbLE IN foRm AND coLoR, AS wE DETERmINED fRom ThE ExAmINATIoN of A LARgE SERIES of SPEcImENS (37) fRom SoUTh AND SoUThEAST BRAZIL. MoREovER, ThE STATEmENT by FIShER (1947) REgARDINg ThE LAST AbDomINAL vENTRITE mAkES No SENSE, SINcE IT IS SUbjEcT To SExUAL DImoRPhISm (BATES hAD oNLy mALES AND FIShER A SINgLE fEmALE). ThIS kIND of DIffERENcE IN ThE LAST AbDomINAL vENTRITE IS vERy commoN IN vARIoUS SPEcIES of RhINoTRAgINI, INcLUDINg IN Stenopseustes .

BELow wE LIST ThE moST ImPoRTANT of ThE mANy vARIATIoNS foUND IN ThE mATERIAL ExAmINED (NoT ASSocIATED wITh ANy PARTIcULAR LocALITy).