Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus Aurivillius, 1904

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Wappes, James E., 2021, On the transference of Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer to Bisaltes (Bisaltes) Thomson with synonymies and new records in the genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2021 (844), pp. 1-10 : 8

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus Aurivillius, 1904

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Bisaltes bimaculatus Aurivillius 1904: 207 ; Bruch 1912: 209 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 295 (cat.); Bosq 1943: 24 (distr., hosts); Duffy 1960: 271 (biol.); Di Iorio 1995: 858 (distr., hosts); 1996: 163 (hosts); Di Iorio et al. 1998: 90 (host); Monné, 2001: 64 (cat. hosts); Wappes et al., 2006: 24 (distr.).

Bisaltes bimaculata ; Blackwelder 1946: 598 (checklist).

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus ; Breuning 1960: 177 (cat.); 1971: 280; Monné and Giesbert 1994: 187 (checklist); Monné 1994a: 20 (cat.); Di Iorio et al. 2003: 25, 27 (distr.; host); Monné 2005: 293 (cat.); Monné et al. 2012: 54 (distr.); Nascimento and Bravo, 2015: 240 (distr.); Monné et al. 2016: 23 (distr.); Nascimento et al. 2017: 90 (distr.); Monné 2020: 435 (cat.).

Remarks. Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus is dorsally very similar to B. (B.) uniformis , and B. (B.) tibialis , but differs from both by having the metanepisternum dark, and by the presence of one dark elliptical or subrounded dark macula on each side of abdominal ventrite I, which are absent in the latter two species.

This species was already illustrated by Monné et al. (2012), and Nascimento and Bravo (2015). However, the holotype and the ventral and lateral habitus showing the dark ventral maculae were never illustrated. Breuning (1971) suggested that B. (B.) obliquatus (now a synonym of B. (B.) uniformis ) could be only a variety of B. (B.) bimaculatus . However, the dark maculae on ventral surface of B. (B.) bimaculatus are always present and never present in B. (B.) uniformis .

Material examined. BRAZIL, no more data: 1 female ( MZSP). BAHIA: 1 female, no date indicated, Bondar col. ( MZSP). MINAS GERAIS: Jampruca, 1 male, no more data ( MZSP). ESPÍRITO SANTO: Córrego do Itá , 1 male, X.1954, J. Zikán col. ( MZSP) ; Linhares, Parque Sooretama, 1 male, 17–27.X.1962, F.S. Pereira col. ( MZSP). RIO DE JANEIRO: Itatiaia , 1 female, XI.1968, former Diringshofen collection ( MZSP) ; 1 female, I.1954, J. Hercio col. ( MZSP) ; 1 male, 9.XI.1926, J.F. Zikán col. ( MZSP). SÃO PAULO: Barueri , 2 males, XII.1965, K. Lenko col. ( MZSP) ; São Paulo ( Cantareira ), 1 female, IX.1935, Werontzow col. ( MZSP) ; 1 female, 30.III.1941, Nick col. ( MZSP) ; 2 females, 24.XII.1939, Nick col. ( MZSP); ( Saúde ) , 1 male, 22.XI.1926, Ohaus col. ( MZSP); ( Morumbi ) , 1 male, 4.II.1945, Nick col. ( MZSP) ; Presidente Epitácio, 1 female, X.1926, Ohaus col. ( MZSP). SANTA CATA- RINA (new state record): Rio Vermelho (now Corupá ), 1 male, II.1960, former Diringshofen collection ( MZSP) .

Figures

Figures 17–26. Bisaltes spp. 17–18) Bisaltes (Bisaltes) uniformis, female, elytral apex. 17) Specimen 1. 18) Specimen 2. 19) Bisaltes obliquatus Breuning, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 20) Bisaltes uniformis, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 21) Bisaltes posticalis Thomson, 1868, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).22) Esthlogena pulverea Bates, 1866, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 23) Bisaltes bimaculatus Aurivillius, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 24–26) Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus, male from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 24) Dorsal habitus. 25) Ventral habitus. 26) Lateral habitus.