Eburodacrys bezarki, Botero, 2017

Botero, Juan Pablo, 2017, Review of the genus Eburodacrys White, 1853 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Zootaxa 4344 (3), pp. 493-521 : 504-506

Eburodacrys bezarki sp. nov.

( Figs. 11–13 )

Female. Integument light to dark-brown; distal antennomeres, elytra (lighter toward apex), femora, and tarsi orange; area surrounding elytral eburneous callosities, apical fifth of mesofemora, and apical fourth of metafemora femora darker.

Body covered by long, erect, sparse setae. Head shallowly, finely, sparsely punctate. Distance between superior eye lobes about 3 times width of one upper lobe. Apex of genae rounded. Antennae short, reaching apex of elytra at antennomere X; with fine yellowish pubescence, denser toward apical antennomeres; with long (longer than width of an antennomere), sparse setae, especially on inner side, gradually shorter, sparser toward apical antennomeres; scape curved, slightly excavated dorsally and ventrally at base; antennomeres III-V with longitudinal sulcus. Prothorax with median lateral tubercle, acute at apex and antemedian tubercles, rounded at apex, located at same level of pronotal tubercles. Surface of pronotum with transverse wrinkles and sparse, shallow punctures; disc with two elevated tubercles, rounded at apex. Prosternum with transverse sulcus. Mesoventrite with tubercle. Elytra 3.87 times longer than prothorax; surface of anterior half with coarse, dense punctation, at posterior half punctation decreases and at apex there is no punctation. Each elytron with three elongate eburneous callosities: one anterior and two posterior, lateroposterior beginning slightly after inner posterior, and slightly longer. Apex of elytra with long external spine, longer than pedicel; at suture with small dentiform projection. Epipleura with tooth, slightly projected, near base of elytron.

Profemora subfusiform, meso- and metafemora slender and elongate; apical apex of meso- and metafemora unarmed (right posterior leg malformed).

Measurements, in mm. Holotype female. Total length, 8.7; prothorax length, 1.6; prothorax width at its widest point, 1.6; elytral length, 6.2; humeral width, 1.8.

Etymology. The specific name is a genitive patronym in honor of Larry G. Bezark, for his constant help and his contribution toward the knowledge of Cerambycidae .

Type material. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Paraná: Céu Azul, 14.X.2015, Barros , R.C. & Bozina, J.P. leg. ( MZSP).

Remarks. Eburodacrys bezarki sp. nov. is easily differentiated from the other Eburodacrys species because it is the only one that has the apex of meso- and metafemora without a long inner spine. The new species is similar to E. tuberosa but differs from it in having the eburneous elytral callosities surrounded by black and the apex of meso- and metafemora black. In E. tuberosa , the eburneous elytral callosities are not surrounded by black and the meso- and metafemora are entirely orange.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 13. 5 – 9. Eburodacrys eduardoi sp. nov. 5 – 7, holotype, female, 5, dorsal view, 6, lateral view, 7, ventral view, 8 – 9, paratype, male, 8, dorsal view, 9, detail of head, lateral view. 10, Eburodacrys sulfurifera, detail of head, lateral view. 11 – 13, Eburodacrys bezarki sp. nov., holotype, female, 11, dorsal view, 12, lateral view, 13, ventral view.