Callia axillaris ( Dalman, 1823 )

Wappes, James E. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2020, Taxonomic contributions to Neotropical Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) including a new genus, five new species and a new synonym, Insecta Mundi 2020 (769), pp. 1-21 : 8

Callia axillaris ( Dalman, 1823)

( Fig. 22–29 )

Lamia axillaris Dalman 1823: 69 ; Germar 1823: 485.

Callia axillaris Germar 1839: 330 ; Newman 1840: 14; Lacordaire 1872: 908; Gemminger 1873: 3214 (cat.); Zikán and Zikán 1944: 43, 45 (distr., hosts); Blackwelder 1946: 626 (checklist); Gilmour 1965: 647 (cat.); Silva et al. 1968: 400 (hosts); Zajciw 1972: 70 (distr.); Galileo and Martins 1991: 260 (key); Monné and Giesbert 1992: 253 (syn.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 296 (checklist); Monné 1995: 92 (cat.); Galileo and Martins 2002: 52 (key); Monné 2002: 3 (cat.; hosts); 2005: 317 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 230 (checklist); Monné et al. 2010: 247 (distr.); Monné et al. 2012: 56 (distr.); Monné et al. 2016: 23 (distr.); Monné 2019: 452 (cat.).

Callia (Callia) axillaris Bates 1885: 423 ; Aurivillius 1923: 600 (cat.); Zajciw 1958a: 58; Duffy 1960: 281 (biol.); Gilmour 1965: 647 (cat.).

Callia flavofemorata Laporte 1840: 486 ; Redtenbacher 1868: 185 (distr.); Lacordaire 1872: 908; Gemminger 1873: 3214 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 626 (checklist); Galileo and Martins 1991: 260 (key).

Callia (Callia) flavofemorata Aurivillius 1923: 600 (cat.); Zajciw 1958a: 58; 1958b: 21 (distr.).

Callia pulchra Melzer 1930: 206 ; Bosq 1943: 111 (distr.); Blackwelder 1946: 626 (checklist); Zikán and Wygod- zinsky 1948: 50 (type); Buck 1959: 609 (distr.); Viana 1972: 405 (distr.); Penz-Reis and Meyer 1991: 87 (types); Galileo and Martins 1991: 260; Di Iorio 1994: 19 (hosts); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 297 (checklist); Monné 1995: 94 (cat.); González and Di Iorio 1997: 170, 173 (hosts); Monné 2002: 4 (cat. hosts); Galileo and Martins 2002: 51 (key); Di Iorio 2004: 65 (hosts); Monné 2005: 319 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 230 (checklist); Wappes et al. 2006: 42 (distr.); Wappes et al. 2013: 10 (distr.); Monné et al. 2017: 60 (lectotype); Monné 2019: 456 (cat.). New synonym.

Callia (Callia) pulchra Zajciw 1958a: 57 ; Zajciw and Ruffinelli 1962: 84 (distr.); Gilmour 1965: 647 (cat.).

Dalman (1823) described Lamia axillaris based on a single specimen ( Fig. 22 ) from Brazil (no further details). In the same year, Germar (1823) described the same species with the same name. However, according to Germar (1839) (translated): “643 [sic]. Lamia axillaris , Callia . Mr. Dalmann [sic] described it under the same name.”

Laporte (1840) described Callia flavofemorata ( Fig. 23 ) from Brazil (no further details). Monné and Giesbert (1992) synonymized it with Callia axillaris ( Dalman, 1823) . Later, Melzer (1930) described Callia pulchra ( Fig. 27–29 ) based on males and females from Brazil (Paraná and Santa Catarina).

Currently, Callia axillaris is known from Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro), and Callia pulchra from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija), Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Misiones, Corrientes), Uruguay ( Monné 2019). Redtenbacher (1868) was the first who reported a more detailed locality in Brazil for C. flavofemorata (Rio de Janeiro), and Zajciw (1958b) first provided a locality for C. axillaris (Rio de Janeiro).

Examination of the photographs of the types of Lamia axillaris ( Fig. 22 ), Callia flavofemorata ( Fig. 23 ), and Callia pulchra ( Fig. 27–29 ), as well as series of specimens from Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, reveal a wide variation in coloration. Although this variation is most dramatic dorsally, the color of the femora is also variable, from entirely dark to reddish-brown with dark apex, and the ventral surface of the body may be metallic-blue (with or without violaceous reflections) or slightly more grayish. Accord- ingly, as no other morphological differences were found, C. pulchra is synonymized with C. axillaris .

Material examined. BOLIVIA, Bolivia, Santa Cruz: Tarij. Dept. , 30 km N Villamontes, 20°52′S / 63°22′W, 3 males, 2 females, 8–10.XII.2012, Wappes, Bonaso, Skillman col. ( ACMT) ; G. Chaco Prv, 2 km SW Villamontes , 5 males, 1 female, 12–16.XII.2011, Wappes, Lingafelter, Morris & Woodley col. ( ACMT) ; 22 km W Villamontes , 21°14′42″S / 63°34′52″W, 515 m, 2 males, 1 female, 7–9.XII.2012, Wappes, Bonaso, Skillman col. ( ACMT) ; 20 km Camiri, Road to Eyti , 1250 m, 19°52′S / 63°29′W, 2 males, 1 female, 5–10.XII.2012, Wappes, Bonaso, Skillman col. ( ACMT) ; 20 km Camiri, Road to Eyti , 1250 m, 19°52′S / 63°29′W, 1 female, 26.XI.2013, Wappes & Skillman col. ( ACMT) ; 20 km Camiri, 6–8 km E Hwy 9, 1250 m, 19°52′S / 63°29′W, 6 males, 7 females, 5–10.XII.2012, Wappes, Bonaso, Skillman col. ( ACMT). La Paz: Guanay , 1 male, XI.1992, no collector indicated ( MZSP) . BRAZIL, Bahia: Entre Rios, 1 male, no other data ( MZSP). Minas Gerais: Conquista, 1 female, 30.X.1988, Diorna col. ( MZSP). Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro ( Corcovado ), 1 female, 19.XI.1956, Zajciw col. ( MZSP) ; 1 male, 9.X.1958, Zajciw col. ( MZSP) ; 1 female, XII.1961, M. Alvarenga col. ( MZSP) ; 1 male, X.1965, M. Alvarenga col. ( MZSP) ; Estrada Rio São Paulo - Km 47, 1 male, 24.X.1942, Baela col. ( MZSP). São Paulo: Marília , 1 female, XI.1945, no collector indicated ( MZSP). Paraná: Rio Negro , holotype male, 22.XII.1924, Franciscanos col. ( MZSP) ; Ponta Grossa , paratype female, III.1920, Richter col. ( MZSP) ; 1 female, I.1939, Camargo col. ( MZSP) ; Ponta Grossa, Guaraúna , 1 male, 5.XII.1938, Camargo col. ( MZSP) ; Assai , 1 male, XII.1941, Hatschbach col. ( MZSP) ; Guarapuava, 1 male, 2 females, II.1959, Schneider col. ( MZSP). Santa Catarina: São Bento , paratype female, XI.1925, A. Maller col. ( MZSP) ; Rio Vermelho , II.1950, formerly Dirings collection ( MZSP) . PARAGUAY, Guairá: Villa Rica , 1 male, 28.X.1923, no collector indicated ( MZSP) .

Figures

Figures 22–29. Callia axillaris. 22) Holotype of Lamia axillaris. 23) Holotype of Callia flavofemorata. 24) Female from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).25) Male from Paraguay.26) Female from Bolivia. 27) Callia pulchra, paratype female. 28) Callia pulchra, holotype male, dorsal habitus. 29) Callia pulchra, holotype male, ventral habitus.