Curuapira armandi, Santos-Silva, Antonio, Bezark, Larry G. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2016

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Bezark, Larry G. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2016, Two new species of Curuapira Martins & Galileo, 1998 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Desmiphorini), Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 287-293 : 290-291

Curuapira armandi sp. nov.

( Figs. 4–6 )

Description. Female. Integument from dark-brown to black, except for: scape dark reddish-brown, maculated with black; antennomeres III–XI reddish-brown (darker after VII); mouth parts reddish; parts of pro- and mesofemora dark reddish-brown; elytra dark-brown (basally black); metafemora mostly reddish-brown; protibiae reddish, except for black ventral distal third; about basal half of meso- and metatibiae reddish; tarsi dark reddish-brown.

Head. Frons very finely, densely punctate; pubescence mostly white, distinctly denser on large macula near clypeus, on each side of coronal suture; on each side, near base of antennal tubercle with two small spots of white pubescence. Area between antennal tubercles and upper eye lobes with subelliptical depressed region with sparse, short, yellowish-brown pubescence, interspersed with white pubescence. Area around upper eye lobes with narrow band with white, short pubescence interspersed with yellowish-brown pubescence. Vertex microsculptured; with large spot of white pubescence on each side of coronal suture; with yellowish-brown pubescence centrally, from apex of subelliptical depression to middle of white spots. Area behind upper eye lobes with large macula with white pubescence. Area behind lower eye lobes with short, moderately abundant yellowish-brown pubescence, distinctly not obliterating integument. Gula shiny, smooth, glabrous. Submentum with short, moderately abundant yellowish-brown pubescence; with some long, thick, dark setae near anterior margin. Genae with short, yellowishbrown pubescence interspersed with some long, thick, dark setae. Antennal tubercles with yellowish-brown pubescence interspersed with white setae. Coronal suture distinct from clypeus to margin of prothorax. Distance between upper eye lobes 2.4 times largest width of one lobe; distance between lower eye lobes slightly shorter than length of scape; upper eye lobes with seven rows of ommatidia. Antennae 1.85 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere VIII. Scape with small, but distinct, asperities at distal outer side (this with very short and sparse setae); remaining surface with white and yellowish-brown pubescence. Ventral side of antennomeres III–X with moderately long, thick, dark setae (sparser toward distal antennomeres); antennomeres III–IX with white, short setae (sparser toward antennomere IX); antennomere X with white, short setae slightly more abundant than IX throughout; antennomere XI with white, short setae throughout. Antennal formula based on antennomere III: scape = 0.70; pedicel = 0.19; IV = 1.06; V = 0.88; VI = 0.84; VII = 0.84; VIII = 0.78; IX = 0.70; X = 0.59; XI = 0.59.

Thorax. Prothorax slightly wider than long; lateral sides with moderately large, conical tubercle about middle. Pronotum with three distinct tubercles, connected by Y-shaped carina: one conical on each side of basal half (near middle of pronotum); one subelliptical, on center of basal half; surface microsculptured, interspersed with some fine, slightly distinct punctures; with distinct, moderately deep, transverse sulcus between longitudinal tubercle and base; disk with white pubescence interspersed with large areas with yellowish-brown pubescence; center of basal sixth with narrow, longitudinal band with white pubescence; with long, very sparse setae throughout. Lateral sides of prothorax with wide, oblique band with white pubescence (starting laterally on anterior margin of pronotum); remaining surface with yellowish-brown pubescence; with long, very sparse setae. Prosternum laterally with band with white pubescence close to procoxal cavities; remaining surface with very short and sparse white pubescence (laterally yellowish-brown). Prosternal process with white pubescence, mainly laterally. Center of mesosternum microsculptured, interspersed with shallow punctures, with very short, sparse, yellowish-brown setae; lateral sides with dense, white pubescence. Mesepisterna and mesepimera with dense, white pubescence. Mesosternal process glabrous on center of basal third, with dense, white pubescence on remaining surface. Metepisterna with white pubescence interspersed with yellowish-brown setae; apex with small spot with white pubescence. Metasternum microsculptured; with white pubescence, interspersed with yellowish-brown pubescence, except for subglabrous, subelliptical, large area on each side of metasternal suture. Scutellum with dense, white pubescence (yellowishbrown laterally).

Elytra. Sides parallel from base to about middle, uniformly narrowed from middle to apex; basal third mostly with white pubescence interspersed with yellowish-brown pubescence; remaining surface with yellowish-brown pubescence interspersed with white setae, except for: small spot with white setae, close to suture, about apex of basal third; moderately wide spot with white setae, close to suture, about base of distal quarter; with moderately short, thick, very sparse setae, mainly on basal and distal third; in lateral view, distal quarter gradually oblique.

Legs. Coxae, pro- and mesofemora (except for large dorsal and ventral areas with yellowish-brown pubescence), base of metafemora, basal third of protibiae, basal half of metatibiae with white pubescence; remaining surface of metafemora with yellowish-brown pubescence interspersed with white pubescence; remaining surface of pro- and mesotibiae with brown pubescence interspersed with white pubescence. Tarsi with white, brown and yellowish-brown pubescence, interspersed with long, thick, dark, moderately abundant setae; protarsomere I wide.

Abdomen. Ventrites microsculptured; with short, white pubescence interspersed with yellowish-brown pubescence (mainly laterally); apex of ventrite V truncate.

Dimensions in mm (female). Total length (from mandibular apex to abdominal apex), 14.5; prothorax, length, 2.7; prothorax, anterior width, 2.6; prothorax, posterior width, 2.7; prothorax, largest width, 2.9; humeral width, 3.7; elytral length, 9.7.

Type material. Holotype female, PANAMA, Panama: El Llano, 13.V.1991, Frank T. Hovore col. ( CAS).

Etymology. This species is named after the father of the second author, Armand I. Bezark, who was always very supportive of his son’s pursuit of entomology.

Remarks. Curuapira armandi sp. nov. is similar to C. tuberosa Martins & Galileo, 2005 ( Fig. 11 ), but differs as follows: body somewhat slender; pronotal tubercles smaller; elytra without distinct, large macula of contrasting pubescence (very distinct in C. tuberosa ). See remarks on C. hovorei sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 3, Curuapira hovorei sp. nov., holotype female: 1. Dorsal habitus; 2. Ventral habitus; 3. Lateral habitus. 4 – 6, Curuapira armandi sp. nov., holotype female: 4. Dorsal habitus; 5. Ventral habitus; 6. Lateral habitus.

FIGURES 7 – 11. 7 – 8, Curuapira exotica, male from Venezuela: 7. Dorsal habitus; 8. Scape. 9, Curuapira hovorei sp. nov., holotype female, scape. 10, Curuapira apyama, holotype female, dorsal view; 11, Curuapira tuberosa, holotype male, dorsal view.