Sarifer seabrai Fragoso and Monné, 1982

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2015, The Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola, with Diagnoses, Descriptions of New Species, Distribution Records, and a Key for Identification, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3), pp. 353-388 : 358

8. Sarifer seabrai Fragoso and Monné, 1982 ( Figs. 2b , 14b )

Discussion. This striking species is known only from the Dominican Republic (Monné 2015). Lingafelter and Woodley (2007) provided detailed records of this species from the Dominican Republic around Pico Duarte in the Parque Nacional Armando Bermúdez, and those are summarized below, along with an additional record that extends the range considerably to the northwest near the Haitian border and represents a new provincial record for Elías Piña. Specimens are typically collected at lights during light rain in mountainous habitats in June and July.

The eyes of this species are very large with the upper and lower lobes nearly touching. There is pronounced sexual dimorphism in the antennae: the males have antennomeres 3–10 strongly biflabellate, while the females (which are exceedingly rare) have unmodified antennae (Fragoso and Monné 1982). The elytra of males are covered with a dense vestiture of golden pubescence, while those of females are sparsely pubescent. The pronotum of both sexes has two very long, apically recurved spines (positioned anteriorly and medially).

Hispaniolan Localities. D O M I N I C A N REPUBLIC: Elías Piña Province (Río Limpio); La Vega Province (Constanza [holotype, paratype, MNRJ]; near Los Tablones River , west of La

Ciénaga [USNM]); Monseñor Noeul Province (7 km northwest of La Ceiba).

Figures

Fig. 2. Dorsal habitus of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Monodesmus atratus, male holotype, b) Sarifer seabrai, male, c) Prionus aureopilosus, male, d) P. aureopilosus, female, e) Derancistrus anthracinus, female, f) Derancistrus elegans, female, g) Derancistrus hovorei, female holotype, h) Elateropsis antennatus, female, i) Elateropsis femoratus, male variant.

Fig. 14. Distribution maps of Hispaniolan Prioninae. a) Stenodontes exsertus, b) Monodesmus atratus, Sarifer seabrai, and Prionus aureopilosus.