Barra gounellei Jordan , 1904

Trýzna, Miloš, Carrasco, Juan Carlos & Blažej, Lukáš, 2022, Review of the Neotropical genera Barra Jordan and Brevibarra Jordan, with description of a new species of Barra from Nicaragua, notes on the tribe Piesocorynini Valentine, and new records of Brevibarra from Brazil and Ecuador (Coleoptera: Anthribidae), Zootaxa 5213 (3), pp. 243-268 : 255-260

Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904

( Figs 49 , 56–61 , 75 )

Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904: 275 . Bovie 1906: 278 (catalogue); Wolfrum 1929: 65 (catalogue); Blackwelder 1947: 769 (catalogue); Rheinheimer 2004: 70 (catalogue).

Type locality. E Brazil, Santo Antônio da Barra in Bahia province.

Type material. Holotype, male ( Figs 49 , 56–60 ): ‘Type [p, typical round label with red margin used in BMNH]’ // ‘S. Antonio da Barra [= Santo Antônio da Barra ] / Pr. de Bahia / Gounelle 11-12.88 [November – December 1888] [p]’ // ‘Karl Jordan Coll. / B.M. 1940-109 [p]’ // ‘ Barra / gounellei / Type. 1904. / N. Z. p. 275. [= Novitates Zoologicae, page 275] [h]’ ( BMNH). Paratype, male: ‘Para- / type [p, typical round label with yellow margin used in BMNH]’ // ‘ Espirito-Santo / Brasil / ex coll. Fruhstorfer. [p] / Karl Jordan Coll. / B.M. 1940-109 [p]’ ( BMNH).

Other material. Female ( Fig. 61 ): Brazil, São Paulo (State): ‘ Ilha Santo Amaro [= Guarujá] / nr. Santos , Brazil. / G. E. Bryant. [p] / 3.iv.1912 [h]’ // ‘ Karl Jordan Coll. / B.M. 1940-109 [p]’ ( BMNH). 1 male : ‘ Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis , IX.2015, Monteiro leg., malaise’, Mermudes det. ( DZRJ) .

Identification. Pronotum with dorsal transverse carina antebasal, slightly bisinuate, lateral carinae of pronotum very short, indicated, rather vestigial line. Basal longitudinal carinulae developed, forming acute angle in contact with dorsal transverse carina. Eyes relatively large, not emarginate, only truncated anteriorly, dorsal ocular index 2.35 in male. The species with the longest antennae within the genus, antennae distinctly reaching the posterior margin of the pronotum in both sexes, in the male with last four apical antennomeres extending beyond. Upper side of the body generally with sparse yellow setae. Frons with dense setae inner ocular margin, disc of pronotum with distinct and narrow longitudinal stripe (amply interrupted in middle), pronotal declivity with three wider spots clothed by yellowish setae. Elytra with intervals alternate and elongate light spots, with yellowish and brownish setae, more evident on intervals II and IV (more visible on the female in Fig. 61 ), on other elytral intervals these spots are less perceptible. Body size ca. 5.6–6.5 mm [not 4.5 mm as erroneously stated by Jordan 1904: 275]. Colour pattern as in Figs 56–61 .

Holotype, male ( Figs 56–60 ). Measurements (in mm): Total body length—5.63. Head: total length—1.38, length of rostrum—0.78, maximum width of rostrum—1.00, length of eye—0.55, maximum width across eyes—1.35, minimum distance between eyes—0.73. Antenna: length of segments: II—0.21, III—0.50, IV—0.40, V—0.43, VI—0.46, VII—0.44, VIII—0.20, IX—0.29, X—0.21, XI—0.26, width of segment IX—0.16. Pronotum: maximum length—1.50, maximum width—1.85, minimum width—1.15. Elytra: maximum length—2.70, maximum width—2.15. Pygidium: maximum length—0.47, maximum width—0.64.

Distribution. Brazil ( Jordan 1904, Rheinheimer 2004) ( Fig. 75 ).

Note: Pierre-Émile Gounelle (* June 9, 1850 in Paris, † October 2, 1914 in Paris), collector of this species, was a French entomologist and naturalist. Gounelle made several scientific expeditions to Brazil, he studied mainly the fauna of Cerambycidae , and collected plants, that later became part of the herbarium at the Muséum national d´Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Figures

FIGURE 75. Map of distribution of Barra and Brevibarra species. Triangle—type locality, circle—other distribution. Barra baruskae sp. nov. (red), Barra salamandrina Frieser, 1983 (yellow), Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904 (blue), Brevibarra scotosagis Jordan, 1906 (magenta). Google.com/maps, modified.

FIGURES 44–50. 44–47, Barra baruskae sp. nov.; 44, map of the type locality, Google.com/maps, modified; 45–47, paratype male; 45, aedeagus in dorsal view; 46, tegmen in ventral view; 47, segment VIII, and sternite IX (= spiculum gastrale) in dorsal view (scale bars in mm); 48, Barra salamandrina Frieser, 1983, labels of paratype male (MTDC); 49, Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904, labels of holotype male; 50, Brevibarra scotosagis Jordan, 1906, labels of holotype female.

FIGURES 56–60. Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904, holotype male; 56, dorsal habitus; 57, head in dorsal view; 58, apical fourth antennomeres of left antenna in dorsal view; 59, pronotum in dorsal view; 60, lateral habitus. Scale bars in mm.

FIGURES 61–62. 61, Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904, female (BMNH), dorsal habitus; 62, Brevibarra scotosagis Jordan, 1906, male from Ecuador, Loreto env., corresponding specimen with dissected terminalia, dorsal habitus (MTDC). Scale bars in mm.