Typophaula melancholica Thomson, 1868

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco E. de L. & Wappes, James E., 2019, Nomenclatural changes in American Apomecynini including description of new genera and species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 716 (716), pp. 1-35 : 21

Typophaula melancholica Thomson, 1868

( Fig. 67–71 )

Typophaula melancholica Thomson 1868: 152 ; Lacordaire 1872: 604; Gemminger 1873: 3101 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 294 (cat.); Zikán and Zikán 1944: 26 (distr.); Blackwelder 1946: 598 (checklist); Breuning 1960: 177 (cat.); 1971: 269; Monné and Giesbert 1994: 190 (checklist); Monné 1994: 17 (cat.); 2005: 313 (cat.); Morvan and Morati 2006: 41 (distr.); Monné et al. 2010: 247 (distr.); Morvan and Roguet 2013: 21 (distr.); Dalens 2014: 28 (distr.); Monné 2018: 426 (cat.).

Typophaula dejeani Thomson 1868: 153 ; 1878: 11 (type) (nom. nov.).

Adetus tuberosus Galileo and Martins 2003: 476 ; Monné 2005: 285 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 224 (checklist); Monné et al. 2017: 58 (holotype); Monné 2018: 389 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Remarks. Examination of the holotype of Adetus tuberosus , and comparison with the original description of Typophaula melancholica , as well as photograph of the holotype of the latter, show that they are the same species. It is worth commenting that the tubercle of the prosternal process reported in the original description of A. tuberosus is also one of the most conspicuous features of T. melancholica . Also, worth mentioning, is that in the key by Breuning (1971) Typophaula is differentiated from Adetus at alternative of couplet 14 (1) as follows: “Saillie prosternale tronquée à son bord postérieur” (Translated: prosternal process truncated at posterior margin).

According to Monné (2018), T. melancholica , described from Brazil (without exact location) is currently known from French Guiana and Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). Adetus tuberosus was described based on a single specimen from Brazil (Alagoas). This latter record indicates that the species likely occurs in other Brazilian states along the east coast.

Figures

Figures 67–75. Apomecynini spp. 67–70) Adetus tuberosus, holotype male: 67) Dorsal habitus. 68) Ventral habitus. 69) Lateral habitus. 70) Oblique view showing tubercle of prosternal process. 71) Typophaula melancholica, holotype female. 72) Adetus latericius, holotype, dorsal habitus. 73) Taloepora nana, holotype, dorsal habitus. 74) Atimuropsis irregularis, holotype, dorsal habitus. 75) Adetus gracilis, syntype, dorsal habitus.