Temnospis megacephala (Germar, 1824)

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de L. & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2023, Taxonomy of Oemini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), with key to American genera, notes and new taxa, Journal of Natural History 57 (41 - 44), pp. 1917-1948 : 1940

Temnospis megacephala (Germar, 1824)

Median lobe ( Figure 88C 4–D4 ) curved in lateral view; ventral lobe longer than dorsal lobe; ventral lobe with apex projected medially and dorsal lobe with subacuminate apex; basal apophysis longer than length of apical portion, basal region strongly widened. Tegmen ( Figure 88A 4–B4 ) about 0.76 length of median lobe, distal half curved in lateral view, distal region completely divided into parameres; parameres about 0.24 length of tegmen, subparallel, with very short and dense setae on apex; ring piece subtriangular, about 0.57 total length of tegmen, basal inner margin angular, ′V̍-shaped; apical margin very narrowed and rounded.

Figures

Figure 88. Schemes of the aedeagus in species of Oemini Lacordaire 1868. A–B, tegmen: A = dorsal; B = lateral; C–D, median lobe: C = dorsal; D = lateral. The number after letters indicates the respective species. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figures 1–4. (1–2) Vandykea tuberculata Linsley, 1932, female from Butts Canyon, California, USA: (1) dorsal habitus; (2) head, lateral view. (3–4) Eudistenia costipennis Fall, 1907, male from San Antonio, California, USA: (3) head, lateral view; (4) dorsal habitus.