Bebelis modesta ( Belon, 1903 )

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, New species, revalidation, synonymies, and new records in Bebelis Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini), Zootaxa 5092 (4), pp. 401-428 : 417-418

Bebelis modesta ( Belon, 1903)

( Figs 6–8, 13–15 , 65–66 )

Dorcasta modesta Belon, 1903: 59 ; Aurivillius, 1923: 362); Blackwelder, 1946: 606 (checklist).

Bebelis modesta ; Breuning, 1960: 174 (cat.); 1971: 239; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 186 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 10 (cat.); Martínez, 2000: 95 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 292 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006: 24 (distr.); Swift et al., 2010: 50 (distr.).

Bebilis modesta ; Chemsak et al., 1992: 115 (checklist; misspelling).

Dorcasta angusta Fisher, 1947a: 180 ; Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948: 51 (type). Syn. nov.

Bebelis angusta ; Breuning, 1971: 239; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 186 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 9 (cat.); 2005: 290 (cat.); Galileo & Martins, 2006b: 224; Monné et al., 2017: 58 (holotype); Monné, 2021: 442 (cat.).

Bebelis concisa Galileo & Martins, 2006a: 17 ; 2006b: 228; Moura & Von Groll, 2017: 448 (holotype); Monné, 2021: 442 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Comparing the holotype of D. angusta ( Figs 6–8 ), as well as other specimens of this species, with a paratype of B. concisa ( Figs 13–15 ), photograph of the holotype and original description of D. modesta ( Figs 65–66 ), I was not able to find a reliable difference between these three nominal species. The size in specimens of Bebelis angusta is very variable. Although in general they are larger than in specimens of B. concisa , there are specimens with the same length. Accordingly, B. concisa and B. angusta are synonymized with B. modesta .

Material examined. BRAZIL, São Paulo (new state record): Regente Feijó , 1 specimen, 22.X.1945, Nick leg. ( MZSP-46509 ) . Rio Grande do Sul: Triunfo ( Copesul ), paratype male of B. concisa , 5.II.2003, A. Barcellos leg. ( MZSP-46510 ) ; Porto Alegre , holotype of C. angusta , 23.IX.1936 ( MZSP-46506 ) ; paratype of C. angusta, IX.1929 ( MZSP-46507 ) ; paratype of C. angusta , 11.VIII.1929 ( MZSP-46508 ) ; 1 male, 4.IX.1940, no collector indicated ( MZSP-46511 ) ; 1 specimen, 26.VII.1933, no collector indicated ( MZSP-46512 ) ; 1 specimen, 24.VIII.1938, no collector indicated ( MZSP-46513 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 6–15. Bebelis spp. 6–8) B. angusta (Fisher, 1947), holotype male: 6) Dorsal habitus; 7) Ventral habitus; 8) Mesanepisternum. 9) Bebelis wappesi sp. nov., holotype female, mesanepisternum. 10) B. lignosa Thomson, 1864, syntype, dorsal habitus. 11) B. coenosa (Bates, 1866), syntype, dorsal habitus. 12) B. occulta (Bates, 1866), holotype, dorsal habitus. 13–15) B. concisa, paratype male: 13) Dorsal habitus; 14) Lateral habitus; 15) Ventral habitus. Figures 10–12 by Jesus Santiago Moure.

FIGURES 65–70. Bebelis spp. 65–66) Dorcasta modesta Belon, 1903, holotype: 65) Dorsal habitus; 66) Labels. 67–68) Dorcasta laetabilis Belon, 1903, holotype: 67) Labels; 68) Dorsal habitus. 69) Dorcasta zeteki Fisher, 1947, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 70) Adetus elongatus Lameere, 1893, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).