Bebelis obliquata Breuning, 1940

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, New species, revalidation, synonymies, and new records in Bebelis Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini), Zootaxa 5092 (4), pp. 401-428 : 419-420

Bebelis obliquata Breuning, 1940

( Figs 49–51 )

Bebelis obliquata Breuning, 1940: 84 ; Blackwelder, 1946: 606 (checklist); Breuning, 1960: 174 (cat.); 1971: 239; Monné, 1994: 10 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 186 (checklist); Monné, 2005: 292 (cat.); 2021: 445 (cat.).

Dorcasta inaequalis Fisher, 1947a: 174 ; Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948: 51 (type). Syn. nov.

Bebelis inaequalis ; Breuning, 1971: 240; Monné, 1994: 9 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 186 (checklist); Monné, 2005: 291 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 225 (checklist); Monné et al., 2017: 58 (holotype); Monné, 2021: 443 (cat.).

Bebelis obliquata was described based on a single specimen ( Fig. 49 ) from Brazil (Minas Gerais). Formally , the species remains known only by the holotype . Later , Fisher (1947a) described B. inaequalis ( Figs 50–51 ) based on a single specimen from Paraguay, and the species remains known only by the holotype .

Comparison of the holotype of B. inaequalis ( Figs 50–51 ) with the original description and photograph of the holotype of B. obliquata ( Fig. 49 ) allowed concluding that they belong to the same species. Accordingly, B. inaequalis is synonymized with B. obliquata .

Material examined. PARAGUAY, holotype, F. Schade leg., no more data ( MZSP) .

Figures

FIGURES 49–52. Bebelis spp. 49) B. obliquata Breuning, 1940, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 50–51) B. inaequalis (Fisher, 1947), holotype male: 50) Dorsal habitus; 51) Ventral habitus. 52) B. aurulenta (Belon, 1903), syntype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).