Ceiupaba poranga, Martins, Ubirajara R., Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015

Martins, Ubirajara R., Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015, New taxa and new records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the state of Bahia (Brazil) and notes on Meridiotroctes (Acanthoderini), Zootaxa 3973 (2), pp. 271-299 : 289

Ceiupaba poranga sp. nov.

( Figs. 43–46 )

Holotype male. Integument dark-brown; labrum, coxae and femora reddish-brown (club of metafemora darker). Setae dark-brown.

Frons fine, moderately abundant punctate; pubescence whitish, abundant, not entirely obliterating integument, interspersed with long, sparse setae. Area between upper eye lobes and antennal tubercles with whitish pubescence, little sparser than on frons, interspersed with long setae; dorsal area between eyes and margin of prothorax with whitish pubescence, more yellowish near prothorax; area behind lower eye lobes with yellowish-white band of pubescence, extended towards gena; area behind this last band glabrous. Genae with sparse, yellowish-white pubescence. Distance between upper eye lobes equal to 0.3 times length of scape; distance between lower eye lobes, in frontal view, equal to 0.6 times length of scape. Antennae length equal to 1.9 times elytral length; reaching elytral apex at base of antennomere VIII; scape and pedicel with long, sparse setae throughout; antennomeres III–X with long setae at ventral side (length equal to approximately 3.0 times width of antennomere); antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 1.03; pedicel = 0.30; IV = 1.20; V = 0.80; VI = 0.67; VII = 0.67; VIII = 0.60; IX = 0.53; X = 0.50; XI = 0.50.

Pronotum microsculptured; disk with whitish pubescence, mixed with yellowish-white pubescence, not entirely obliterating integument, inclined toward center of disk, forming a narrow central band; at each side of this area of central pubescence, longitudinal band with pubescence distinctly sparser; laterally, wide band of whitish pubescence, partially obliterating integument; entire surface with long, sparse setae. Lateral margins of prothorax with wide band almost glabrous, except for narrow band of pubescence at margin along head. Prosternum laterally with whitish pubescence; with very short, sparse, yellowish pubescence at middle. Mesosternum transversely depressed, with very short, sparse, yellowish pubescence. Mesepimera, mesepisterna and metepisterna with whitish, dense pubescence. Metasternum laterally with dense pubescence, gradually sparser, yellowish towards center. Scutellum pubescent. Elytra coarse, moderately abundant punctate at basal third, punctures gradually sparser, aligned towards apex; each elytron with nine bands of whitish pubescence (more indistinct on basal third, and part of them partially absent on central area); entire surface with long, sparse setae; apex rounded.

Legs with long, sparse setae. Urosternites with yellowish pubescence, moderately sparse at middle, laterally distinctly denser and, whitish; apex of urosternites I–IV with fringe of short, whitish setae; part of urosternites with long, very sparse setae.

Dimensions in mm (male). Total length, 5.2; length of prothorax at center, 1.1; largest width of prothorax, 1.3; humeral width, 1.7; elytral length, 3.7.

Type material. Holotype male, BRAZIL, Bahia: Aracatu (“Fazenda Lagoa do Tamburi”; "área de Caatinga arbórea"; 14º30.961’S / 41º27.512’W), 18.XI.2013, A. S. Ferreira col. ( MZUSP).

Etymology. Tupi-Guarani language: poranga = beautiful.

Remarks. Ceiupaba poranga differs from C. lineata as follows: scape distinctly longer than distance between antennal acetabula; prothorax more elongate, with lateral tubercle less projected; pubescence of pronotum on bands. In C. lineata , the scape is as long as approximately distance between antennal acetabula, the prothorax is more transverse, the lateral tubercle is more projected, and the pubescence of the pronotum does not form bands.

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 50. 39 – 42, Melzerella inopinata sp. nov., holotype male: 39, Dorsal habitus; 40, Ventral habitus; 41, Lateral habitus; 42, Head, frontal view. 43 – 46, Ceiupaba poranga sp. nov., holotype male: 43, Dorsal habitus; 44, Ventral habitus; 45, Lateral habitus; 46, Head, frontal view. 47 – 50, Desmiphora (Desmiphora) nascimentoi sp. nov., holotype female: 47, Dorsal habitus; 48, Ventral habitus; 49, Lateral habitus; 50, Head, frontal view.