Jupoata antonkozlovi Nascimento & Botero, 2018

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2018, Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Jupoata Martins & Monné, 2002 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-4 : 2-4

Jupoata antonkozlovi Nascimento & Botero , new species ( Figs. 1-4, 6-7 )

Description: Holotype male: Integument mostly dark brown; head, prothorax, meso- and metaventrite, legs,

sides of humeri, epipleural margins and apex of elytra darker;antennomeres dark reddish brown,darker on apex; elytra reddish brown. General pubescence yellowish.

Head: Frons coarsely, confluently punctate; with short, sparse setae. Area between upper eye lobes glabrous; vertex abundantly punctate; median groove extending to level of area behind upper eye lobes; antennal tubercles abruptly elevated at apex, with vertical, glabrous groove at anterior region. Gulamentum finely, transversely carinate. Upper eye lobes with 11 rows of ommatidia, separated each other by distance equal to about width of two rows of ommatidia. Antennae as long as twice body length; reaching elytral apex at base of antennomere VIII. Scape robust, widened basally, narrowed toward apex, surface with coarse and irregular wrinkles; with short, sparse setae.Antennomeres III-VI slightly widened toward apex, with long spine perpendicular to axis of antennomere, about as long as width of antennomere; VII-X elongate; XI narrow, very long (about ⅔ elytral length), curved. Antennal formula (ratio) based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.5; pedicel = 0.15; IV = 0.75; V = 0.90;VI = 0.90;VII = 0.95;VIII = 1.00; IX = 1.20; X = 1.25; XI = 2.30.

Thorax: Prothorax slightly wider than long; sides with distinct spine at middle area, and small tubercle at anterolateral region. Pronotum with abundant, transverse wrinkles, irregular in anterior half; with dense pubescence between wrinkles; with three gibbosities: two posterolateral, slightly elevated, and one elongate, more elevated at central area, V-shaped between lateral gibbosities. Prosternum with anterior half transversely sulcate; with moderately long, abundant setae, especially on basal half. Prosternal process abruptly elevated; apex with distinct perpendicular tubercle. Entire ventral area with abundant setae not obscuring integument.

Elytra: Surface with dense pubescence; apex obliquely truncate, bispinose, external spine as long as spine of antennomere III, innermost slightly shorter and curved.

Legs: Profemora with apex truncate; apex of mesofemora with raised internal flap, spine-shaped; metafemora with slightly raised internal flap in both sides of apex.

Dimensions (in mm): Total length, 29.6; length of prothorax at center, 5.4; greatest width of prothorax, 6.9; anterior width of prothorax, 4.5; posterior width of prothorax, 5.0; humeral width, 7.4; elytral length, 21.9.

Type material: Holotype male from COSTA RICA, Alajuela: San Ramón (Bajo Los Rodríguez; 650 m), VII.2016, local collector ( MZSP).

Etymology: The name is dedicated to Anton Olegovich Kozlov, who sent and donated the specimen.

Remarks: Jupoata antonkozlovi sp. nov. is similar to J. rufipennis by the general color of the body, form of the prothorax, and distinct tubercle of the prosternal process, which is perpendicular to the anteroposterior axis of the body. However, Jupoata antonkozlovi sp. nov. differs as follows: scape widened at base and thinner toward the apex ( Fig. 4 ); antennomere XI about as long as ⅔ of elytral length ( Fig.7 ). In Jupoata rufipennis , the scape ( Fig. 5 ) is widened toward apex and the antennomere XI is as long as ⅓ of elytral length ( Fig. 8 ). Jupoata antonkozlovi sp. nov. is also similar to J. peruviana Tippmann, 1960 , by the shape of the scape, robust and widened at base, thinner toward the apex and by the antennomere XI about as long as ⅔ of the elytral length. Martins & Monné (2002) reported that according to the holotype photography of J.peruviana the scape is similar to that of the other species (thinner at base, widened toward the apex). Jupoata antonkozlovi sp. nov. differs from J. peruviana by the total length of the antennae, which is twice the body length and by the prosternal process with one tubercle. In J. peruviana , the antennae have the triple of the body length and the prosternal process has two tubercles.

Figures

Figures 1-8. (1-4,6-7),Jupoata antonkozlovi sp.nov.,holotype,male.(1) Dorsal habitus.(2)Ventral habitus.(3) Lateral habitus.(4) Head,frontal view.(6) Detail of prosternal process in lateral view.(7) Detail of antennomere XI.(5, 8), Jupoata rufipennis.(5) Head,frontalview.(8) Detail of antennomereXI.