Cotycicuiara wappesi, Galileo, Maria Helena M., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015

Galileo, Maria Helena M., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015, Five new Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Bolivia in honor of James E. Wappes, ZooKeys 488, pp. 77-89 : 81

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Cerambycidae

Cotycicuiara wappesi sp. n. Figs 7-9

Description.

Holotype male. Color. Integument dark-brown; about distal half of labrum and palpi reddish-brown.

Head. Frons, vertex and antennal tubercles finely, abundantly punctate; pubescence yellowish white (more whitish depending on angle of incidence of light), almost obliterating integument; with some long, dark setae close to lower eye lobes. Coronal suture distinct from clypeus to approximately middle of upper eye lobes. Area between eyes and antennal socket with narrow, dense, yellowish white band of pubescence. Area behind upper eye lobes finely, densely punctate; with dense band of yellowish white pubescence close to eyes, less dense towards prothoracic margin. Area behind lower eye lobes finely, abundantly punctate; with band of yellowish white pubescence close to eyes, enlarged towards gena, glabrous towards prothoracic margin. Genae with dense yellowish white pubescence, except for narrow distal band and area under lower eye lobes with sparse pubescence; with sparse, long, dark setae. Distance between upper eye lobes equal to 0.15 times length of scape; distance between lower eye lobes equal to 0.65 times length of scape. Antennae as long as 1.8 times elytral length; reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere VIII; scape, pedicel and antennomeres III–VIII with yellowish white pubescence, not obliterating integument; antennal formula based on antennomere III: scape = 0.79; pedicel = 0.28; IV = 1.01; V = 0.82; VI = 0.73; VII = 0.66; VIII = 0.57; IX = 0.58; X = 0.54; XI = 0.47.

Thorax. Pronotum moderately coarsely, abundantly punctate; pubescence yellowish white, mixed with yellowish brown pubescence; with very sparse, long, dark setae near posterolateral angles. Lateral sides of prothorax with conical tubercle at about middle; pubescence (somewhat denser close to anterior margin) and sculpture as on pronotum. Ventral surface with yellowish white pubescence (more whitish depending on angle of incidence of light), not obliterating integument, denser in narrow band on metasternum close to mesocoxal cavities and apex of mesosternal process. Scutellum with yellowish white pubescence. Elytra. Moderately coarsely, abundantly punctate on basal third, gradually sparser towards apex; pubescence (Fig. 7) whitish, mixed with brownish pubescence; on basal two-thirds, moderately wide band of yellowish brown pubescence around suture; on each side of basal quarter, well-marked, slightly raised gibbosity, adjacent to transverse, slightly marked depression; elytral apex sub-truncate.

Abdomen. Urosternites with dense, yellowish white pubescence (more whitish depending on angle of incidence of light), almost obliterating integument. Legs. Femora and tibiae with yellowish white pubescence; length of metatarsomere V equal to 0.75 times II–III together.

Dimensions in mm (holotype/male). Total length, 8.40/8.35-8.50; length of prothorax at center, 1.75/1.55-1.60; anterior width of prothorax, 1.80/1.85-2.05; posterior width of prothorax, 1.95/1.95-1.95; largest width of prothorax, 2.4/2.20-2.50; humeral width, 2.95/3.00-3.10; elytral length, 6.10/6.20-6.20.

Type material.

Holotype male from BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: Potrerillo del Guenda (Snake farm; 17° 40' 15" S; 63° 27' 26" W 400 m), 14-23-30.X.2013, Wappes & Kuckartz col. (MNKM). Paratypes - BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: 83 km N Camiri (900 m, Road to Itai, 6-8 km E Highway 9; 19° 19' S; 63°25'W), 2 males, 4-5.XII.2012, Skillman, Wappes & Bonaso col. (ACMT, MZSP).

Remarks.

Cotycicuiara wappesi differs from Cotycicuiara acuminata Galileo & Martins, 2012 as follows: elytral apex sub-truncate (distinctly acuminate in Cotycicuiara acuminata ); pronotum abundantly punctate (mostly impunctate in Cotycicuiara acuminata ); elytra with whitish pubescence occupying large areas (mostly yellowish brown in Cotycicuiara acuminata ). It can be distinguished from Cotycicuiara chionea Martins & Galileo, 2010 by its humeral width, equal to approximately 1.2 times the largest width of head (approximately 1.7 times the largest width of the head in Cotycicuiara chionea ), and elytral pubescence not forming notably dense spots (which occur in Cotycicuiara chionea ).

Cotycicuiara wappesi can be included in the alternative of couplet “10”, from Martins and Galileo (2010):