Eucharitolus pulcher Bates, 1885

R, Juan Pablo Botero & Monné, Miguel A., 2012, Revision of the genus Eucharitolus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Zootaxa 3438, pp. 43-53 : 52

Eucharitolus pulcher Bates, 1885

( Figs 13 , 14 )

Eucharitolus pulcher Bates, 1885: 408 ; Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 410 (lect.); Chemsak et al., 1992: 136 (cat.); Hovore, 2006: 377 (distr.); Swift et al., 2010: 37 (distr.).

Redescription. Female. Integument light-brown. Pronotum covered with whitish pubescence, with light elliptic spot on median posterior half. Elytra predominantly covered with whitish pubescence. Brownish patches, as follows: two elliptical at the base, one near scutellum and other at humeral region, one rounded lateral at basal third, followed by one longitudinal elliptical that extends diagonally towards suture and posteriorly to apex, and one rounded at the apical. Venter grayish pubescent.

Upper eye lobes well separated, distance between them almost twice the width of a lobe. Antennae exceeding elytral apices at antennomere VI. Pronotum uniformly punctuate, lateral tubercle with base dilated. Prosternal process about 1/3 as wide as the procoxal cavity. Mesosternum depressed. Mesosternal process as wide as the mesocoxal cavity.

Elytra about 3.5 times as long as prothorax, anterior half coarsely and densely punctate, posterior half finely, and sparsely punctate. Apices obliquely truncate.

Metatarsomere I about 1.5 times as long as II–III together. Apex of urotergite V acute and gradually narrowed distally; urosternite V truncate with most its length exposed.

Measurements, in mm. female. n= 2. Total length, 6.4–7.6; prothorax length, 1.2–1.5; prothorax width at widest point, 2.6–2.0; elytral length, 4.5–5.5; humeral width, 2.3–3.0.

Geographical distribution. Guatemala and Panama. This species is here reported from Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

Specimens examined. BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: Ichilo (Hotel Fauna y Flora, 4–6 km SSE Buena Vista, 400–500m), 2 females, 1–10.XI. 2002, Steven W. Lingafelter leg.; 21–23.XI.2003, Morris, Nearns & Wappes leg (ACMT).

Remarks. Eucharitolus pulcher is similar to E. bellus but differs in its elytral pattern and in having elytrons with apices truncate instead of curved. E. pulcher is the only species that occurs in Central America.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Geographical distribution of Eucharitolus species.

FIGURES 10 – 13. 10 – 11, Eucharitolus dorcadioides, 10, male; 11, female; 12, Eucharitolus bellus; 13, Eucharitolus pulcher, lectotype, female.