Rosalba strandi ( Breuning, 1943 )

Bezark, Larry G. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, Expanding knowledge of American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): new species, new records, and morphological variations, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-19 : 11

Rosalba strandi ( Breuning, 1943)

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Aletretia strandi Breuning, 1943: 38 .

Remarks: Aletretia strandi was described based on a single specimen from Brazil (Minas Gerais). Currently, this species is known from the Brazilian states Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina (Monné 2023; Tavakilian & Chevillotte, 2022; Bezark, 2023).

The following variations, not related to geographical distribution, were found in the species: longitudinal pubescent band closer to the sutural pubescent band of the elytra entire ( Fig. 4F ), reaching the pubescent macula on the posterior quarter, or fragmented anteriorly ( Fig. 4J ); longitudinal pubescent band on middle of the dorsal surface of the elytra entire ( Fig. 4F ), reaching the pubescent macula on the posterior quarter, fragmented ( Fig. 4J ) on the posterior half of the elytra, or almost absent ( Fig. 4A ) on the posterior quarter of the elytra; outermost longitudinal pubescent band on the elytra entire ( Fig. 4E ) or interrupted about middle ( Fig. 4A, 4C, 4F, 4 H-J).

Material examined: PARAGUAY (new country record), Itapúa ( Fig. 4 A-4D, 4F-I): Encarnación, Hotel Tirol , beating vegetation, 820 ft. -27.183437 -55.777372, 4 males, 1 female, 24-29.X.2018, L.G. Bezark leg. (3 males, 1 female, LGBC; 1 male, MZSP) .

Figures

Figure 4. Rosalba strandi (Breuning, 1943). (A-D) Male, specimen 1, from Paraguay: (A) Dorsal habitus; (B) Ventral habitus; (C) Lateral habitus; (D) Head, frontal view.(E) Male from Brazil (Minas Gerais,Serra do Caraça),dorsal habitus. (F-G) Female from Paraguay: (F) Dorsal habitus;(G) Ventral habitus. (H-J) Males from Paraguay,dorsal habitus:(H) specimen 2; (I) specimen 3; (J) specimen 4.