Pseudophygopoda panamensis ( Giesbert, 1996 ) Giesbert, 1996

Carelli, Allan & Monné, Marcela L., 2015, Taxonomic revision of Phygopoda Thomson, 1864 and Pseudophygopoda Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2007 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Zootaxa 4021 (2), pp. 201-242 : 240-241

Pseudophygopoda panamensis ( Giesbert, 1996) comb. nov.

( Figs. 96 , 148 )

Phygopoda panamensis ; Giesbert, 1996: 332, fig. 6; Monné, 2005: 499 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 123 (check). Panamapoda panamensis ; Clarke, 2014: 350, fig. 2; Monné, 2015: 777 (cat.).

Male ( Figs. 96 ). Integument from yellowish to brownish. Eyes frontally separated by about 1/5 of width of lower ocular lobe; inner margin of lower ocular lobes and clypeus covered with golden pubescence.

Antennae reaching first ventrite; antennomeres 3-6 with row of long semierect setae on inner margin; 7 with similar setae at apex of inner margin.

Prothorax covered with yellowish-golden pubescence, except for three elevations on pronotum; area between central and lateral elevations covered with deep punctures with long semierect to erect setae. Mesosternum covered with yellowish-golden pubescence. Mesosternal process about 1/2 diameter of mesocoxa. Mesepisternum, mesepimeron, metasternum and metepisternum covered with yellowish-golden pubescence. Scutellum densely covered with yellowish-golden pubescence. Elytra with rounded apex.

Ratio between length of metafemoral clave and peduncle 1.2; pro-, meso- and metatarsi, and ventral surface densely covered with short, fine, yellowish-brown pubescence; dorsal surface covered with dark-brown pubescence; metatarsomere I 1.2 times longer than length of II and III together.

Ventrites with lateral spots with yellowish-golden pubescence. Last visible urotergite with base and apex rounded; last visible urosternite with apical margin covered with short, decumbent, yellowish-golden pubescence.

Measurements, in mm. male. n=1. Total length, 10.5; prothorax length, 1.6; prothorax width, 1.6; elytral length, 4; humeral width, 1.8.

Type-material. We examined the male paratype of P. panamensis ( Fig. 96 ), from El Llano, Panama, Panama (FSCA). We also examined photographs (available from: https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/ wdetails.asp?id=4153&w=n) of the male holotype of P. panamensis (CASC) from El Llano, Panama, Panama.

Comments. Pseudophygopoda panamensis differs from P. subvestita by the characteristic already mentioned above (see comments on P. subvestita ).

Pseudophygopoda panamensis differs from P. albitarsis in the yellowish to yellowish-brown integument; the prothorax densely covered with yellowish-golden pubescence, except for elevations on the pronotal disc; and the scutellum and ventral surface covered with yellowish-golden pubescence. Pseudophygopoda albitarsis has brown to black integument with violet to greenish metallic iridescence; the prothorax sparsely covered with whitish setae, denser at sides; and the scutellum and ventral surface covered with whitish-yellow pubescence, glossy or matte.

Geographical distribution. Panama. ( Fig. 148 ).

Specimen examined. PANAMA, Panama: El Llano, male (Paratype), 14−22.V.1993, E. Giesbert leg. (FSCA);

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FIGURE 148. Geographical distribution of Pseudophygopoda species.

FIGURES 95 – 96. 95, Pseudophygopoda subvestita (White, 1855), male holotype. 96, Pseudophygopoda panamensis (Giesbert, 1996), male paratype.