Papuandra rothschildi, Santos-Silva & Heffern & Matsuda, 2010

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Heffern, Daniel & Matsuda, Kiyoshi, 2010, Revision of Hawaiian, Australasian, Oriental, and Japanese Parandrinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (130), pp. 1-120 : 69

Papuandra rothschildi sp. nov.

( Fig. 9, 10 , 91 , 151, 152 , 231 , 274 , 331 , 400-402 )

Etymology. The name honors Lionel Walter Rothschild, a British zoologist and collector.

Type material. Holotype M (ex. Collection Rothschild; ex. Collection Oberthür), PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Morobe: Mount Alexander to Mount Nisbet , I.1896, Anthony coll. ( MNHN) . Paratypes (1 M, 1 F), as follows: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Morobe: F, same data as holotype ( MNHN) ; Aseki, M, II.18.1999, native collector ( KMCT) .

Description. Integument shining, brown; parts of head and mandibles, margins of pronotum and scutellum, and elytral suture, blackish.

Male ( Fig. 400 ). Dorsal surface of head, on gibbosities, with punctures fine and somewhat abundant; central area, between gibbosities and occiput, with punctures coarser and sparser than on gibbosities; gibbosities separated by moderately deep furrow, with a punctiform depression near clypeus; area between gibbosities and ocular carina depressed; ocular carina elevated, without bifurcation in “Y” near posterior edge of eyes; area behind eyes coarsely and sparsely punctate. Eyes ( Fig. 91 ) narrow; posterior ocular edge ( Fig. 400 ) distinct. Central area of clypeus oblique. Central area of labrum distinctly tumid and with tuberculiform process frontally; central projection of labrum ( Fig. 9 ) wide and rounded at apex, distinctly lowered. Submentum barely depressed, sparsely, shallowly punctate and transversely striated; pilosity very short and sparse; anterior margin moderately narrow and elevated. Mandibles ( Fig. 151 ) sub-falciform; inner margin with two teeth together protracted; dorsal carina narrow and clearly elevated. Ventral sensorial area of antennomeres III-XI ( Fig. 231 ) visible from side (mainly in distal antennomeres) and divided by carina.

Pronotum somewhat finely, sparsely punctate on central area, and distinctly coarser and more abundant laterally; anterior edge slightly sinuous centrally; anterior angles clearly projected forward. Elytra abundantly and coarsely punctate on basal 3/4, mainly laterally, and finer on apical fourth; each elytron with two carinae. Metasternum and metepisterna glabrous, with punctures coarse and abundant (laterally on metasternum). Metafemur ( Fig. 401 ) short. Dorsal face of metatibia flat, more distinctly on apical half. Metatarsomere V (without claws) as long as I-III together ( Fig. 274 ).

Female ( Fig. 402 ). Labrum ( Fig. 10 ) as in male, with central projection narrower. Mandibles as in Fig. 152 . Punctation of head, pronotum finer; punctation of elytra as in male.

Variability. Integument brown to dark-brown.

Dimensions in mm (M / F). Total length (including mandibles), 21.5-21.7/19.7; prothorax: length, 4.7- 4.8/4.1; anterior width, 5.8-5.9/4.6; posterior width, 4.9-5.0/4.6; humeral width, 6.0-6.1/5.6; elytral length, 12.5-12.7/12.8.

Comments. Papuandra rothschildi is similar in general appearance to P. weigeli Mainly , it differs by the ventral sensorial area of antennomeres III-XI divided by carina (without carina in P. weigeli ). From P. araucariae it differs, notably, by dorsal carina of mandibles strongly elevated (distinctly lower in P. araucariae ).

Figures

Figure 1-44. Labrum. 1) Papuandra araucariae, male. 2) P. araucariae, female. 3) P. gressitti, holotype male. 4) P. weigeli, holotype male. 5) P. weigeli, paratype female. 6) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 7) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 8) P. norfolkensis, paratype female. 9) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 10) P. rothschildi, paratype female. 11) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 12) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 13) C. austrocaledonica, female. 14) C. passandroides, male. 15) C. passandroides, female. 16) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 17) S. frenchi, female. 18) Malukandra heterostyla, holotype male. 19) M. jayawijayana, holotype male. 20) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 21) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 22) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 23) M. striatifrons, holotype female of Parandra vitiensis. 24) M. solomonensis, male. 25) M. solomonensis, female. 26) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 27) M.bougainvillensis, paratype female.28) M.birai, holotype male. 29) Stenandra kolbei, female. 30) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 31) Komiyandra janus, female. 32) K. shibatai, male. 33) K. shibatai, female. 34) K. formosana, male. 35) K. formosana, female. 36) K. lanyuana, male. 37) K. lanyuana, female. 38) K. javana, holotype male. 39) K. javana, paratype female. 40) K. nayani, paratype male. 41) K. nayani, paratype female. 42) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 43) K. ohbayashii, paratype female. 44) K. vivesi, holotype male.

Figure 90-104. Head, lateral view. 90) Papuandra queenslandensis, holotype female. 91) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 92) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 93) Stenandra kolbei, female. 94) Komiyandra shibatai, male. 95) K. formosana, male. 96) K. lanyuana, male. 97) K. javana, holotype male. 98) K. nayani, paratype male. 99) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 100) K. luzonica, paratype male. 101) K. philippinensis, paratype male. 102) K. mindanao, holotype male. 103) K. mehli, paratype male. 104) K. vivesi, holotype male.

Figure 148-176. Mandibles, dorsal view. 148) Papuandra norfolkensis, holotype male (left mandible). 149) P. norfolkensis, holotype male (right mandible). 150) P. norfolkensis, paratype female. 151) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 152) P. rothschildi, paratype female. 153) Komiyandra janus, female. 154) K. shibatai, male. 155) K. shibatai, female. 156) K. formosana, male. 157) K. formosana, female. 158) K. lanyuana, male. 159) K. lanyuana female. 160) K. javana, holotype male. 161) K. javana, paratype female. 162) K. nayani, paratype male. 163) K. nayani, paratype female.164) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 165) K. ohbayashii, paratype female. 166) K. luzonica, holotype male. 167) K. luzonica, paratype female. 168) K. philippinensis, holotype male. 169) K. philippinensis, paratype female. 170) K. mindanao, holotype male. 171) K. mindanao, paratype female. 172) K. mehli, holotype male. 173) K. mehli, paratype female. 174) K. vivesi, holotype male. 175) K. lombokia, holotype male. 176) K. lombokia, paratype female.

Figure 218-234. Antenna. 218) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 219) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 220) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 221) C. passandroides, male. 222) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 223) M. solomonensis, male. 224) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 225) M. birai, holotype male.226) Papuandra araucariae, male. 227) P. gressitti, holotype male. 228) P. weigeli, holotype male. 229) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 230) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 231) P. rothschildi, paratype male. 232) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 233) Komiyandra janus, female. 234) K. shibatai, male.

Figure 252-276. 252-257) Antenna. 252) Komiyandra drumonti, holotype male. 253) K. cabigasi, paratype male. 254) K. johkii, holotype male. 255) K. poggii, holotype male. 256) K. koni, paratype male. 257) K. uenoi, paratype male. 258-276) Metatarsus. 258) Stenandra kolbei, female. 259) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 260) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 261) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 262) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 263) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 264) C. passandroides, male. 265) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 266) M. solomonensis, male. 267) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 268) M. birai, holotype male. 269) Papuandra araucariae, male. 270) P. gressitti, holotype male. 271) P. weigeli, holotype male. 272) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 273) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 274) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 275) oberthueri, holotype female. 276) Komiyandra janus, female.

Figure 329-334. Maps. 329) Melanesiandra bougainvillensis. 330) Malukandra jayawijayana (circle), Papuandra weigeli (square), Komiyandra irianjayana (star). 331) Papuandra gressitti (circle), P. rothschildi (square). 332) Komiyandra ohbayashii. 333) K. luzonica. 334) K. philippinensis.

Figure 397-402. Habitus. 397) Papuandra norfolkensis, holotype male, dorsal view. 398) P. norfolkensis, holotype male, ventral view. 399) P. norfolkensis, paratype female, dorsal view. 400) P. rothschildi, paratype male, dorsal view. 401) P. rothschildi, paratype male, ventral view. 402) P. rothschildi, paratype female, dorsal view.