Trypanidius andicola Blanchard, 1846

Carelli, Allan, Monné, Marcela L. & Machado, Vanessa Souza, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Trypanidius Blanchard, 1846 in South America (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 3691 (2), pp. 253-272 : 255-256

Trypanidius andicola Blanchard, 1846

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Trypanidius andicola Blanchard, 1846: 209 , pl. 4, fig. 12; Monné, 2005: 145; Roddick et al, 2009: 105, fig. 6; Machado et al, 2012: 192.

Male. Reddish brown to dark brown integument. Body covered with light brown pubescence except head, femora and tibiae, which are covered with yellowish pubescence, and apex of scutellum, which has a yellowish spot; whitish-yellow pubescence covering the scape, pedicel and basal half of antennomere 3; this pubescence is also present in a transverse band at base of antennomeres 4–11, in two bands on inner face of elevated ridges of pronotum, in longitudinal C-shaped band that starts at base of elytra toward elytral suture, being interrupted at apex of crest; in a spot that covers the entire apical 1/4 of elytra and covers the ventral surface; dark-brown pubescence in two bands that cover outer surface of elevated lines of pronotum, in a central spot triangle shaped at the base of pronotum, covering the scutellum, in an elytral spot around scutellum, in apex of elytral crest, in a spot between the crest and elytral suture and in a transverse band just after the middle of elytra; whitish pubescence in a curved band starting at humeri toward elytral suture.

Frons flat, lower eye lobes 1.3 times larger than genae, and two erect setae on inner margin. Antennae with scape 1.2 times longer than antennomere 3.

Prothorax 1.6 times wider than long; pronotal disc with two elevated ridges converging anteriorly with postmedian elevation between them. Scutellum with truncate apex. Prosternal process two times narrower than procoxal cavity; mesosternal process as wide as mesocoxal cavity.

Elytra 4.4 times longer than prothorax; center-basal crest near suture distinct; longitudinal carinae slightly visible; elytral apex with distinct spine on external angle.

Measurements (mm). (Male/Female). Total length: 17.4/19.7; prothorax length: 3.1/3.4; prothorax width: 5.2/ 5.7; elytral length: 13.1/14.8; humeral width: 7.7/8.4.

Type locality. Bolivia, Guarayos (MNHN).

Geographical distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia). This species is newly reported from two Brazilian states (Mato Grosso and Pará).

Hosts. Hura crepitans L. ( Euphorbiaceae ) (Monné, 2001).

Comments. Trypanidius andicola differs from other species of the genus by the color pattern of the pubescence of the body, and the presence of spines on the external angles of the elytral apex. In some species the outer angles are not projected, in others the outer angles are slightly projected or distinctly projected, but without distinct spines.

Specimen examined. PERU, Junín, Satipo: female, VII. 1937; male, VIII.1937; female, X.1937; female, male, 1940; female, VII.1940; male, VIII.1940, H. Zellibor leg.; female, IX.1940; female, VIII.1941; male, IX.1941; female, XI.1941; 2 males, III.1942; female, IV.1942; female, IX.1942; male, X.1942; female, III.1944; Chanchamayo: female, 10.VII.1939, Weyrauch leg.; female, 10.II.1949, H. Zellibor leg.; Madre de Dios, 400m: 2 females, 10–30.IX.1962, Luiz Peña leg.; 2 males, X.1962, Luiz Peña leg.; BOLÍVIA, Beni, Rurrenabaque, female, X.1991; Cochabamba, 17º6’22’’S 65º40’57’’O, 1000m: male, 12.II.1999, F. Génier leg.; Chapare: female 31.XII.1945, H. Zellibor leg.; female VIII.1946, H. Zellibor leg.; 400m: female, X.1950; male X.1950; 2 males, 3 females, X.1952, R. Zischka leg.; male, IV.1953; (Rio Coni): female, R. Zischka leg.; BRAZIL, Amazonas, Benjamin Constant, male, II.1942, A. Parko leg.; Bom Jardim, male, III.1942, A. Parko leg.; Rio Javari, 2 males, III.1942, A. Parko leg.; Borba, female, VI.1943, A. Parko leg.; Mato Grosso, Barra do Bugres, 2 males, XII.1983, B. Silva leg.; Pará, Óbidos, male, X.1953, F. M. de Oliveira leg.; Rondônia, Ouro Preto, female, VIII.1980, B. Silva leg.; Ouro do Oeste, female, male, X.1986, O. Roppa, P. Magno and J. Becker leg.; female, XI.1983, O. Roppa, P. Magno and J. Becker leg. All in the MNRJ collection.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 12. 5 – 6, elytral apices: 5, Trypanidius andicola; 6, T. isolatus; 7 – 8, lateral view of elytra: 7, T. mimicavus sp. nov.; 8, T. andicola; 9 – 10, prothorax: 9, T. mimicavus sp. nov.; 10, T. dimidiatus; 11, lateral view of body: T. notatus; 12, mesosternal process: T. dimidiatus.

FIGURES 26 – 30. Habitus: 26, T. andicola; 27, T. mimicavus sp. nov.; 28, T. dimidiatus 29, T. irroratus; 30, T. apicalis.