Ameriphoderes cribricollis ( Bates, 1892 ) Clarke, 2015

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2015, Revision of the genus Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833, with a brief synopsis of the genus Bromiades Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (401), pp. 1-92 : 47-48

Ameriphoderes cribricollis ( Bates, 1892) comb. nov.

( Fig. 47, 48 )

Acyphoderes cribricollis Bates, 1892: 160 , pl. 6, fig. 6; Monné 2005: 455 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on the comparison of material in the ACMT and EMEC collections, and compared with the lectotype picture of Bezark (2010).

Measurements (mm) Nayarit-Jalisco specimens only. 7 males / 1 female, total length, 13.8-17.3/14.2; length of prothorax, 2.25-2.60/2.05; width of prothorax, 1.95-2.40/1.90; length of elytra, 7.00-8.70/7.0; width at humeri, 2.15-2.70/2.00.

Material analyzed. MEXICO, Jalisco, Chamela , vic. UNAM, 1 female, 9-19.VII.1993, J. Wappes col. ( ACMT) ; Nayarit, Arroyo Santiago nr. Jesus Maria , 1 male, 5.VII.1955, B. Malkin col. ( EMEC 202,792 ). Material examined. MEXICO, Chiapas, 9-12 km N Arriaga, 1 female, 18-26. VI.1987, J. Wappes col. ( ACMT) ; Jalisco, Est. Bio. Chamela , 1 male, 20/ 27.VII.1984, J.A. Chemsak col. ( EMEC 202,784 ) ; 3 males, 8/ 16.VII.1985, J. Chemsak, A. Katsura & E. Michelbacher col. ( EMEC 202,785 - 787 ) ; Est. Bio. Chamela , 1 male, 14/ 22.VII.1992, J. A. Chemsak col. ( EMEC 202,788 /789) ; Oaxaca, 58 km SE Oaxaca , 1 male, 13.VII.1952, E. F. Gilbert col. ( EMEC 202,793 ) ; Veracruz, Cotaxtla, Cotaxtla Exp. Sta. , 1 male, 26. VI.1962, D. H. Janzen col. ( EMEC 202,7909 ) ; ditto, 1 male and 1 female in cop. ( EMEC 202,791 ) .

Comment. Bates described A. cribricollis from western Mexico, DURANGO ; author’s male (specimen A) from NAYARIT (adjacent to Durango and, therefore, assumed to correspond to Bates’ species) has tegmen Type 3e, but with longer lateral lobes. Author’s male from eastern Mexico, VERACRUZ (specimen B), also has tegmen Type 3e, but with shorter lateral lobes. Specimens from the western Mexico to Costa Rica, are most likely to be A. cribricollis Bates. Those from Veracruz (author’s specimen B) may be different species or subspecies. And , specimens from Oaxaca may be in-between (unfortunately the single male available to the author is not suitable for the preparation of its genitalia). Someday, someone with a good series of specimens from all three areas will be able to resolve these uncertainties .

Figures

Figures 43–48. Species habitus in the genus Ameriphoderes. gen. nov. Figures 43–44. Ameriphoderes amoena (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979). 43) male. 44) female. Figures 45–46. Ameriphoderes bayanicus (Giesbert, 1991). 45) male. 46) female. Figures 47–48. Ameriphoderes cribricollis (Bates, 1892). 47) male. 48) female.