Lagocheirus foveolatus Dillon & Dillon, 1957

Toledo, Víctor H. & Hovore, Frank T., 2005, Notes on the genus Lagocheirus Dejean: records and descriptions (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), Zootaxa 1021 (1), pp. 29-36 : 35

Lagocheirus foveolatus Dillon & Dillon

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Material examined: PANAMA, Panama Province: one male, Cerro Azul , 26 May 1989, F.T. Hovore ( FTHC) ; “ 10 – 15 km N El Llano ” 09 May 1985, F.T. Hovore ( FTHC) ; one female, “ 11 km N El Llano ” 3–5 June 1984, F.T. Hovore ( FTHC) ; Cocle Province: “ El Valle, la mesa” 17 May 1994, F.T. Hovore ( FTHC) .

Remarks. This large, boldly patterned species was described ( Dillon, 1957) from a single 32 mm female specimen from “ Chiriquí, Panama ”. The following characterization of the male, and additional notes on the female, are drawn from a series of specimens from central Panama.

The male is very similar in coloration and form to the female, but with typical generic differences in the foretarsi and antennae. Males exhibit the following character states: Vertex of head with interocular space narrower than upper eye lobes, lower lobes taller than the gena below; antennal scape mottled brown and tan, remaining segments brown, unmarked; segment four attaining elytral apices, segment six with apical appendix stout, incurved, shining, with an apical penicilla of black setae; the two basal pro­tarsal segments densely clothed with pale yellow­brown, silky pubescence; femora and underside mottled light­gray and dark brown, apex of terminal abdominal segment feebly emarginate, setose. Length: 21–25 mm.

The dorsal coloration and pattern are remarkably consistent within both sexes in the series at hand, with the transverse pale elytral fascia being densely white­pubescent in some specimens, less­so in others. Females examined are smaller than the holotype, at 27 and 30 mm. Most of the specimens were taken on fallen trees, but one male was attracted to light.

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FIGURE 3. Lagocheirus foveolatus; a: male, Panama; b: female, Panama