Canidia ochreostictica (Dillon) Dillon, 2005

Wappes, James E. & Lingafelter, Steven W., 2005, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini), Zootaxa 927, pp. 1-27 : 9

Canidia ochreostictica (Dillon) , New combination

Figs. 3 f, 5h, 6b, 7h, 9h; Map 1

Pseudocanidia ochreosticticus Dillon, 1956: 105 ; Gilmour, 1965: 581; Monné and Giesbert, 1993: 261; Monné and Giesbert, 1995; Monné and Hovore, 2004. Type locality: Tancitaro, Michoacán, Mexico.

Specimens examined: 17, including the holotype. Known from a small area in west­central Mexico (Map 1).

Remarks: Among the species with a rounded apical process on the scape, C. ochreosticticus is distinctive in the relatively shorter and narrower form of the pronotum. The typically bright reddish­brown integument is also unique, although a few specimens assignable to this species are darker. Well­marked specimens have indistinct, pale, oblique lines at the basal one­third and near the middle of each elytron, but generally indistinct in comparison to C. chemsaki . While similar to C. chemsaki , this species also differs in lacking the transverse calli on the apical third of the pronotum. These characters, when combined with the restricted distribution, will clearly distinguish C. ochreostictica .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Species of Canidia: a, C. cincticornis cincticornis Thomson; b, C. cincticornis balteata (Lacordaire); c, C. canescens (Dillon); d, C. mexicana Thomson; e, C. spinicornis (Bates); f, C. ochreostictica (Dillon).