Carterica Pascoe, 1858

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Mcclarin, Jim, 2018, Division of the genera Sparna Thomson, 1864 and Carterica Pascoe, 1858 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Colobotheini) with description of six new genera and eight new species, Zootaxa 4407 (1), pp. 1-28 : 4

Carterica Pascoe, 1858

( Figs 5 –9)

Carterica Pascoe, 1858: 263 ; Thomson, 1860: 19; 1864: 30, 356; Bates, 1865: 213; Lacordaire, 1872: 827; Gemminger, 1873: 3175 (cat.); Bates, 1881: 186; Aurivillius, 1923: 457 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 621 (checklist); Gilmour, 1965: 631 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 270 (checklist); Monné, 1995: 23 (cat.); 2005: 337 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 234 (checklist); Monné, 2012: 91 (cat.); 2017: 295 (cat.).

Type species: Carterica cinctipennis Pascoe, 1858 (monotypy).

Redescription. Body not flattened; head hypognathous; frons elongate; antennal tubercles somewhat elevated, in frontal view, their inner margins together distinctly V-shaped; antennae distinctly longer than body, in male, surpassing elytral apex by about 6.5 segments, in female by about 6 segments; scape and antennomere III with sericeous pubescence; antennomere III not widened; antennomere IV about as long as III; prothorax with rounded protuberance near base, slightly narrower distally than basally; prosternal process narrowed centrally, but not laminiform (narrowest width about 1/5 of procoxal cavity); mesoventral process slightly narrower than mesocoxal cavity in male, about as wide as mesocoxal cavity in female; elytra almost parallel-sided on basal 2/3, slightly narrowed at distal third, with distinct spine at outer distal apex, rounded toward unarmed sutural angle; elytra with humeral carina distinct on basal 2/3; epipleuron vertical on basal third, gradually oblique and distinctly visible in dorsal view along humeral carina; elytra with sparse erect setae; elytral dorsal surface with two longitudinal carinae, gradually becoming inconspicuous toward apex (less distinct in base, especially outermost); femora slightly pedunculate-clavate; metatarsomere I longer than II–V together in male, about as long in female; last abdominal segment in male ( Fig. 6 ) gradually narrowed toward apex, outer margins straight, with distal margin of ventrite V concave (outer angles rounded); last abdominal segment in female (Fig. 9) tubuliform for more than half of distal length, in some cases surpassing the elytral apex.

Remarks. The type species of Carterica has been mentioned as being established by Thomson (1864) (e.g. Monné 2017). However, the genus was created based on a single species, C. cinctipennis , as correctly pointed out by Monné (2012). Pascoe (1858) only suggested the possibility of Saperda mucronata Olivier, 1795 belonging to this genus. Thus, Thomson (1864) cannot be considered as author of the designation of the type species.

Carterica differs from Batesparna gen. nov., Miguellus gen. nov., Francisparna gen. nov., Allocarterica gen. nov., and Piriana gen. nov., by the humeral carina present only in basal 2/3, with the epipleuron notably visible in dorsal view toward apex. In the new genera mentioned above and described in this work, the humeral carina reaches or almost reaches the apex, and the epipleuron is, at most, slightly distinct in dorsal view near apex.

Species included: Carterica mucronata ( Figs 5 –9).

Figures

FIGURES1–8.1–4, Sparna tavakiliani, sp. nov., holotype male:1, dorsal habitus; 2, ventral habitus; 3, lateral habitus; 4, head, frontalview.5–9, Carterica mucronata: 5, male, dorsal habitus; 6, male, ventral habitus; 7, male, lateral habitus; 8, male, head, frontal view; 9, female, abdomen.