Review of Australian genera Tessaromma Newman and Phlyctaenodes Newman with description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Phlyctaenodini)
Jin, Mengjie
Ślipiński, Adam
Keyzer, Roger De
Pang, Hong
Zootaxa
2017
4277
1
67
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BLLC7
Jin & Ślipiński & Keyzer & Pang, 2017
Jin & Ślipiński & Keyzer & Pang
2017
[151,519,753,779]
Insecta
Cerambycidae
Phlyctaenodes
Animalia
Coleoptera
7
74
Arthropoda
species
queenslandicus
sp. nov.
Description.Length 11.5 mm. Body integument reddish brown with elytra slightly lighter than head or pronotum; entire dorsum covered by dense, golden setae forming wavy pattern, especially on elytra; ventral side uniformly brown with abdomen light brown, shortly setose. Headwith frontal area densely punctate, covered with adpressed golden setae; frontoclypeal suture angulate medially; terminal maxillary palpomere weakly expanded; eyes very coarsely facetted, upper lobe with 5 ommatidia across near apex. Antennaextending to elytral apices, scape relatively long, pedicel transverse; antennomere 3 shorter than scape or antennomere 4; antennomers 9–11 subequal in length. Pronotumweakly transverse, very densely punctate and setose; disc with two larger conical broadly separated tubercles before middle and smaller pair behind; lateral edge with triangular sharp, median projection. Scutellum weakly convex with short setae. Elytrarounded apically; dorsum with three rows of sparse, shiny granules bearing bristles, granules becoming smaller and less regular in apical fourth; interspaces between granules very densely micro punctate and setose, feebly shiny. Legs.Femora distinctly thickened apically, mid- and hind femora without dense setae. Types. Holotype, sex unknown: Queensland: “GS3 Hugh NelsonRa, 1–30 Nov 1995, L. Umback, 1150m, Malaise Trap” ( ANIC).
Remarks. Phlyctaenodes queenslandicusis very similar to P. sordidusbut is distinguished in having the pronotum with low nodules, and sharp and straight lateral projections.
1563886437
1995-11-01
1995-11-30
1995-11-01
ANIC
L. Umback
1150
Queensland
7
74
2
Queensland
holotype