Nyssodrysternum hovorei, Monné & Tavakilian, 2011

Monné, Miguel A. & Tavakilian, Gerard L., 2011, New Species Of Nyssodrysternum Gilmour (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) From Central And South America, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51 (29), pp. 453-464 : 458

Nyssodrysternum hovorei sp. nov.

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Etymology: The species is dedicated to the memory of Franklin T. Hovore, a dearest friend.

Male: Integument dark brown. Pubescence mainly dark brown. Pubescence clear-grayish: head, sides of the prothorax, seven longitudinal lines in the pronotum, the middle one narrow; scutellum; basal half of the elytra with several longitudinal stripes, the nearest of the middle disposed in a transversal zigzag, distal half with a similar stripe, and a few longitudinal lines near the apices. Ventral face of the body and legs covered with clear-brown pubescence.

Antennae at least two times the length of the body; antennomere XI with same length of the X; attaining the apices of the elytra in the apex of antennomere V. Sides of the prothorax with an acute diminute tubercle in the beginning of the posterior third. Pronotum with a single row of punctures parallel to the posterior margin. Elytral apices obliquely truncate; surface densely punctate in the anterior half, mainly near the suture. Metatarsomere I slightly longer than II+III. Fifth urotergite and urosternite transversely truncate.

Female: Antennae reaching the elytral apices approximately in the distal extremity of antennomere VI, ovipositor projecting 1. 5 mm beyond the elytral apices. Urotergite acute in the apex.; urosternite transversely truncate.

Measurements (mm), male/female: Total length, 6,6/7,6-8,5; prothorax length, 1,4/1,5-1,8; prothorax width, 2,0/2,2-2,6; elytral length, 4,7/5,6-6,1; humeral width, 2,3/2,6-3,0.

Type material: Holotype male, FRENCH GUIANA, Piste de Kaw , pk 45, 12.II.1986, Dominique Peugnet col. ( MNHN) . Paratypes, same locality, female, 20.VII.1985, G. Tavakilian col. ( MNHN) , male, 30.VIII.1986, F. & J-P. Serais col. ( MNRJ) . Route forestière de Belizon, pk 1, female, 17.II.1994, F.T. Hovore col. ( MNHN) .

Comments: N. hovorei sp. nov. is similar to N. cingillum Monné, 2009 by the presence of seven longitudinal grayish lines in the pronotum, but differs by the pattern of the elytral patches.

Figures

FIGURES 7‑12: 7. Nyssodrysternum hovorei sp. nov., paratype female, length 7,6 mm; 8. N. colombianum sp. nov., holotype male, length 8,1 mm; 9. N. proximum sp. nov., paratype female, length 8,3 mm; 10. N. cotopaxi sp. nov., holotype female, length 6,3 mm; 11. N. capixaba sp. nov., holotype male, length 6,2 mm; 12. N. insulorum sp. nov., paratype female, length 8,5 mm.