Papuandra oberthueri, Santos-Silva & Heffern & Matsuda, 2010

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Heffern, Daniel & Matsuda, Kiyoshi, 2010, Revision of Hawaiian, Australasian, Oriental, and Japanese Parandrinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (130), pp. 1-120 : 67-68

Papuandra oberthueri sp. nov.

( Fig. 11 , 92 , 147 , 232 , 275 , 403, 404 )

Etymology. We honor René Oberthür with the name of this species for his contributions in entomology.

Type material. Holotype F (ex. Collection Oberthür), from PAPUA NEW GUINEA, [no date indicated], Meek coll. ( MNHN).

Description. Integument shining, brown; parts of head and mandibles blackish; margins of pronotum and scutellum, and elytral suture, blackish.

Female ( Fig. 403 ). Dorsal face of head very finely, sparsely punctate; gibbosities separated by shallow and wide furrow, and with projection in posterior part near longitudinal furrow; area between gibbosities and ocular carina with narrow depression; ocular carina elevated, without bifurcation in “Y” near posterior edge of eyes; area behind eyes coarsely, sparsely punctate. Eyes ( Fig. 92 ) moderately narrow; posterior ocular edge ( Fig. 403 ) distinct, but without abrupt declivity towards posterior part of head. Central area of clypeus distinctly oblique. Central projection of labrum ( Fig. 11 ) narrow and rounded at apex. Submentum slightly depressed; punctures coarse, shallow and sparse; pilosity somewhat long and sparse; anterior margin wide, elevated only laterally. Mandibles sub-triangular; inner margin with two large teeth together protracted. Dorsal carina elevated only at basal third. Ventral sensorial area of antennomeres III-XI visible from side ( Fig. 232 ) and divided by carina; dorsal sensorial area of antennomere XI large; pilosity of antennomeres III-XI long.

Pronotum slightly convex; punctation fine and sparse; anterior edge concave; anterior angles clearly projected forwards; lateral margins uniformly rounded, straighter between lateral and posterior angles. Elytra coarsely, abundantly punctate (finer at circum-scutellar area); each elytron with two indistinct carinae. Metasternum glabrous, coarsely and moderately sparsely punctate laterally. Metafemur ( Fig. 404 ) short and somewhat wide. Dorsal face of metatibiae flat on apical half. Tibiae with pilosity short and sparse. Metatarsomere V (without claws) longer than I-III together ( Fig. 275 ).

Dimensions in mm (F). Total length (including mandibles), 19.4; prothorax: length, 4.3; anterior width, 4.7; posterior width, 5.0; humeral width, 5.8; elytral length, 12.4.

Comments. Papuandra oberthueri is similar to P. araucariae , but differs by the: head less elongate behind eyes; projection in posterior part of gibbosities near longitudinal furrow, less distinct; prothorax wider; pronotum less convex. In P. araucariae , the female head is distinctly more elongate behind eyes, the projection of gibbosities is very distinct, the prothorax is narrower and the pronotum is distinctly more convex. Although the female of P. gressitti is not known, in the female of P. oberthueri the pronotum is less convex and the elytra is more coarsely punctate than in males of P. gressitti .

Papuandra oberthueri was not plotted one the map because there is no detailed locality.

Figures

Figure 1-44. Labrum. 1) Papuandra araucariae, male. 2) P. araucariae, female. 3) P. gressitti, holotype male. 4) P. weigeli, holotype male. 5) P. weigeli, paratype female. 6) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 7) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 8) P. norfolkensis, paratype female. 9) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 10) P. rothschildi, paratype female. 11) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 12) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 13) C. austrocaledonica, female. 14) C. passandroides, male. 15) C. passandroides, female. 16) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 17) S. frenchi, female. 18) Malukandra heterostyla, holotype male. 19) M. jayawijayana, holotype male. 20) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 21) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 22) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 23) M. striatifrons, holotype female of Parandra vitiensis. 24) M. solomonensis, male. 25) M. solomonensis, female. 26) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 27) M.bougainvillensis, paratype female.28) M.birai, holotype male. 29) Stenandra kolbei, female. 30) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 31) Komiyandra janus, female. 32) K. shibatai, male. 33) K. shibatai, female. 34) K. formosana, male. 35) K. formosana, female. 36) K. lanyuana, male. 37) K. lanyuana, female. 38) K. javana, holotype male. 39) K. javana, paratype female. 40) K. nayani, paratype male. 41) K. nayani, paratype female. 42) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 43) K. ohbayashii, paratype female. 44) K. vivesi, holotype male.

Figure 90-104. Head, lateral view. 90) Papuandra queenslandensis, holotype female. 91) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 92) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 93) Stenandra kolbei, female. 94) Komiyandra shibatai, male. 95) K. formosana, male. 96) K. lanyuana, male. 97) K. javana, holotype male. 98) K. nayani, paratype male. 99) K. ohbayashii, holotype male. 100) K. luzonica, paratype male. 101) K. philippinensis, paratype male. 102) K. mindanao, holotype male. 103) K. mehli, paratype male. 104) K. vivesi, holotype male.

Figure 118-147. Mandibles, dorsal view. 118) Birandra (Yvesandra) angulicollis, male. 119) B. (Y.) angulicollis, female. 120) Acutandra araucana, male. 121) Parandra (Parandra) glabra, female. 122) Stenandra kolbei, female. 123) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 124) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 125) S. frenchi, female. 126) Malukandra heterostyla, holotype male. 127) M. jayawijayana, holotype male. 128) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 129) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 130) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 131) C. austrocaledonica, female. 132) C. passandroides, male. 133) C. passandroides, female. 134) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 135) M. striatifrons, female. 136) M. solomonensis, male. 137) M. solomonensis, female. 138) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 139) M. bougainvillensis, paratype female. 140) M. birai, holotype male. 141) Papuandra araucariae, paratype male. 142) P. araucariae, female. 143) P. gressitti, holotype male. 144) P. weigeli, holotype male. 145) P. weigeli, paratype female. 146) P. queenslandensis, holotype male. 147) P. oberthueri, holotype female.

Figure 218-234. Antenna. 218) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 219) M. hornabrooki, paratype female. 220) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 221) C. passandroides, male. 222) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 223) M. solomonensis, male. 224) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 225) M. birai, holotype male.226) Papuandra araucariae, male. 227) P. gressitti, holotype male. 228) P. weigeli, holotype male. 229) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 230) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 231) P. rothschildi, paratype male. 232) P. oberthueri, holotype female. 233) Komiyandra janus, female. 234) K. shibatai, male.

Figure 252-276. 252-257) Antenna. 252) Komiyandra drumonti, holotype male. 253) K. cabigasi, paratype male. 254) K. johkii, holotype male. 255) K. poggii, holotype male. 256) K. koni, paratype male. 257) K. uenoi, paratype male. 258-276) Metatarsus. 258) Stenandra kolbei, female. 259) Hawaiiandra puncticeps, male. 260) Storeyandra frenchi, male. 261) Malukandra jayawijayana, holotype male. 262) M. hornabrooki, holotype male. 263) Caledonandra austrocaledonica, male. 264) C. passandroides, male. 265) Melanesiandra striatifrons, male. 266) M. solomonensis, male. 267) M. bougainvillensis, holotype male. 268) M. birai, holotype male. 269) Papuandra araucariae, male. 270) P. gressitti, holotype male. 271) P. weigeli, holotype male. 272) P. queenslandensis, holotype female. 273) P. norfolkensis, holotype male. 274) P. rothschildi, holotype male. 275) oberthueri, holotype female. 276) Komiyandra janus, female.

Figure 403-409. Habitus. 403) Papuandra oberthueri, holotype female, dorsal view. 404) P. oberthueri, holotype female, ventral view. 405) Komiyandra janus, lectotype male, dorsal view. 406) K. janus, lectotype male, ventral view. 407) K. janus, lectotype male, head and prothorax. 408) K. janus, lectotype male, labels. 409) K. janus, female, dorsal view.