Psapharochrus schmithi ( Melzer, 1935 )

Monné, Marcela L. & Monné, Miguel A., 2006, Notes on Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs, now in the Herbert Schmid Collection, Vienna, Austria, Zootaxa 1365, pp. 37-47 : 46

Psapharochrus schmithi ( Melzer, 1935)

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Acanthoderes schmithi Melzer, 1935: 193 ; Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948: 44 (type). Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) schmithi ; Gilmour, 1965: 616 (catalogue). Psapharochrus schmithi ; Monné, 2005: 213 (catalogue).

Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) sexmaculatus Fuchs, 1961: 20 , syn. nov. Psapharochrus sexmaculatus ; Monné, 2005: 213 (catalogue).

The proposed synonym is based on the comparison between the male holotype of Acanthoderes schmithi Melzer, 1935 from Brazil, Santa Catarina, Joinville (MZSP), and the female holotype photo of Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) sexmaculatus Fuchs, 1961 from Brazil, Santa Catarina, Blumenau (CHSV).

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: Magé, female, 21.II.1955 (E. C. Freire) (MNRJ). Teresópolis, female, 26.X.1957 (Albuquerque & Machado) (MNRJ); (Parque Nacional Serra dos Orgãos), female, 1000 m, 23.I.1966 (P. R. San Martin & M. A. Monné) (MNRJ). Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado), male, 8.III.1958 (C. A. C. Seabra & M. Alvarenga) (MNRJ). Santa Catarina: Corupá, male, X.1954 (A. Maller) (MNRJ). Jaraguá do Sul, male, III.1938 (A. Maller) (MNRJ).

Geographical distribution. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina).

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 14. 11, Psapharochrus plaumanni (Fuchs), holotype male; 12, Psapharochrus pseudopropinquus (Fuchs), holotype female; 13, Acanthoderes sexmaculatus Fuchs, holotype female = Psapharochrus schmithi (Melzer); 14, Oreodera ferruginea Fuchs, holotype female = Sorelia cervina Lane.