Mimestoloides, Santos-Silva & Wappes & Galileo, 2018

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Wappes, James E. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2018, Descriptions and synonymies in American Desmiphorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4375 (4), pp. 451-501 : 459

On Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980

According to Breuning (1980) (translated): “ Mimestoloides n. gen. —Near Pseudestoloides Breuning and Heyrovsky , but the lateral spine of the pronotum strongly curved, the elytra rounded at apex, the prosternal process as high as the coxae and vertically truncate at posterior margin, the mesoventral process inclined forward and the tibiae with abundant erect setae. Type species of the genus: M. benardi n. sp. ”

Chalumeau and Touroult (2005) made a short redescription of Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 as follows (translated): “This genus includes two species, one from the United States of America and another from Lesser Antilles. It is characterized by the strongly claviform scape, narrow at base; pedicel twice as wide as long, antennomere III longer than scape and nearly equal to IV; pronotum with strong, conical lateral protuberance; and oval elytra.” This redescription does not show any feature that allows separating Mimestoloides from Estoloides .

Actually, two good features allow separating Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 from Estoloides : the prosternal process notably wide (narrow in Estoloides ), and the presence of elytral erect setae only on epipleura and near apex (present throughout in Estoloides ). However, the wide prosternal process and absence of erect setae on elytra also occur in the type species of Spinestoloides [ Estoloides (Spinestoloides) spinipennis Breuning, 1954 ]. Thus, we are synonymizing Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 with Spinestoloides . Accordingly, the only species included in this genus is transferred to Spinestoloides : S. benardi comb. nov. In Monné (1994b, 2005, 2017) and Monné & Giesbert (1994) M. benardi appears incorrectly in Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 .

Notwithstanding, Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 is a junior homonym of Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 . Thus, Antillestoloides is chosen as a replacement name (nomen novum) for it [Etymology: From Antilles + Estoloides , allusive to the geographical region of the type species – Mimestoloides benardi Breuning, 1980 – masculine gender]. Antillestoloides is then kept in the synonymy of Spinestoloides .