Spinestoloides fasciatus, 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 : 458

On Mimestoloides fasciatus Martins & Galileo 2010

Martins & Galileo (2010) described Mimestoloides fasciatus ( Figs 59–60 ) from Mexico (Guerrero) and recorded (translated): “The genus Mimestoloides was defined by Breuning (1974: 158) as Estoloides , but with antennomere III as long as IV, elytral punctation in rows and mesocoxal cavities closed laterally. Mimestoloides has two species, M. benardi Breuning, 1980 de Guadeloupe and Martinique and M. andresi Breuning, 1974 (type species) from “New México [sic], San Andrés de la Sierra.” This locality [San Andrés de la Sierra] is in the catalogues as being from México ( Monné & Hovore, 2006); according to a reviewer (to whom we thank): “Probably, the locality is San Andrea Mountains, Sierra Company (Mining Company), New Mexcio [sic], USA.” These statements encompass two mistakes: 1. According to Breuning (1974b) the mesocoxal cavities are open laterally (“Mittelhüfthöhlen offen”); and 2. The authors assumed that Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 and Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 are the same genus. This is not the case, as Breuning attributed different type species to each. According to Martins & Galileo (2010) regarding M. fasciatus : “Elytra without erect setae”. As Mimestoloides andresi , type species of Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 has distinct erect setae on the elytra, it is clear that M. fasciatus cannot belong to the same genus (now Estoloides ) but rather to Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 . Alexey Tishechkin and Charyn Micheli (USNM – personal communication) confirmed that there are no erect setae on the elytra of the holotype of M. fasciatus . It is important to note that M. fasciatus was originally included in Mimestoloides Breuning, 1974 and not in Mimestoloides Breuning, 1980 , a genus with an importantly different feature (presence of erect setae on elytra), which would not allow the inclusion of M. fasciatus in this genus. Mimestoloides fasciatus is transferred to Spinestoloides , a genus with similar general appearance and elytra lacking erect setae: Spinestoloides fasciatus comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 55–63. 55–58, Mimestoloides andresi, holotype female: 55, dorsal habitus; 56, ventral habitus; 57, lateral habitus; 58, labels. 59–60, Mimestoloides fasciatus, holotype male: 59, head and prothorax, lateral view; 60, pro- and mesoventral processes.61–63, Spinestoloides benardi, male: 61, dorsal habitus; 62, ventral habitus; 63, lateral habitus.