Pseudestoloides costaricensis Breuning and Heyrovsky, 1961

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 Pseudestoloides costaricensis Breuning and Heyrovsky, 1961 and Pseudestoloides affinis Martins and

Galileo, 2009

According to Breuning and Heyrovsky (1961) the holotype of Pseudestoloides costaricensis belonged to Heyrovsky’s collection. Currently, this collection is deposited in the NMPC collection. However, according to Jiří Hájek, curator of the collection (personal communication), the holotype is not there. We tried to find it in several museums, but without success. Breuning (1974a: fig. 7) figured a specimen as being P. costaricensis . However, the elytral apex is not as described in the original description or redescription, and the antennomeres are light pubescent also, unlike the description.

Martins and Galileo (2009) described P. affinis and compared it with P. costaricensis (translated): “ P. affinis sp. nov. is similar to P. costaricensis , however has scape with notable projection on inner apex, a feature that was not mentioned in the redescription of the genus ( Breuning, 1974a: 80). Furthermore, according to the description of P. costaricensis , the head have long setae; the elytra are widely truncate at apex, with outer angle projected, but obtuse, and the elytra have a few punctures surrounded by small black circle. In P. affinis , the head did not show notable long setae; the elytra are spiniform at outer angle, and the black circle on elytra are more abundant.” Actually, although the holotype does not show distinct setae on head, they are present in the paratype ( Figs. 45–49 ). It is possible that the female present in the MZSP collection ( Figs. 50–54 ) identified as P. costaricensis is a female of P. affinis . However, it is not possible to know if P. affinis is really different from P. costaricensis without examining the holotype.

Material examined. COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: R. B. Monteverde ( Est. La Casona , 1520 m), paratype male, 5–19.XI.1994, K. Martinez col. ( MZSP). Heredia:

Est. Biol. la Selva (50–150 m, 10º26'N / 84º01'W), 1 female, IX.1999, INBio-OET col. ( MZSP).

Figures

FIGURES45–54. Pseudestoloides affinis. 45–49, paratype male:45, dorsalhabitus; 46, ventral habitus;47, lateral habitus;48, scape; 49, mesoventral process.50–54, female from MZSP:50, scape; 51, mesoventral process; 52, dorsal habitus; 53, ventral habitus; 54, lateral habitus.