Estoloides strandiella Breuning, 1940

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 : 455

On Estoloides strandiella Breuning, 1940

Breuning (1940) described E. strandiella based on a single specimen from Costa Rica. Breuning (1974a) redescribed the species as follows (translated): “Near to perforata Bat. , but the head and pronotum coarser punctate, the elytra interspersed with punctures very coarse, the margins of the scutellum, except the base, covered with whitish pubescence, the two last tarsal segments not reddish, the antennae with darker pubescence.” In the key, Breuning (1974a) separated E. strandiella from E. fulvitarsis and E. perforata in the alternative of couplet “1” (translated): “1. Antennomere III distinctly longer than IV [leading to E. strandiella ] / Antennomere III, at most, slightly longer than IV [leading to E. perforata and E. fulvitarsis ].” The difference in the length of the same antennomeres is often variable in the species of Estoloides and typically larger in males than females. Examination of the female holotype photograph of E. strandiella ( Figs 10–12 ) does not show any consistent difference(s) when compared with females of E. perforata . Furthermore, although photographs of the holotype of E. strandiella are not exacting, the length of the antennomere III appears to be slightly longer than IV. It is very likely that E. strandiella is actually another synonym of E. perforata . However, as with E. fulvitarsis , it would be necessary to examine all specimens in the type series to prove this.

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FIGURES 1–12. 1, Estoloides (Parestoloides) basigranulata, holotype female, dorsal habitus. 2, E. (P.) esthlogenoides, holotype male, dorsal habitus. 3–6, E. (P.) costaricensis, specimen from ZMHB identified by Breuning: 3, dorsal habitus; 4, lateral habitus; 5, ventral habitus;6, labels.7–8, Estola costaricensis, specimendeposited atUSNM:7, dorsal habitus; 8, labels. 9, Estoloides perforata, syntype, dorsal habitus. 10–12, Estoloides strandiella, holotype female: 10, labels; 11, dorsal habitus; 12, ventral habitus.