Bisaltes (Bisaltes) pulvereus ( Bates, 1866 )

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Wappes, James E., 2021, On the transference of Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer to Bisaltes (Bisaltes) Thomson with synonymies and new records in the genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2021 (844), pp. 1-10 : 8

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) pulvereus ( Bates, 1866)

( Fig. 21–22 )

Esthlogena pulverea Bates 1866: 289 ; Lacordaire 1872: 600; Gemminger 1873: 3101 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 293 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 598 (checklist).

Bisaltes pulverea ; Breuning, 1949: 19 (syn.); Barbosa et al. 2009: 294 (distr.).

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) pulvereus ; Breuning 1960: 178 (cat.); 1971: 281; Monné and Giesbert 1994: 187 (checklist); Monné 1994a: 22 (cat.); 2005: 295 (cat.); Morvan and Morati 2006: 41 (distr.); Touroult et al. 2010: 31; Giuglaris 2012: 64 (distr.); Morvan and Roguet 2013: 21 (distr.); Monné 2020: 438 (cat.).

Bisaltes posticalis Thomson 1868: 11 ; Lacordaire 1872: 606; Gemminger 1873: 3102 (cat.); Thomson 1878: 11 (type); Aurivillius 1922: 295 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 598 (checklist).

Breuning (1949) transferred Esthlogena pulverea ( Fig. 22 ) to Bisaltes , and synonymized B. posticalis ( Fig. 21 ) with it. Comparing photographs of the holotypes of both species, we agree with Breuning (1949).

Currently, the species is known from French Guiana and Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia) ( Monné 2020). As the holotypes have never been figured, we take the opportunity to illustrate them here.

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA: Roura, 1 male, 24.VII.1981, G. Tavakilian col. ( MZSP).

Figures

Figures 17–26. Bisaltes spp. 17–18) Bisaltes (Bisaltes) uniformis, female, elytral apex. 17) Specimen 1. 18) Specimen 2. 19) Bisaltes obliquatus Breuning, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 20) Bisaltes uniformis, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 21) Bisaltes posticalis Thomson, 1868, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).22) Esthlogena pulverea Bates, 1866, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 23) Bisaltes bimaculatus Aurivillius, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 24–26) Bisaltes (Bisaltes) bimaculatus, male from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 24) Dorsal habitus. 25) Ventral habitus. 26) Lateral habitus.