Birandra (Yvesandra) latreillei

Santos-Silva, Lbert Eler Ernández Antonio, 2011, Parandrinae From Cuba (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51 (14), pp. 221-232 : 224

Birandra (Yvesandra) latreillei

Santos-Silva & Shute, 2009

( Figs. 1-6 )

Parandra laevis Schönherr, 1817: 334 ; Peck, 2005: 164 (checklist); Monné, 2006: 16 (cat.).

Parandra cubaecola ; Zayas, 1957: 159; 1975: 19; García & Ferrer, 1999: 14; Peck, 2005: 164 (checklist; part).

Birandra (Yvesandra) latreillei Santos-Silva & Shute, 2009: 24 .

This species was recently redescribed by Santos-Silva & Shute (2009). The article and redescription is available online (open access) at www.zookeys.org/. Thus, a new redescription is not necessary.

Dimensions in mm (♂ / ♀) (only specimens from Cuba): Body length (including mandibles) 12.2-20.3/11.1-23.2; prothorax: length 2.4-3.9/2.6-4.9; anterior width, 3.2-5.9/3.3-6.3; posterior width, 2.2-4.7/2.6-5.5; humeral width, 3.3-5.7/3.1-7.7; elytral length, 7.3-11.7/6.8-13.9.

Type and type locality: Lectotype male, described from Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo), deposited at BMNH.

Geographical distribution: Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Comments: As noted above, Thomson (1862) was the first to mention B. (Y.) latreillei from Cuba. However it is not possible to know if this record was really based on specimen(s) of that species. In 1975, Zayas completed a revision of Cerambycidae from Cuba and wrote on Parandra cubaecola (= B. (Y.) cubaecola ): “La más clara y depresa de las dos, y sólo conocida de la Isla de Cuba, donde vive en pequeñas colonias en troncos podridos. Poseemos ejemplares encontrados en tocones de pino”. In the original description of B. (Y.) cubaecola, Chevrolat (1862) recorded: “Convexa, brunnea nitida, crebre punctata”. The first part of the description, evidently, contradicts the note from Zayas (1975) (“depressa” as opposed to “Convexa”). In the key to the “two” species from Cuba, Zayas (1975) wrote in the couplet that leads to Parandra cubaecola : “Color castaño-ferruginoso, claro; forma poco convexa, superficie fina y esparcidamente punzada; lados del pronoto arqueados y más fuertemente estrechados hacia la base, quedando el ángulo anterior más prominente; mandíbulas arqueadas en los machos”. Again, this description does not agree with B. (Y.) cubaecola . As noted, Chevrolat (1862) affirmed that the species is “crebe punctate”. Additionally, the drawing of Parandra cubaecola in Zayas (1975: plate 1, figure “A”) shows a specimen that is not of this species.

Peck (2005) wrote: “ Cuba localities. Not recognized by Zayas (1975) for Cuba, but listed in Monné & Giesbert (1995) without documentation”. Evidently the citation of Cuba in Monné & Giesbert (1994) (1995 was a second edition), was based on Thomson (1862).

Santos-Silva & Shute (2009) noted: “The occurrence of Birandra (Y.) latreillei in Cuba ( Thomson 1861, Monné 2006) is doubtful and needs to be confirmed in the future. Zayas (1957, 1975) did not record “ Parandra laevis ” from Cuba ”. There is no doubt that Zayas (1957, 1975) confused B. (Y.) latreillei with B. (Y.) cubaecola . The first author examined all specimens of Parandrinae in FZPC ( Fig. 1 ), and could conclude that Parandra cubaecola sensu Zayas (1957 , 1975) is B. (Y.) latreillei (17 specimens). Apparently, Zayas (1957, 1975) based his concept of B. (Y.) cubaecola using only color: usually lighter in B. (Y.) cubaecola and B. (Y.) latreillei than in B. (Y.) cribrata . But as usually occurs in many species of Parandrinae , coloration can vary considerably.

Birandra (Yvesandra) latreillei differs notably from B. (Y.) cubaecola by the shape of the carina of ventral sensorial area of antennomeres: distinctly fine at apex in the former ( Fig. 5 ) and notably wide in the later ( Figs. 12, 14 ). Besides, the inner margin of the mandibles in major males is strongly different: with a single tooth in B. (Y.) latreillei ( Figs. 2, 6 ), and with two teeth in B. (Y.) cubaecola ( Figs. 8, 10 ).

Material examined: CUBA, ♂, 2 ♀♀ [no date and collector indicated] ( CZCTR) ; ♂ [no date and collector indicated] ( FZPC); ♂ [no data], J. Acuña col. ( FZPC) . Matanzas: Playa Larga , ♀, VI.1963, I. García col. ( CZACC) ; Ciénaga de Zapata , ♀, V.1964, I. García col. ( HG) . Sancti Spírutus : Jíbaro , ♀, VI-78, [no collector indicated] col. ( HG) ; Topes de Collantes , ♀, VI-2010, [no collector indicated] col., ( HG) . Camagüey: Santa Lucía , ♂, 3 ♀♀, VI.1959, F. Zayas col. ( FZPC) . Holguín: Pinares de Mayarí , ♂, X.1961, F. Zayas col. ( CZACC) ; Sierra Cristal, 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 16-20.II.1948, F. Zayas & J. Ferrás col. ( CZACC; FZPC) ; ♀, 16-20.II.1948, F. Zayas & J. Ferrás col. ( MNRJ) ; ♂, VI.1956, F. Zayas col. ( CZACC) ; Moa , ♀, 02. VI.1951, [no collector indicated] ( CZACC) ; 2 ♀♀, I.1964, F. Zayas col. ( FZPC) ; ♂ 10. V.2010, R. Teruel col. ( BSC-E) . Santiago de Cuba: La Punta , ♂, IX.1980, L. R. Hernández col. ( CZACC) ; Loma del Gato , ♂, [no date and collector indicated] ( CZACC); Cobre , 2 ♂♂, ♀, 25-26.IV.1952, F. Zayas & P. Alayo col. ( CZACC; FZPC; HG); El Caldero , ♂, ♀, VI.1963, F. Zayas col. ( FZPC) ; La Francia, ♂, 2 ♀♀, 24. VI.1980, Inés B. & G.A.N. col. ( BSC-E) ; Gran Piedra, ♀, VI-2001, J.A. Genaro col. ( MNHN-CU) . Guantánamo: Baracoa , ♂, VI.1974, I. García col. ( CZACC) ; El Ímbaro, ♀, V.1998, R. F. Arcila col. ( MNHN-CU) ; Yateras , ♀, VI.1964, I. García col. ( FZPC) ; Yunque de Baracoa , ♀, VII.1955, F. Zayas col. ( FZPC) .

Figures

FIGURES 1‑6: Birandra (Yvesandra) latreillei. 1. Specimens in Zayas’ Collection, identified as Parandra cubaecola (left, male; right, two females); 2. Male, head and pronotum; 3. Female, head and pronotum; 4. Antenna, lateral view; 5. Antenna, ventral view; 6. Male, head, ventral view.

FIGURES 7‑14: Birandra (Yvesandra) cubaecola. 7. Male, dorsal habitus; 8. Male, head and pronotum; 9. Female, head and pronotum; 10. Mandibles, dorsal view, holotype male; 11. Antenna, lateral view; 12. Antenna, ventral view; 13. Holotype male, dorsal habitus; 14. Antenna, holotype male, ventral view.