Plagiohammus colombiensis Constantino, Benavides and Esteban, 2014

Constantino, Luis Miguel, M, Pablo Benavides & Durán, José Rafael Esteban, 2014, Description of a new species of coffee stem and root borer of the genus Plagiohammus Dillon and Dillon from Colombia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with a key to the Neotropical species, Insecta Mundi 2014 (337), pp. 1-21 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5178565
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5189640
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scientific name	Plagiohammus colombiensis Constantino, Benavides and Esteban
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

6. Plagiohammus colombiensis Constantino, Benavides and Esteban View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figures1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10 View Figures 1-12 , 13A View Figure 13 , 14 View Figure 14 , 15 View Figures 15-44 , 45, 46 View Figures 45-56 , 57 View Figure 57 , 58 View Figure 58 )

Type locality Colombia, Cesar, Serranía de Perijá , Municipio La Gloria, at 1,200 m ( MEMB) .

Plagiohammus colombiensis Constantino, Benavides and Esteban View in CoL (present).

Distribution. Colombia (Cesar, Boyacá, on the western slopes of Cordillera Oriental in the Magdalena River basin).

Hostplant. Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) in Colombia.

Figures

Figure 13. Plagiohammus species. A, P. colombiensis sp. nov., Allotype female lateral view; B, P. thiodes female, from Costa Rica, lateral view.

Figure 14. Genitalia of Plagiohammus colombiensis sp. nov., holotype, male. A-B. tergite VIII and ventrites VIII & IX. A. ventral view. B. dorsal view. C. tegmen, dorsal view with aedeagus in natural position. D. tegmen, lateral view with aedeagus in natural position. E. aedeagus removed in lateral view. F. aedeagus, dorsal view. G. tegmen, ventral view with aedeagus removed. a. Aedeagus. Ll. Lateral lobes. Mf. Median foramen. Ml. Median lobe. Mo. Median orifice. Ri. Ringed part. Ro. Roof. S. Median struts. Sp. Ventral spiculum.

Figure 57. Distribution of coffee* stem borers of the genus Plagiohammus in the Neotropical region, showing collection localities.

Figure 58. Plagiohammus colombiensis sp. nov. A-B. adult male. C. frontal view of head. D. full grown larva. E. Damage on coffee plants. Sawdust at the base of a stem attacked by a larva. F. gallery in the main root. G. gallery and pupal chamber in the stem. H. adult exit hole in a coffee stem 8 cm above the ground.

Figures 1-12. Plagiohammus colombiensis sp. nov. 1a, Holotype male dorsal view, 1b, idem, lateral view; 2a, Allotype female dorsal view, 2b, idem, lateral view; 3, View of scape, pedicel, and first flagellomere on the left antenna of P. colombiensis; 4, Idem, P. thiodes; 5-6, head and pronotum of P. colombiensis; 7-8, idem, P. thiodes; 9-10, Apices of the elytra of P. colombiensis male and female; 11-12, idem, P. thiodes, male and female.

Figures 15-44. Right elytra of Plagiohammus type species from the neotropical region. 15. P. colombiensis sp. nov. 16. P. rubefactus. 17. P. emanon male. 18. P. emanon female. 19. P. elatus. 20. P. thiodes male. 21. P. thiodes female. 22. P. maculosus. 23. P. spinipennis. 24. P. albatus. 25. P. decorus. 26. P. granulosus. 27. P. nitidus. 28. P. sticticus. 29. P. thoracicus. 30. P. inermis. 31. P. olivescens. 32. P. sargi. 33. P. laceratus. 34. P. brunneus. 35. P. imperator. 36. P. niveus. 37. P. blairi. 38. P. camillus. 39. P. confusor. 40. P. sallei. 41. P. lunaris. 42. P. lacordairei. 43. P. ornator. 44. P. pollinosus.

Figures 45-56. Plagiohammus species. 45-46. P. colombiensis sp. nov. male and female; 47-48. P. thiodes male and female; 49. P. maculosus male; 50-51. P. elatus male and female; 52-53. P. emanon female and male; 54-55. P. spinipennis male and female; 56. P. rubefactus male.