Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868 )

Clarke, Robin O. S., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2012, Contribution Towards The Knowledge Of Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). V. Reconsideration Of Rhopalessa Rubroscutellaris (Tippmann, 1960), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (22), pp. 255-259 : 255-259

Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868)

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Ommata fulvicolle Lacordaire, 1868:503 (note).

Xenocrasis fulvicollis ; Monné & Martins, 1974:22; Monné, 2005:508 (cat.).

Xenocrasis obscuripennis Zajciw, 1963:254 ; Monné & Martins, 1974:37 (syn.).

Ommata (Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris Tippmann, 1960:121 ; Monné, 1993:20 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994:97 (checklist); Monné, 2005:495 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005:123 (checklist); 2006:122 (checklist); Wappes et al., 2006:17 (checklist). Syn. nov.

Remarks: when Tippmann (1960) described Ommata (Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris he did not provide a figure. The photos of the holotype ( Figs. 1-3 ) of O. (R.) rubroscutellaris clearly show that the species cannot be assigned to the genus Rhopalessa Bates, 1873 , but is a female of Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868) .

Laedorcari Santos-Silva et al., 2011 differs notably from Rhopalessa , mainly by the broadly open procoxal cavities, and short antennae (in Rhopalessa the procoxal cavities are closed, and the antennae much longer). Other important differences are: in Laedorcari elytral fifth somewhat gibbous, and urosternite V strongly elevated laterally (in Rhopalessa the elytral fifth are not gibbous, and urosternite V not elevated laterally).

Santos-Silva et al. (2011) recorded L. fulvicollis from Peru, Colombia, and Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Amazonas). With the new synonymy, the species is now recorded for Bolivia.

Figures

FIGURAS 1‑4: 1-3. Ommata (Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris (= Laedorcari fulvicollis), holotype female: 1. dorsal habitus; 2. ventral habitus; 3. specimen’s labels. 4. Rashelapso schmidi sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal habitus.