Rashelapso schmidi, Clarke & Martins & Santos-Silva, 2012

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

Rashelapso schmidi sp. nov.

( Fig. 4 )

Rhopalessa rubroscutellaris ; Clarke et al., 2011:336 (error of identification).

Diagnosis: Males of Rashelapso schmidi sp. nov. are characterized by: antennae proportionally short; prothorax reddish; elytra with triangular, reddish fascia centred on the scutellum.

Male ( Fig. 4 ): integument blackish. Area of head adjacent to prothorax encircled by reddish band, projected between superior ocular lobes; prothorax completely reddish; mesosterna reddish; elytral base with narrow triangular fascia centred on scutellum, which may reach the humeri; scutellum reddish; antennomeres V-XI basally annulated with orange.

Rostrum, margins of inferior ocular lobes, and area between superior ocular lobes with grayish-white pubescence. Distance between inferior ocular lobes equal to one tenth width of one lobe; and between superior lobes less than three times width of one lobe. Length of antennae 1.5 length of elytra; length of antennomeres VIII-X subequal, shorter than XI. Midline of pronotum elevated and moderately wide, slight passing middle of pronotum; punctation coarse and abundant, in part confluent, finer and sparser on apical area of disc; disc with mixture of very short and long hairs.

Elytra with mixture of short and long hairs, the latter restricted to basal third; punctation coarse and abundant throughout; elytral margins slightly contracted at middle; apex convex, and narrowly round- ed. Prosternum almost glabrous for apical third; rest of prosternum, and meso- and metasternum with mixture of dense, grayish-white, recumbent pubescence and longer, sparser, semi-erect hairs.

Femora with moderately conspicuous mixture of long and short hairs. Urosternites with mixture of short, grayish-white pubescence and longer hairs; centre of urosternite V without brush of hairs.

Variation (paratype): mesosterna brownish; antennal

length equal to 1.4 times elytral length.

Dimensions in mm (2 males): Total length (including mandibles), 6.00-6.70; prothoracic length, 1.25-1.40; anterior prothoracic width, 0.80-0.90; posterior prothoracic width, 0.90-1.00; humeral width, 1.10-1.25; elytral length, 4.10-4.60. The largest dimensions are those of the holotype.

Type material: BRAZIL, Mato Grosso: Utiariti ( Rio Papagaio ), holotype and paratype males, 01-12. XI.1966, Lenko & Pereira col. ( MZSUP) .

Etymology: The species is dedicated to Herbert Schmid in recognition of his help with our work on the Rhinotragini .

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.