Anelaphus maculatus, Galileo, Maria Helena M., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2014

Galileo, Maria Helena M., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2014, New species of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Bolivia, Zootaxa 3884 (3), pp. 275-281 : 280-281

Anelaphus maculatus sp. nov.

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Description. Integument reddish-brown, metasternum and urosternites paler. Head sparsely punctate, covered with abundant, yellowish-white pubescence. Superior ocular lobes with five rows of ommatidia; distance between lobes subequal to three times width of one lobe. Antennae reaching elytral apex near tip of antennomere IX; with yellowish-white pubescence interspersed with long hairs on scape, pedicel and antennomere III; antennomeres III–V with internal spine progressively shorter toward apex; antennomere VI with internal spicule.

Prothorax with rounded sides. Pronotum with yellowish- white pubescence, denser on sides of anterior half, interspersed with coarse sparse punctures; oval glabrous area on center of basal third. Prosternum densely pubescent except transverse stripe near anterior margin; prosternal process narrow, convex, with outer margins projected. Mesosternum pubescent. Metasternum with pubescence interspersed with small setigerous punctures. Scutellum finely pubescent.

Elytra punctate, punctures denser on anterior third, progressively sparser toward apex; covered with short, yellowish-white pubescence interspersed with coarse punctures containing long setae and having glabrous edges. Elytral apices rounded, narrowly emarginate near sutural angle.

Abdominal ventrites with pubescence interspersed with setigerous punctures having somewhat conspicuous glabrous edges.

Measurements in mm, holotype male. Total length 10.4; prothorax length, 2.1; prothorax width, 2.6; elytron length, 7.1; humeral width, 2.9.

Etymology. Latin, maculatus = having spots, referring to glabrous spots around setigerous punctures of elytra.

Type-material. Holotype male, BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: 20 km N Camiri, road to Eyti, 1250m 6–8 km E Hwy. 9, 19°52’S 63°29’W, 5, 6, 10.XII.2012, Wappes, Bonaso, Skillman col. (MNKM).

Discussion. Anelaphus maculatus sp. nov. can be separated from A. colombianus Martins & Galileo, 2003 by the male antennae, which are distinctly longer than the body, and uniform pubescence of elytra interspersed with setigerous punctures having a glabrous edge. It differs by the pronotum with yellowish-white pubescence, except for glabrous oval area on center of basal third, scutellum thinly pubescent, elytral apices rounded and narrowly emarginate near sutural angle. In A. colombianus , the pronotum is covered with dense yellowish pubescence and bears a central, narrow, glabrous stripe from anterior to posterior constriction, the scutellum is densely pubescent, with central glabrous area, and the elytral apices are transversely truncate.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. 1, Mephritus bonasoi, sp. nov., holotype male, total length, 15.7 mm; 2, Mephritus punctulatus, sp. nov., holotype female, total length, 23.0 mm; 3, M. meyeri, sp. nov., holotype male, total length, 14.6 mm; 4, M. eleandroi, sp. nov., holotype female, total length, 13.4 mm; 5, Anelaphus maculatus sp. nov., holotype male, total length, 10.4 mm.