Neoptychodes cosmeticus Martins & Galileo, 1996

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2023, A new synonymy in Neoptychodes (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) and notes on Neoptychodes cosmeticus with a revised key to species of the genus, Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023014) 113, pp. 1-6 : 5

Neoptychodes cosmeticus Martins & Galileo, 1996

( Figs 6, 7 , 13–17 )

Neoptychodes cosmeticus MARTINS & GALILEO, 1996:293 .

Remarks. According to MARTINS & GALILEO (1996): “ Holótipo fêmea [Holotype female], COLÔMBIA, Valle del Cauca : Cali, VIII.1969, L. Denhez leg. (MNRJ). Parátipos [Paratypes]: macho [male], mesmos dados do holótipo [same data as holotype], 1970 (MZSP). Fêmea [Female], EQUADOR [ ECUADOR], Pichincha: Santo Domingo (Tinalandia 16km S, 680m), 15-28.VI.1975, S. & J. Peck leg. (CMNC).”

The specimen photographed by Steven W. Lingafelter ( Fig. 6 ) at MNRJ and labeled as holotype, which was destroyed by fire, is a male, and not a female and does not agree with the photograph of the holotype in the original description ( Fig. 7 ). The paratype “male” photographed by Steven W. Lingafelter ( Figs 13–17 ) at MZSP is a female, and has the correct label of the holotype locality as indicated in the original description ( Fig. 17 ) (“ COLÔMBIA, Valle del Cauca : Cali”). Without a doubt, the paratype male (destroyed in fire) that belonged to the MZSP was wrongly sent to the MNRJ and, probably, had a holotype label; the holotype female that belonged to the MNRJ remained at MZSP and has a paratype label. To complicate matters, the photograph in the original description ( Fig. 7 ), indicated as being of the holotype, is actually of the female paratype deposited in the CMNC. There is no doubt about this because the female holotype, as per the original description, was the only specimen of that sex in the type series from Colombia, and this specimen is in the MZSP and does not agree with the photograph in the original description .

According to MARTINS & GALILEO (1996): “Dimensões holótipo fêmea [Dimensions of the holotype female – in mm]. Comprimento total [Total length] 25,2. Protórax [Prothorax]: comprimento [length] 4,1; maior largura [largest width] 5,0. Comprimento elitral [Elytral length] 18,2; largura umeral [humeral width] 7,0.” However, the true dimensions are: Total length, 27.2 mm; prothoracic length, 4.6 mm; largest width of the prothorax, 5.8 mm; humeral width, 8.0; and elytral length, 19.5 mm.

Figures

Figs 6–12. Neoptychodes spp. Neoptychodes cosmeticus Martins & Galileo, 1996: 6, paratype male from Colombia (Valle del Cauca), which was deposited at the MNRJ as being the holotype, by Steven W. Lingafelter; 7, paratype female from Ecuador belonging to the CMNC, illustrated by MARTINS & GALILEO (1996) as the holotype. 8–12, Neoptychodes hondurae (White, 1858): 8, male from Honduras, dorsal habitus; 9, female from Panama, dorsal habitus;10, female from Panama,lateral habitus; 11, holotype of P. hondurae, by Jesus Santiago Moure; 12, holotype of P. hondurae, by John Chemsak.

Figs 13–17. Neoptychodes cosmeticus Martins & Galileo, 1996, holotype female: 13, dorsal habitus; 14, ventral habitus; 15, lateral habitus; 16, head, frontal view; 17, labels.