Psyrassa ebenina Linsley, 1935

García, Kimberly & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, The multiform genus Psyrassa Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini): new species, new records, synonyms and transfers, Insecta Mundi 2022 (953), pp. 1-26 : 5

Psyrassa ebenina Linsley, 1935

( Fig. 91–94 , 97–100 )

Psyrassa ebenina Linsley 1935a: 143 ; Blackwelder 1946: 567 (checklist); Franz 1954: 219 (distr.); Chemsak et al. 1980: 29 (distr.); Chemsak et al. 1992: 46 (cat.); Monné 1993: 11 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 60 (checklist); Turnbow et al. 2003: 10 (distr.); Monné 2005: 241 (cat.); Toledo 2005: 29; Monné and Hovore 2006: 72 (checklist); Lingafelter et al. 2014: 56 (holotype); Bezark et al. 2019: 121 (distr.); Santos-Silva et al. 2019: 4 (key); Monné 2022: 422 (cat.).

Remarks. Psyrassa ebenina was described from El Salvador. Currently, it is also known from Honduras and Guatemala (Suchitepéquez) ( Monné 2022; Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2021). Herein, we record it ( Fig. 91–94 ) for Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.

Material examined. GUATEMALA, BAJA VERAPAZ (new department record): 3 km S Purulha , 1658 m, montane forest, 15°12.965′N 90°13.142′W, 1 male, 27–30.VI.2012, E. Fuller leg. ( WHTC). Specimens examined through photographs: 1 female from Guatemala (Suchitepéquez) ( LGBC) ; 2 males from El Salvador (Ahuachapan) ( LGBC) ; 1 female from El Salvador (San Salvador) ( EMEC) ; 2 specimens from Honduras ( RCPC) ; 3 specimens from El Salvador ( RCPC) ; holotype female from El Salvador (San Salvador) ( USNM) .

Figures

Figures 83–94. Psyrassa spp. 83–90) Psyrassa ocularis sp. nov., holotype male: 83) Dorsal habitus. 84) Ventral habitus.85) Lateral habitus.86) Antennomeres III–V. 87) Head, frontal view.88) Procoxal cavities. 89) Lower eye lobes. 90) Upper eye lobes.91–94) Psyrassa ebenina Linsley, 1935, male from Guatemala: 91) Lower eye lobes.92) Dorsal habitus. 93) Ventral habitus. 94) Upper eye lobes.

Figures 95–100. Psyrassa spp. 95–96) Psyrassa ocularis sp. nov., paratype male: 95) Dorsal habitus. 96) Ventral habitus. 97–98) Psyrassa ebenina Linsley, 1935, female from El Salvador (det. Toledo (2005)), by Peter Oboyski: 97) Dorsal habitus. 98) Ventral habitus. 99–100) Psyrassa ebenina, males from El Salvador (LGBC), by Larry G. Bezark: 99) Specimen 1, dorsal habitus. 100) Specimen 2, dorsal habitus.