Colobothea olivencia Bates, 1865

Bezark, Larry G. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, New species, synonymies and transfers in Neotropical Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2023 (993), pp. 1-26 : 21-24

Colobothea olivencia Bates, 1865

( Fig. 54–73 )

Colobothea olivencia Bates 1865: 392 .

This species was described based on syntypes from Brazil (Amazonas). Examination of a series of specimens showed that the pubescent bands on the pronotum are variable in this species. The pubescence on the frons is always dense and forms a band close to the eyes, but on the middle it varies from almost absent to almost as dense as on the area close to the eyes (dense over the entire surface or only above); anterior and posterior distance between the two central yellowish pubescent bands on the pronotum is variable; between the central and lateral yellowish pubescent bands on the pronotum there may be another longitudinal band, entire, fragmented or represented by a short macula, and it may be yellowish or whitish, slender or somewhat large.

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), Napo: Napo-Galeras road, km 3, 1 female, F.T. Hovore leg. ( LGBC) . BRAZIL, Amazonas: Benjamin Constant , 1 male, X.1962, no collector indicated ( MZSP 52508 ) ; Benjamin Constant, Rio Javari , 1 male, no date indicated ( MZSP 52497 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; Rio Javari , 1 male, III.1942, B. Pohl leg. ( MZSP 52507 ) ; 1 male, I.1961 ( MZSP 52510 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 male, II.1961 ( MZSP 52470 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 male, 5 females, X.1961 ( MZSP 52471 , 52472 , 52477 , 52479 , 52490 , 52493 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 5 males, 2 females, XII.1961 ( MZSP 52481 , 52482 , 52486 , 52495 , 52496 , 52499 , 52494 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 female, VI.1962 ( MZSP 52480 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 2 males, 4 females, X.1962 ( MZSP 52474 , 52475 , 52476 , 52478 , 52504 , 52505 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 male, 4 females, IX.1963 ( MZSP, 52483, 52484, 52488, 52491, 52502, formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 male, X.1963 ( MZSP 52503 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 female, VI.1964 ( MZSP 52473 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 female, I.1969 ( MZSP 52500 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; Itacoatiara , 1 female, X.1961 ( MZSP 52506 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 1 female, X.1969 ( MZSP 52501 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; São Paulo de Olivença , 1 female, V.1923, S. Klages leg. ( MZSP 52511 ) ; Rio Juruá, 1 male, no date and collector indicated ( MZSP 52509 ). Pará (new state record): Santarenzinho, Itaituba , Rio Tapajós , 1 female, I.1964 ( MZSP 52485 , formerly Diringshofen collection) ; 2 males, 1 female, X.1963 ( MZSP 52487 , 52489 , 52498 , formerly Diringshofen collection). Ceará (new state record): Carquejo , 1 male, III.1967 ( MZSP 52492 , formerly Diringshofen collection) .

Figures

Figures 52–58. Colobothea spp. 52–53) Colobothea naevia Bates, 1865, dorsal habitus, specimens from Ecuador. 52) Male. 53) Female. 54–57) Colobothea olivencia Bates, 1865, female from Ecuador. 54) Lateral habitus. 55) Dorsal habitus. 56) Ventral habitus. 57) Head, frontal view. 58) Colobothea olivencia, syntype male, dorsal habitus, by Jesus Santiago Moure.

Figures 59–73. Colobothea olivencia Bates, 1865, dorsal habitus. 59–70) Specimens from Brazil, Amazonas, Benjamin Constant.59) Female. 60) Female. 61) Female. 62) Male.63) Male. 64) Male.65) Male. 66) Male. 67) Male. 68) Male. 69) Male. 70) Male. 71) Female from Brazil, Amazonas, Itacoatiara, dorsal habitus. 72–73) Extremes of pubescence of the pronotum, specimens from Brazil, Amazonas. 72) Male from Benjamin Constant. 73) Female from Itacoatiara.