Utra nitida Jordan , 1895

Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 33-96 : 74

Utra nitida Jordan, 1895

( Figs. 13 G–I, 15B , 15Q, 18C)

Utra nitida Jordan, 1895: 267 . TL: Northern Australia: Port Darwin and Cairns. Type specimen in MNHN?. Lameere, 1919: 21; McKeown, 1947: 5.

Diagnosis. Male Utra can be separated from Cryptipus by having strongly elongate and narrow mandibles and very fine shallow punctures on pronotum. The female of that species is distinguished from C. frenchi by having completely smooth pronotum and very narrow and short tarsomere 3.

Material examined ( Fig. 18C ).

Queensland: AM (1 ♀): Atherton , Jan. 1977, F.T. Fricke ; ANIC (1 ♂; 11 ♀♀): Black MT Rd. , 2m N of Kuranda, Dec. 1967, J.G. Brooks ; Cairns , Dec. 1947, J.G. Brooks ; Cairns , Nov. 1970, [Carnaby Coll.] ; Cardstone , Oct. – Dec. 1972, D. Perkins ; Crystal Cascades, Cairns , Jan. 1955, J.G. Brooks ; Kuranda , 19 Bulter Dr., Dec. 2003, D.C.F. Rentz ; Kuranda , 19 Bulter Dr., Dec. 2009, D.C.F. Rentz ; Kuranda , Jan. 1978, D. Larie ; Mossman Gorge , Dec. 1967, R. Dobson ; Polly Ck., Garradunga , Jan. 2014, J. Hasenpusch ; The Boulders Babinda , Dec. 1967, R. Dobson ; Yungaburra , Jan. 1946, K.R. Norris ; MV (2 ♂♂; 1 ♀): Mareeba , Jan. 1950 ; Cairns ; [no data]; OAI (1 ♂): Kuranda State Forest , Jan. 1969, N.C. Coleman ; QM (1 ♂; 3 ♀♀): 2: “ Chowchilla ”, Jan. 1988, W.E. and W.T. Cooper ; Little Mulgrave , Dec. 1949 ; Cairns , Dec. 1969 .

Remarks. This species has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales ( McKeown, 1947), but so far, all the specimens we have examined were collected from the Northern Queensland. In spite of our efforts we have not found the type specimen of Utra nitida at the MNHN.

Molecular data. BioSample ID: SAMN11080882.

Figures

Figure 13. A–C: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere); D–F:Teispes insularis (Hope); G–I: Utra nitida Jordan; J–M: Xixuthrus microcerus (White). A, D, G, K: male, dorsal; B, E, H: male, ventral; C, F, I, L: female, dorsal; J: apex of protibia, arrow indicate the single spur; M: head, dorso–lateral, arrow indicates not emarginate eye near antennal insertion.

Figure 15. A–C: male genitalia, each figure from left to right: tegmen (ventral), tegmen (lateral), penis (ventral). A: Teispes insularis (Hope); B: Utra nitida Jordan; C: Xixuthrus microcerus (White). D–R: ovipositor. D: Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay); E: Analophus parallelus Waterhouse; F: Anomophysis coxalis (Gahan); G: Archetypus marginatus sp. nov.; H: Brephilydia jejuna (Pascoe); I: Cnemoplites edulis Newman; J: Cryptipus frenchi (Blackburn); K: Eurynassa servillei Thomson; L: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński; M: Hagrides princeps (Gahan); N: Hermerius impar Newman; O: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere); P: Teispes insularis (Hope); R: Utra nitida Jordan; R: Xixuthrus microcerus (White).

Figure 18. Distribution maps based on specimens examined.