Bebelis zeteki Fisher, 1947

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, New species, revalidation, synonymies, and new records in Bebelis Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini), Zootaxa 5092 (4), pp. 401-428 : 423

Bebelis zeteki Fisher, 1947 , revalidated

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Dorcasta zeteki Fisher, 1947b: 179 ; Breuning, 1971: 239 (syn.); Lingafelter et al., 2014: 348 (type).

Fisher (1947b) described Dorcasta zeteki from Panama, and Breuning (1971) synonymized it with Bebelis modesta . However, Bebelis zeteki is not equal to B. modesta and differs as follows: dorsal surface of the head has a narrow pubescent band on each side, from antennal tubercles to prothorax, and the area between them is dark; area behind upper eye lobes with narrow longitudinal pubescent band; anterior third of the elytra with two narrow, parallel-sided white pubescent bands from humerus to suture, with contrasting pubescence between them, and posterior quarter with oblique white pubescent band not connected to the former; posterior quarter of the elytra with dark pubescent spots; and outer apical angle of the elytra acute and distinctly projected. In B. modesta , the dorsal surface of the head and the area behind upper eye lobes are entirely covered by uniform pubescence, not forming bands or exposing dark areas, the elytra have a continuous and sinuous white pubescent band, from humerus to near apex, there are no dark pubescent spots on posterior area of the elytra, and the outer apical angle of the elytra is not distinctly projected.

It is possible that B. zeteki is a junior synonym of B. elongata (Lameere, 1893) . Comparing photographs of the holotypes of the two species, the differences are small and practically restricted to details of the pubescence on the pronotum and elytra, suggesting that they belong to the same species. However, without examining specimens it is not possible to be sure.

Figures

FIGURES 65–70. Bebelis spp. 65–66) Dorcasta modesta Belon, 1903, holotype: 65) Dorsal habitus; 66) Labels. 67–68) Dorcasta laetabilis Belon, 1903, holotype: 67) Labels; 68) Dorsal habitus. 69) Dorcasta zeteki Fisher, 1947, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 70) Adetus elongatus Lameere, 1893, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).