Coleoxestia rafaeli Santos-Silva & Wappes, 2017

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2018, New species and synonymies in Hexoplonini Martins, 2006 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with notes and new records on Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 58, pp. 1-8 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.36
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305229
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scientific name	Coleoxestia rafaeli Santos-Silva & Wappes, 2017
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Coleoxestia rafaeli Santos-Silva & Wappes, 2017 View in CoL (New record) ( Fig. 17-19 View Figures 17-19 )

Coleoxestia rafaeli View in CoL ; Santos-Silva & Wappes (2017): 11 View Cited Treatment ; Monné (2018): 89; Tavakilian & Chevillotte (2017).

Coleoxestia rafaeli View in CoL is known from Brazil in the states of Paraná (holotype) and Santa Catarina (paratype). We found 14 specimens of this species from SÃo Paulo. We are describing the female of this species for the first time.

Description: Female: Antennae 1.1 times as long as elytra (about 1.5 times in male), reaching about distal quarter of elytra (surpassing elytral apex at least by antennomere XI in male), and abdominal ventrite V with sides distinctly convergent toward truncate apex (slightly emarginate centrally), slightly shorter than IV (less distinctly narrowed toward apex, which is wider in male). Antennal formula (ratio) based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.57; pedicel = 0.11; IV = 0.58; V = 0.62; VI = 0.60; VII = 0.59; VIII = 0.58; IX = 0.54; X = 0.45; XI = 0.79.

Dimensions in mm (female): Total length, 30.0; prothoracic length, 4.5; basal prothoracic width, 4.7; distal prothoracic width, 3.9; humeral width, 6.7; elytral length, 22.6.

Remarks: The female differs from male by the shorter antennae. The antennomere III is not distinctly angulate at outer side, but it is notably angulate in the holotype and paratype males. However, we examined a male from the Brazilian state of SÃo Paulo with antennomere III as in the female (not distinctly angulate at outer side). Consequently, the outer apex of the antennomere III in C. rafaeli , although never nodose, is somewhat variable.

Material examined (all from MZSP): BRAZIL, São Paulo: Luiz Antonio (Est. Ecológica Jatai, Mata ciliar, 21°36’47”S 47°43’43”W), 1 female and 8 males, XII.2008, Laura & Perioto col. GoogleMaps ; 1 male, II.2009, 5 males, XI.2008.