Desmiphora (Desmiphora) nascimentoi, Martins, Ubirajara R., Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015

Martins, Ubirajara R., Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2015, New taxa and new records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the state of Bahia (Brazil) and notes on Meridiotroctes (Acanthoderini), Zootaxa 3973 (2), pp. 271-299 : 290

Desmiphora (Desmiphora) nascimentoi sp. nov.

( Figs. 47–50 )

Holotype female. Integument dark-brown, blackish in some areas. Frons coarse, abundantly punctate; pubescence yellowish-white, partly obliterating integument, interspersed with yellowish-white, abundant, long setae. Area between antennal tubercles and margin of prothorax with yellowish-white pubescence; with very abundant, long, reddish setae forming longitudinal band on each side of coronal suture, brush-like behind upper eye lobes. Frontal side of antennal tubercles with yellowish-white pubescence, and long, reddish setae; posterior side almost without pubescence, with long, reddish setae. Area behind lower eye lobes with yellowish-white pubescence, partly obliterating integument, interspersed with long yellowish-white setae. Distance between upper eye lobes equal to 0.16 times length of scape; distance between lower eye lobes, in frontal view, equal to 0.78 times length of scape. Antennae length equal to 1.3 times elytral length; reaching apical fifth of elytra; scape, pedicel, and antennomeres with very long, reddish setae, gradually sparser towards antennomere XI; antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.92; pedicel = 0.25; IV = 0.92; V = 0.57; VI = 0.47; VII = 0.45; VIII = 0.42; IX = 0.42; X = 0.45; XI = 0.52.

Prothorax with small, acute tubercle at sides. Pronotum with central area similar elongated hexagon, with yellowish-white pubescence, obliterating integument, interspersed with long setae of same color, except for small, circular glabrous area at center of hexagon; at each side of circular area, pubescence and setae form little dense brush; central anterior portion without bristle brush; at each side of hexagonal area of pubescence, wide band with more reddish pubescence, interspersed with long reddish setae, not obliterating integument, encompassing area of lateral tubercle of prothorax. Lateral margins of prothorax with wide band of yellowish pubescence, obliterating integument, interspersed with long, yellowish setae. Metepisterna with dense yellowish-white pubescence. Metasternum with yellowish-white pubescence, laterally dense, distinctly sparser towards center. Elytra with predominantly reddish-brown pubescence, interspersed with long reddish-brown setae, except for: sub-triangular area at each side of basal third, slightly conspicuous, which starts at epipleura and ends at center of the disk, where the pubescence and long setae form brush; oblique area at distal fourth, from epipleura to suture, with whitish pubescence that forms brush on disk. Urosternites with yellowish setae, moderately dense and long, interspersed with long, sparse setae of same color.

Dimensions in mm (female). Total length, 6.1; length of prothorax at center, 1.3; largest width of prothorax, 1.6; humeral width, 1.8; elytral length, 4,4.

Type material. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Bahia: Milagres, 16–30.III.2013, A. M. Neto, E. Menezes & F. E. Eriberto col. ( MZUSP).

Etymology. The species is named for Francisco Eriberto Nascimento (MZSF), collector of the holotype.

Remarks. Desmiphora (D.) nascimentoi is similar to D. (D.) pallida Bates, 1874 , but differs as follows: central anterior region of pronotum without brush of pubescence and setae; pubescence on central area of pronotum forming hexagonal design; distal fourth of elytra with band of pubescence distinctly oblique. In D. (D.) pallida , the central anterior region of pronotum has a very distinct brush of pubescence and setae, the design of the pubescence in the central area of the pronotum is more elongated and non-hexagonal, and the pubescent band of distal fourth of elytra is transverse (frequently with two distinct bands).

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 50. 39 – 42, Melzerella inopinata sp. nov., holotype male: 39, Dorsal habitus; 40, Ventral habitus; 41, Lateral habitus; 42, Head, frontal view. 43 – 46, Ceiupaba poranga sp. nov., holotype male: 43, Dorsal habitus; 44, Ventral habitus; 45, Lateral habitus; 46, Head, frontal view. 47 – 50, Desmiphora (Desmiphora) nascimentoi sp. nov., holotype female: 47, Dorsal habitus; 48, Ventral habitus; 49, Lateral habitus; 50, Head, frontal view.