Desmiphora (Desmiphora) normae, Santos-Silva & Nascimento, 2018

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Nascimento, Francisco E. De L., 2018, Synonymies, transferences, redescriptions and new species in Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 192-210 : 207-209

Desmiphora (Desmiphora) normae sp. nov.

( Figs 30–33 )

Description. male. Integument mostly dark brown; mouthparts (except mandibles) yellowish brown; scape dark brown ventrally, slightly brownish toward anterior and posterior margins; remaining antennomeres yellowish brown, gradually, slightly brownish in distal antennomeres; anterior half of elytra with oblique brownish, inverted V-shaped area, irregular dark brown areas interspersed; posterior half yellowish brown with irregular dark brown areas interspersed; femora with transverse dark-brown band about middle; remaining surface of legs yellowish brown.

Head. Frons coarsely, moderately punctate; with decumbent yellowish setae not obscuring integument (obscuring integument close to eyes), long, erect, yellowish setae interspersed. Vertex punctate as on frons; surface with decumbent yellowish setae not obscuring integument (obscuring close to eyes); area between upper eye lobes with long, erect yellowish setae interspersed with a few long, erect dark setae; area behind upper eye lobes without erect, elongate setae. Genae with sparse semidecumbent yellowish setae. Antennal tubercles slightly, gradually elevated from median groove. Median groove distinct from clypeus to area behind upper eye lobes. Postclypeus with decumbent yellowish setae laterally. Labrum with semidecumbent yellowish setae sparsely distributed. Lower eye lobes four times genal length; distance between lower eye lobes about twice scape diameter in front view. Upper eye lobes with five rows of ommatidia; distance between upper eye lobes about three rows of ommatidia. Antennae reaching posterior quarter of elytra; scape gradually widened from base to middle, slightly narrowed at apex; surface with decumbent yellowish setae interspersed with yellowish erect, elongate setae and a few erect, elongate black setae dorsally; pedicel with setae as on scape; antennomere III slightly arched; antennomeres III–XI with long, erect yellowish setae interspersed with a few long, erect dark setae, more scarce toward apical antennomeres; III–V elongated; VI–XI expanded laterally, with dense pubescence on outer side. Antennal formula based on antennomere III: scape = 0.95; pedicel = 0.25; IV = 0.95; V = 0.65; VI = 0.55; VII = 0.55; VIII = 0.50; IX = 0.45; X = 0.43; XI = 0.50.

Thorax. Prothorax 1.2 times wider than long, posteriorly narrowed; lateral tubercles conical and small, placed posteriorly to middle. Pronotum strongly convex, with decumbent yellowish setae, nearly obscuring integument; anterior half with long, erect yellowish setae closely distributed, extending laterally; middle of anterior area with a few long, erect black setae, forming small tuft; posterior third with two oblique bands of whitish pubescence on each side, one placed centrally, forming an inverted V-shaped pubescent macula together with longitudinal band centrally, another band from side to pronotal center; with three small circular glabrous areas, one at center and two laterodorsal placed posteriorly. Prosternum with decumbent yellowish setae nearly obscuring integument. Prosternal process about 1/5 procoxal cavity. Meso- and metathorax with dense decumbent yellowish setae nearly obscuring integument. Scutellum slightly rounded posteriorly; surface with decumbent yellowish setae not obscuring integument. Elytra slightly, longitudinally elevated anteriorly; humerus somewhat projected anteriorly; surface coarsely and deeply punctate (punctures sparser and shallower on distal half); apex individually rounded. Pubescence as follow: tree longitudinal bands of whitish pubescence between humerus and scutellum, one starting close to scutellum, surrounding posteriorly tuft of erect dark setae, one small band at middle, connected at with sinuous long band on humerus; posterior half with two oblique whitish erect tuft, one starting about middle near suture, divergent posteriorly, connected to longitudinal band with whitish decumbent setae connecting to another oblique whitish pubescent tuft. Remaining areas of elytra with decumbent yellowish setae not obscuring integument, with long, erect yellowish setae interspersed with a few long, erect dark setae. Legs. Femora with moderately abundant decumbent yellowish setae, not obscuring integument; distal half with long, erect yellowish setae interspersed. Tibiae with sparse semi-erect yellowish setae interspersed with long, erect yellowish setae.

Abdomen with abundant decumbent yellowish setae, nearly obscuring integument, with long, erect yellowish setae interspersed; abdominal ventrites I–IV with subequal length; V trapezoidal, slightly rounded at apex.

Dimensions (in mm), holotype male. Total length, 4.6; prothorax length, 1.1; greatest width of prothorax, 1.4; anterior width of prothorax, 1.1; posterior width of prothorax, 1.0; humeral width, 1.5; elytral length, 3.1.

Type material. Holotype male from BRAZIL, Bahia: Cavunje (Rancho alto da Boa Vista) 12°15’54,1”S / 38°58’29.4”W), 21.X.2017, Lima, D.M. & Moura, P.G. col. ( MZFS).

Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dr. Norma Giambarresi Ganho (DZUP), for her commitment and efforts in the Taxonline Project.

Remarks. Desmiphora normae sp. nov. is similar to Desmiphora compacta Breuning, 1942 ( Figs 34–37 ) by the pubescence pattern. The new species differs especially by the area behind the upper eye lobes without tufts of erect black setae; distance between the upper eye lobes is equal to about three rows of ommatidia; pubescence of pronotum not forming a delimited area; bands of whitish decumbent setae placed centrally, forming an inverted Vshaped (anteriorly to scutellum); oblique band of whitish tuft, placed at about middle of elytra, with a longitudinal band connecting to the posterior oblique whitish tuft. In D. (D.) compacta the area behind the upper eye lobes has two tufts of erect black setae, distance between the upper eye lobes is equal to about ten rows of ommatidia, pubescence of pronotum forming an area delimited by whitish oblique bands, posterior margin of the pronotum has no bands of whitish setae forming an inverted V-shaped, and the posterior oblique bands of the elytra are placed at posterior third and are not connected by longitudinal bands.

Figures

FIGURES 30–38. 30–33, Desmiphora (Desmiphora) normae, holotype male: 30, Dorsal habitus; 31, Ventral habitus; 32, Lateral habitus; 33, Head, frontal view. 34–37, D. (D.) compacta Breuning, 1942, male: 34, Dorsal habitus; 35, Ventral habitus; 36, Lateral habitus; 37, Head, frontal view. 38, Holotype of D. (D.) senicula Bates, 1866, dorsal habitus.