Lasionota ( Nelsonozodes ) oberthuri ( Kerremans, 1897 ), 2021

Pineda, Cristian & Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, Types of the New World Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) deposited in Natural History Museum, London Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Stigmoderini, Zootaxa 4964 (3), pp. 443-470 : 468

Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897:47 . [ Figure 66A & 66B ]

Lectotype: “ Type // Equateur Loja Abbé Gaujon //Kerremans.1903-59 // Oberthuri Kerr.Type// NHMUK011520842 // Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897 LECTOTYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020”. Lectotype here designated.

Current status: Lasionota ( Nelsonozodes) oberthuri ( Kerremans, 1897) (here revalidated).

Comments: We designated this specimen as lectotype of Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897 since it matches the data ( Équateur: Loja (abbé Gaujon par R. Oberthur)) as well as the original description made by Kerremans (1897:47). For reasons that he did not explain, Moore (1997) listed this species as synonym of L. tetrazonus (Chevrolat, 1838) . The comparison of lectotypes of the two species showed that L. oberthuri (type locality: Loja, Ecuador) and L. tetrazonus (type locality: Patagonia) are morphologically different species with different distribution areas. For this reason, L. oberthuri ( Kerremans, 1897) rev. stat. is reinstated as a valid species. On the other hand, the lectotype of L. oberthuri is identical to the holotype of L. inca ( Fig. 8 in Moore & Diéguez, 2019:172) in external characters, as well as in the pattern and color of the dorsal surface. Hence, we propose the synonymy of L. oberthuri with L. inca syn. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 65–68. 65) Dactylozodes leyboldi Steinheil, 1874; 66) Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897; 67) Stigmodera semivittata Fairmaire & Germain, 1858; 68) Dactylozodes tetrazonus Chevrolat, 1838. A = Dorsal habitus, B = Labels, Scale bars = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 5–8. 5) Buprestis amoena Kirby, 1818; 6) Conognatha apicalis Waterhouse, 1912; 7) Conognatha badenii Saunders, 1872; 8) Conognatha batesii Saunders, 1869. A = Dorsal habitus, B = Labels, Scale bars = 5.0 mm.