Wappesia, Nascimento & Santos-Silva, 2021

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto De L. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2021, The interesting and complex tribe Oxycoleini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): a new genus, new species, and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 5060 (3), pp. 353-370 : 356

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0E9C6A17-710A-4DF7-A23F-69FAA1113F4D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5635839
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C7F3F1B-6C6A-FF89-DEC6-FC35FC98F45D
treatment provided by	Plazi (2021-11-01 09:15:23, last updated 2024-11-27 00:05:46)
scientific name	Wappesia
status	gen. nov.

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Wappesia gen. nov.

Type species: Tethlimmena gahani Gounelle, 1911 .

Description. Head with well-marked median groove, reaching level of upper eye lobes. Pronotum with six tubercles, (antero- and posterolateral subfused): anterolateral tubercles delimited by sulcus at anterior margin; posterolateral (the largest) posteriorly delimited by sulcus that extends to inner side; anterocentral tubercle elongate, placed near anterior margin; and posterocentral tubercle elliptical, placed between posterolateral tubercles. Sides of prothorax with two tubercles, one centrally, another near anterior margin. Elytra covering or almost covering abdomen, slightly widened toward apex; without humeral carina; surface coarsely punctate; with slightly sinuous apex. Metatibiae slightly arched.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology. The generic name is in honor of our late friend James E. Wappes (1944–2021). Feminine gender.

Remarks. Júlio (1997) provided a key to species of Oxycoleus , which already indicated this genus was composed of two genera, except for the shape of the antennomeres (translated): “1. Elytra with carina; antennomeres cylindrical;” “Elytra without carina; antennomeres compressed.” However, the wide and sinuous shape of the elytral apices, easily separates Wappesia from others related genera.