Periestola strandi Breuning, 1943

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco E. De L. & Kozlov, Anton Olegovich, 2019, The megadiverse fauna of Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): Notes, descriptions, new records, new species, and revalidations, Zootaxa 4603 (3), pp. 441-472 : 454

Periestola strandi Breuning, 1943

( Figures 37–39 )

Periestola strandi Breuning, 1943: 54 ; 1963: 506 (cat.); 1974: 45; Monné & Giesbert, 1992: 252 (syn.); Chemsak et al., 1992:

121 (checklist); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 252 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 37 (cat.); 2005: 121 (cat.); Lingafelter et al., 2014:

325 (holotype). Cobelura strandi ; Monné & Monné, 2018: 289 (syn.); Monné, 2018b: 37 (cat.); Bezark, 2018b: 52 (distr.). Cobelura inornata Monné & Monné, 2017: 255 . Paracobelura curiosa Monné & Martins, 1976: 85 ; Chemsak et al., 1992: 144 (checklist); Julio et al., 2000: 47 (holotype); Monné & Monné, 2016: 49 (holotype). Syn. nov. Cobelura curiosa ; Monné & Monné 2018: 290 (reinst.); Monné, 2018b: 36 (cat.).

Monné & Monné (2018) revalidated Periestola curiosa , stating: “Monné, M.A. & Giesbert, 1992: 252 proposed the synonymy of Paracobelura curiosa with Periestola strandi Breuning, 1943 , but a detailed examination of both species allowed us to propose the reinstatement and the new combination of Paracobelura curiosa . Cobelura curiosa can be distinguished from C. strandi by the sides of the pronotum covered with yellowish pubescence, the elytra with three longitudinal rows of linear spots of yellowish pubescence, and the extremity of the elytra less projected than in C. strandi . In C. strandi , the pronotum is uniformly covered with brownish pubescence, the elytra lacks [sic] longitudinal rows of yellowish pubescence, and the extremity of each elytron is strongly and acutely projected.” Notwithstanding, comparison of the photographs of the types of Paracobelura curiosa ( Fig. 37 ; see also Bezark 2018a), Periestola strandi ( Fig. 39 ; see also Bezark 2018a), and Cobelura inornata (see Bezark 2018a) shows that the pronotal and elytral pubescence as the same, being only more evident in some specimens ( Fig. 38 ), and partially lost or less evident in other ( Figs. 37, 39 ). Accordingly, Paracobelura curiosa is formally considered a junior synonym of Periestola strandi .

Material examined. COSTA RICA, Catargo: Turrialba , paratype female of Paracobelura curiosa, Heyne col. ( MZSP) . PANAMA (new country record), Chiriquí: near Volcan ( Mount Totumas Cloud Forest ; 8º53’6.01”N / 82º4’’1.32”W; 1920 m), 2 males, V-VI.2018, A. Kozlov & Y. Kovaleva col. ( MZSP).

Figures

FIGURES 33–39. 33–36) Hyperplatys ushveridzei, holotype female: 33) Dorsal habitus; 34) Ventral habitus; 35) Lateral habitus; 36) Head, frontal view. 37–39) Periestola strandi: 37) Paracobelura curiosa, dorsal habitus, paratype female; 38) Dorsal habitus, male; 39) Periestola strandi, dorsal habitus, holotype. Figure 39 by Jesus Santiago Moure (deceased).