Cnemoplites cephalotes ( Pascoe, 1864 )

Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 33-96 : 51-52

Cnemoplites cephalotes ( Pascoe, 1864)

( Figs. 6 E–H, 17A )

Mallodon cephalotes Pascoe, 1864: 242 . TL: Queensland. Holotype in BNHM (examined).

Diagnosis. C. cephalotes can be separated to oth- er Cnemoplites species by the following characters: antennal scape much longer than other antennal segments; pronotum more or less squared, dorsum coarsely punctate without sexual punctures; legs strong and broad. Males can be recognised by the dense and long sexual setae on abdominal ventrites, setal area covering the whole ventrite ( Fig. 6H ); several small spines on ventral side of protibia.

Description. Length 30–60 mm. Male. Antennae short, extending just beyond the elytral humeral angles. Antennal scape longer and thicker than antennomere 3. Pronotum completely covered with dense and coarse punctures; scutellum shiny and smooth. Elytra with coarse and irregular sculptures, without additional small granules. Abdominal sexual setae long and almost adpressed, the setal area almost covering the whole ventrite. Tarsomere 5 elongate, almost as long as tarsomeres 1–3 combined. Female. Mandibles less thick than in male. Pronotum with more or less smooth area medially; sexual setae on abdominal ventrites absent.

Type. Mallodon cephalotes Pascoe , Holotype male deposited in BNHM ( BNHM- 010799747), with following labels “ Mallodon cephalotes | Queensland | Pascoe Coll. 93-30 | Cnemoplites cephalotes Pasc ”.

Material examined ( Fig. 17A ). New South Wales: AM (3 ♂♂; 2 ♀♀): 2: Wheeny Ck., N of Kurmond, Feb. 1992, M.S. and B.J. Moulds; Lansdowne, Feb. 1981, G. Williams; Carningford, Jan. 1963, W. Newham; Gosford, Nov. 1975, F.T. Fricke; ANIC (1 ♂): Moonon Brook, Feb. 2015, B. Lessard, A. Landford, D. Ferguson and D. Yeates; MV (2 ♀♀): Coraki; Inverell; OAI (2 ♀♀): Erina Heights, Feb. 1953 , J.G. Gellatley; Lisarow, Feb. 1952, R. Moore; QM (1 ♀): Barrington House via Salisbury, Feb. 1965, G. Monteith. Queensland: ANIC (2 ♂♂; 10 ♀♀): 3: Kuranda, 19 Butler Dr., Feb. 2016, D.C.F. Rentz; Bluff Rg., Foothills, via Biggenden, Aug. 1975, H. Frauca; Garradunga, Nov. 1996, J. Hasenpusch; Innisfail, Garradunga, Dec. 1995, J. Hasenpusch; Kuranda, 19 Butler Dr., Feb. 2010, D.C.F. Rentz; Mission Bay, Mar. 1993, G. O’Reilly; Mossman Gorge, Dec. 1972, P. Zborowski; Polly Ck., Garradunga, Jan. 1999, J. Hasenpusch; Polly Ck., Garradunga, Nov. 1996, J. Hasenpusch; Tully Falls, Jan. 1972, P. Zborowski; QDPC (1 ♂; 2 ♀♀): Thulimbah, R.A. McLachlan; Burleigh, H. Jarvis; Oxley, Brisbane, Feb. 1980, K. Houston; QM (7 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀): 4: Mt. Goonaneman , via Childers, Feb. 1981, G.B. Monteith; Blackdown Tableland via Dingo, Feb. 1981, G.B. Monteith; Garradunga, Innisfail, Feb. 1991, J. Hasenpusch; Lake Boronto (=Wincheura) Newcastle Bay, Jan. – Feb. 1975, Monteith; Paluma Range, Feb. 1981, S.J. Johnson; Yuleba SF, site 1, Mar. – Feb. 2002, Monteith and Wright; QVMAG (4 ♂♂; 1 ♀♀): 4: The Gap, Brisbane, Mar. 1994, S. Fearn.; Kareeya Power Station , Tully, Jan. 2001, S. Fearn; RDKC (5 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀): 4: Polly Ck., Garradunga, {from Jan. 2011 to Feb. 2012}, J. Hasenpusch; J. Transverse Track, Conondale NP, 1km from Bellthorpe, Jan. 2014, A. Scott; Cathu Lookout, Cathu S.F., Feb. 2016, A. Sundholm and J. Bugeja; Diwan, near Cow Bay , Jan. 2008, S. Lamond .

Molecular data. BioSample ID: SAMN12650098.

Figures

Figure 6. Cnemoplites spp. A–D: C. argodi Lameere; E–H: C. cephalotes (Pascoe); I–L: C. gahani Lameere; I, J: Lectotype, male; K: female syntype (BNHM–010799817), indentification uncertain. A, E, I: male, dorsal; B, F, J: male, ventral; C, G, K: female, dorsal; D, H, L: male, abdominal ventrites 3–5.

Figure 17. Distribution maps based on specimens examined.