Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868 )

Clarke, Robin O. S., Martins, Ubirajara R. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2012, Contribution Towards The Knowledge Of Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). V. Reconsideration Of Rhopalessa Rubroscutellaris (Tippmann, 1960), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (22), pp. 255-259 : 255-259

Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868)

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Ommata fulvicolle Lacordaire, 1868:503 (note).

Xenocrasis fulvicollis ; Monné & Martins, 1974:22; Monné, 2005:508 (cat.).

Xenocrasis obscuripennis Zajciw, 1963:254 ; Monné & Martins, 1974:37 ( syn.).

Ommata ( Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris Tippmann, 1960:121 ; Monné, 1993:20 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994:97 (checklist); Monné, 2005:495 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005:123 (checklist); 2006:122 (checklist); Wappes et al., 2006:17 (checklist). Syn. nov.

Remarks: when Tippmann (1960) described Ommata ( Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris he did not provide a figure. The photos of the holotype ( Figs. 1-3 ) of O. ( R.) rubroscutellaris clearly show that the species cannot be assigned to the genus Rhopalessa Bates, 1873 , but is a female of Laedorcari fulvicollis ( Lacordaire, 1868) .

Laedorcari Santos-Silva et al., 2011 differs notably from Rhopalessa , mainly by the broadly open procoxal cavities, and short antennae (in Rhopalessa the procoxal cavities are closed, and the antennae much longer). Other important differences are: in Laedorcari elytral fifth somewhat gibbous, and urosternite V strongly elevated laterally (in Rhopalessa the elytral fifth are not gibbous, and urosternite V not elevated laterally).

Santos-Silva et al. (2011) recorded L. fulvicollis from Peru, Colombia, and Brazil ( Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Amazonas). With the new synonymy, the species is now recorded for Bolivia.

Figures

FIGURAS 1‑4: 1-3. Ommata (Rhopalessa) rubroscutellaris (= Laedorcari fulvicollis), holotype female: 1. dorsal habitus; 2. ventral habitus; 3. specimen’s labels. 4. Rashelapso schmidi sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal habitus.