Leptostylus neivai Melzer, 1930

Monné, Miguel A. & Cupello, Mario, 2015, On the validity of some species names of South American longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 3981 (3), pp. 360-366 : 362-363

Leptostylus neivai Melzer, 1930 , reval.

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Leptostylus neivai Melzer, 1930: 198 , pl. 17, fig. 15; Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948: 55 (type); Silva, A. G., 1956: 123 (biol.); Silva, A. G. et al., 1968: 403 (hosts); Zajciw, 1974: 73 (distr.); Monné, M. L., et al., 2012: 43, fig. 7 (distr.).

Type locality. Brazil, São Paulo: São Paulo ( Mata do Governo). ( MZSP).

The synonymy between Leptostylus ovalis Bates, 1863 and L. neivai Melzer, 1930 was erroneously proposed by Monné & Hoffmann (1981). The examination of specimens of L. neivai from southeast and south Brazil and Argentina, as well as specimens of L. ovalis from French Guiana, Brazilian Amazon and Bolivia, allow us to revalidate L. neivai .

Leptostylus neivai ( Fig. 4 ) differs from L. ovalis ( Fig. 3 ) by the known distribution, the first one distributed in Brazil (from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina (Misiones), while L. ovalis is known from French Guiana, Brazil, (Pará, Rondônia, Mato Grosso) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz). In L. neivai , the sides of the prothorax do not possess a median obtuse projection and the apical half of the elytra are covered with tawny pubescence, without patches of black pubescence. In L. ovalis , the sides of the prothorax have an obtuse median projection and the apical half of the elytra are covered with grayish pubescence and two anteapical subrounded black patches.

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Encruzilhada (Motel da Divisa, km 965 Estrada Rio-Bahia), female, XI.1970, Seabra & Roppa col. male, XI.1976, same collectors. Minas Gerais: Juiz de Fora, male, XI.1981, G. S. Andrade col. Espírito Santo: Linhares, 5 males, female, XI.1972, B. Silva col. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro (Represa Rio Grande), 4 males, 2 females, X. XI.1960, F. M. Oliveira col. (Floresta da Tijuca), male, 5.II.1981, C. A. C. Seabra col. Itatiaia (Parque Nacional do Itatiaia), 750 m, male, M. L. & M. A. Monné col. São Paulo: São Paulo (Cantareira), male, 7.XII.1941, H. Zellibor col. (Jabaquara), male, I.1952, H. Zellibor col., male, 7.I.1953, H. Zellibor col. (Morumbi), female, 7.XII.1942, H. Zellibor col. Barueri, male, II.1960, K. Lenko col. São Bernardo (Takase), male, 4.XII.1960, W. Bokermann col. Teodoro Sampaio, female, XI.1973, F. M. Oliveira col. Paraná: Ponta Grossa, female. Santa Mariana, 2 males, 7.XII.1949, H. Zellibor col. Santa Catarina: Corupá, female, XII.1943, A. Maller col., male, X I.1949, same collector, male, II.1957, same collector. São Bento do Sul (Rio Vermelho), female, XII.1964, A. Maller col., male, I.1965, same collector. Seara (Nova Teutonia), 15.XII.1941, 2 males, 2 females, F. Plaumann col. Rio Grande do Sul: Santo Augusto, female, X.1966, O. Roppa col. ARGENTINA, Misiones: Puerto Iguazu, female, 27.XII.1980, C. Bordón col. All in MNRJ

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FIGURES 3 – 4. Leptostylus LeConte, 1852 (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) 3) Leptostylus ovalis Bates, 1863. 4) Leptostylus neivai Melzer, 1930