Xalitla genuina Martins, 1970

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Frederick W. Skillman, Jr., 2020, Description of a new species of Xalitla Lane, 1959 (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Neoibidionini) from western Mexico, Insecta Mundi 2020 (765), pp. 1-9 : 5

Xalitla genuina Martins, 1970

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Xalitla genuina Martins 1970: 961 ; Chemsak et al. 1992: 53 (checklist); Monné 1993: 56 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 81 (checklist); Noguera and Chemsak 1996: 400 (checklist); Turnbow et al. 2003: 13 (distr.); Monné 2005: 389 (cat.); Hovore 2006: 373 (distr.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 100 (checklist); Swift et al. 2010: 22 (distr.); Noguera et al. 2012: 621 (distr.); Cervantes Mayagoitia and Huacuja Zamudio 2017: 167 (host); Noguera et al. 2017: 8 (distr.); Monné 2019: 559 (cat.).

Xalitla lezamai Galileo and Martins 2008: 51 ; Monné et al. 2017: 26 (holotype); Monné 2019: 560 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Martins (1970) described Xalitla genuina from Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas), based on two males and one female. Later, Monné and Giesbert (1994) recorded it from Costa Rica, Turnbow et al. (2003) from Honduras, and Hovore (2006) from Guatemala.

Galileo and Martins (2008) described Xalitla lezamai based on a single male from Costa Rica and reported (translated): “ Xalitla lezamai sp. nov. is similar to X. genuina Martins, 1970 by the color pattern and punctation of the integument. It differs by the antennomere III carinate on base, and by the elytra with row of asperous punctures on sides of suture. In X. genuina , the antennae in male have no carina on antennomere III, and the elytra have no asperous punctures close to suture.” However, the differential features pointed out are present in the paratype of X. genuina . The basal carina of the antennomere III is variable: it may be absent, present on extreme base (as in the paratype of X. genuina ), or present on about basal third (as in the holotype of X. lezamai ). Furthermore, the asperous punctures along suture are present in the paratype male of X. genuina , although they are somewhat sparser than in the holotype of X. lezamai . Accordingly, we are synonymizing X. lezamai with X. genuina .

Material examined. MEXICO, Chiapas: 31 mi. SE Comitán , paratype male of Xalitla genuina , 18–19. VI.1965, H.R. Burke, J.R. Meyer and J.C. Schaeffner col. ( MZSP) . HONDURAS, Francisco Moraz á n: Zamarano Central (14°00′N, 87°00′W; MV/UV lights; 2,600 ft), 1 male, 1 female, 24–28.IV.2017, E. van den Berghe col. ( ACMT); (14°20′N, 87°00′W; MV/UV lights; 2,600 ft) , 1 male, 16–17.V.2017, E. van den Berghe col. ( ACMT) . COSTA RICA, Guanacaste: La Pacifica “nr Canas ”, holotype male of Xalitla lezamai , 20–21.V.1985, F.T. Hovore col. ( MZSP) .

Figures

Figures 10–23.Xalitla species.10–11) Xalitla azteca, male.10) Dorsal habitus.11) Lateral habitus.12–13) Xalitla genuina, paratype male.12) Dorsal habitus.13) Lateral habitus. 14–15) Xalitla lezamai, holotype male.14) Dorsal habitus. 15) Lateral habitus. 16–18) Eyes, side view, male. 16) Xalitla azteca. 17) Xalitla genuina, paratype. 18) Xalitla lezamai, holotype. 19–23) Xalitla genuina, female. 19) Dorsal habitus. 20) Ventral habitus. 21) Lateral habitus. 22) Head, frontal view. 23) Head, side view.