Pseudoplites hamali ( Lameere, 1903 ), 2020

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 : 71-72

Pseudoplites hamali ( Lameere, 1903) comb. nov.

( Figs. 13 A–C, 14L, 15O, 17E)

Cnemoplites (Cnemoplites) hamali Lameere, 1903a: 43 . TL: (probably) Queensland, Australia. Holotype in IRSN (examined).

Macrotoma (Pseudoplites) inexpectata Lameere, 1916: 233 . syn. nov. TL: Victoria, Australia. Lectotype in MNHN (examined).

Pseudoplites inexpectatus: Quentin and Villiers, 1981: 393 .

Diagnosis. Pseudoplites hamali is morphologically similar to species of Geoffmonteithia, Eurynassa and some species of Cnemoplites . It can be separated from G. queenslanda by having distinct lateral spines on protibia and distinctly longer prosternal process extending well beyond procoxae. It is distinguished from all Eurynassa species by having elongate antennomere 3. Pseudoplites hamali can be separated from Cnemoplites species by having shiny, smooth area on the centre of pronotum.

Types. Cnemoplites (Cnemoplites) hamali Lameere , Holotype female deposited in IRSN, with the following labels “Cbenoplites hamali Lamee. , Type ♀ | hamali Lameere ex. coll. de Moffarts ”.

Macrotoma (Pseudoplites) inexpectata Lameere , Lectotype male deposited in MNHN, with the following labels “ Macrotoma inexoectata, A. Lameere vid. 1916 | TYPE| Victoria | Pseudoplites inexpectatus Lam. Lectotype ♂, Quentin and Villiers det. 1979”.

Material examined ( Fig. 17E). Queensland: AM (3 ♂♂; 3 ♀♀): Byfield , Dec. 1975, F.T. Fricke ; Cairns ; Kuranda , May 1971, R.A. Faragher ; Kuranda , Nov. 1969, R.A. Faragher ; L.M.P.; [no data]; ANIC (7 ♂♂): 2: Smithfield, Cairns , Feb. 2014, J. Hasenpusch ; 2: 14km ENE Heathlands , Nov. 1993, P. Zborowski and M. Horak ; Bucasia , Nov. 2005, K.J. Sandery ; Crystal Falls, Paluma , Jan. 1968, R. Dorson ; Smithfield, Cairns , Jan. 2014, N. Laird ; MV (1 ♂; 1 ♀): Cooktown; [no data]; QM (2 ♂♂; 1 ♀): Cape Hillsborough , Jan. 1979 ; 2: Fraser Island , Dec. 1979, K.J. Lambkin ; QVMAG (2 ♂♂; 3 ♀♀): 2: Maroochy River Resort, Maroochydore , Dec. 2014, S. Fearn ; 2: Rowes Bay, Townsville , Nov. 2000, S. Fearn ; School Road, Buderim , Dec. 2014, S. Fearn ; RDKC (3 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀): 3: Cairns , {from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016}, N. Laird ; 2: Smithfield, Cairns , Jan. 2014, N. Laird ; Bald Hills Stn. Nr. Cookton , Dec. 1986, M.S. Moulds ; Bloomfield , Dec. 2015, S. Lamond .

Molecular data. BioSample ID: SAMN12650112, SAMN12650113, SAMN12650114, SAMN11080877.

Notes. Our examination of both female types found them being morphologically identical and distinguished from Cnemoplites females by the following characters: antennomere 3 long, about 1.5 times of antennal scape and twice as long as antennomere 4; tarsi surface very rough, covered with spines and dense nodules; the whole body more or less flattened dorsally.