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

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https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.003

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795810

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scientific name

Pseudoplites hamali ( Lameere, 1903 )
status

comb. nov.

Pseudoplites hamali ( Lameere, 1903) comb. nov.

( Figs. 13 View Figure 13 A–C, 14L View Figure 14 , 15O View Figure 15 , 17E View Figure 17 )

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 View Figure 17 ). 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.

Lameere, A. A. L. 1903 a. Revision des Prionides. Septieme memoire. - Macrotomines. Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Bruxelles, 11: 1 - 216.

Lameere, A. A. L. 1916. Trois Prioninae nouveaux [Col. Cerambycidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, Paris, 1916 (15): 233 - 235.

Quentin, R. M. and A. Villiers. 1981. Les Macrotomini de l'Ancien Monde (Region ethiopienne exclue) genera et catalogue raisonne (Col. Cerambycidae Prioninae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Paris (N. S.), 17 (3): 359 - 393, 76 figs.

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Figure 13. A–C: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere); D–F:Teispes insularis (Hope); G–I: Utra nitida Jordan; J–M: Xixuthrus microcerus (White). A, D, G, K: male, dorsal; B, E, H: male, ventral; C, F, I, L: female, dorsal; J: apex of protibia, arrow indicate the single spur; M: head, dorso–lateral, arrow indicates not emarginate eye near antennal insertion.

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Figure 14. Male genitalia, each figure from left to right: tegmen (ventral), tegmen (lateral), penis (ventral). A: Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay); B: Analophus parallelus Waterhouse; C: Anomophysis coxalis (Gahan); D: Archetypus marginatus sp. nov.; E: Brephilydia jejuna (Pascoe); F: Cnemoplites edulis Newman; G: Cryptipus frenchi (Blackburn); H: Eurynassa servillei Thomson; I: Hagrides princeps (Gahan); J: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński; K: Hermerius impar Newman; L: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere).

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Figure 15. A–C: male genitalia, each figure from left to right: tegmen (ventral), tegmen (lateral), penis (ventral). A: Teispes insularis (Hope); B: Utra nitida Jordan; C: Xixuthrus microcerus (White). D–R: ovipositor. D: Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay); E: Analophus parallelus Waterhouse; F: Anomophysis coxalis (Gahan); G: Archetypus marginatus sp. nov.; H: Brephilydia jejuna (Pascoe); I: Cnemoplites edulis Newman; J: Cryptipus frenchi (Blackburn); K: Eurynassa servillei Thomson; L: Geoffmonteithia queenslanda Jin, de Keyzer et Ślipiński; M: Hagrides princeps (Gahan); N: Hermerius impar Newman; O: Pseudoplites hamali (Lameere); P: Teispes insularis (Hope); R: Utra nitida Jordan; R: Xixuthrus microcerus (White).

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Figure 17. Distribution maps based on specimens examined.

IRSN

Belgium, Brussels, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

QM

Queensland Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Pseudoplites