Trichorondonia Breuning, 1965

Xu, Long-Fei, Li, Song & Huang, Gui-Qiang, 2021, Notes on the genus Trichorondonia Breuning, 1965 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), Zootaxa 4991 (3), pp. 593-596 : 593

Trichorondonia Breuning, 1965

Trichorondonia Breuning, 1965: 60 ; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 508 (catalogue); Breuning, 1977: 112 (key); Breuning, 1978:

63 (redescription); Löbl & Smetana, 2010: 213 (catalogue); Lin & Tavakilian, 2019: 224 (catalogue).

Type species: Trichorondonia hybolasioides Breuning, 1965 , by original designation.

Pogonocherus (Neopogonocherus) Lazarev, 2021: 63 . Syn. nov.

Type species: Pogonocherus pilosipes Pic, 1907 , by original designation.

Breuning (1965) created the genus Trichorondonia for T. hybolasioides Breuning, 1965 . Lazarev (2021) created the subgenus Pogonocherus (Neopogonocherus) to include Pogonocherus pilosipes Pic, 1907 . Comparing photographs of the holotypes of P. pilosipes ( Fig. 1 ) and T. hybolasioides ( Figs 2–3 ), we consider these two species to belong to the same genus based on the following features: antennae distinctly longer than body; basal eight antennomeres fringed with long white setae ventrally; prothorax transverse, with a strongly conical tubercle on each side; pronotum with a pair of conical tubercles on anterior sides of anterior half, covered with dense, short, white or pale brown pubescence; elytra elongated, distinctly broader than prothorax at base, gradually narrowed from base to apical third, abruptly narrowed from this point toward apex; elytral apex notched, marginal angles protruded and slightly pointed outwards, sutural angles rounded; each elytron covered with several lines of sparse, sub-rounded and coarse punctures, sparser after middle, with a sinuous dorsal carinae from basal half to apex, and humeral carina distinct from base to apex; elytral surface covered with sparse, erect and long dark brown setae, and sparse, erect and long white setae laterally; femora strongly clavate; tibiae covered with sparse and long white setae.

Therefore, Pogonocherus (Neopogonocherus) Lazarev, 2021 is considered a junior synonym of Trichorondonia Breuning, 1965 .

Distribution. China (Orient, Guangxi), Laos (Khammouan).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. 1. Pogonocherus pilosipes, holotype, male, dorsal view. 2–4, Trichorondonia hybolasioides, holotype: 2–3. dorsal view (Fig. 2 from Breuning 1965); 4. labels.