Bebelis picta Pascoe, 1875

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2022, New species, revalidation, synonymies, and new records in Bebelis Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini), Zootaxa 5092 (4), pp. 401-428 : 422-423

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Bebelis picta Pascoe, 1875 View in CoL

( Figs 59–64 View FIGURES 59–64 )

Bebelis picta Pascoe, 1875: 73 View in CoL .

Dorcasta obtusa Bates, 1885: 372 View in CoL .

Dorcasta schwarzi Fisher, 1947b: 37 View in CoL ; Bruner, 1951: 86; Zayas, 1975: 219;. Syn. nov.

Bebelis schwarzi View in CoL ; Breuning, 1971: 242; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 186 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 11 (cat.); 2005: 293 (cat.); Peck, 2005: 175 (distr.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 225 (checklist); Thomas & Turnbow, 2007: 586 (distr.); Lingafelter et al., 2014: 316; Devesa et al., 2019: 58.

Bebilis schwarzi View in CoL ; Chemsak et al., 1992: 115 (distr.; misspelling); Turnbow & Thomas, 2008; 16 (distr.; misspelling).

Remarks. Pascoe (1975) described Bebelis picta based on syntypes from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). Bates (1885) described Dorcasta obtusa based on syntypes from Mexico and Guatemala. Gahan (1895) recorded D. obtusa from Saint Vincent Island ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), in the West Indies, and Leng & Mutchler (1914) reported it from Cuba. Fisher (1947b) described D. schwarzi from Cuba and reported that it differs from D. obtusa because it is possible to see in the figure provided by Bates (1885) that the former has black oblique bands near elytral apex, while they are absent in the latter. However, the oblique dark band on the posterior area of the elytra may or may not be distinct, and is present at least in a syntype of D. obtusa . This band is also present in a syntype of B. picta . Breuning (1971) synonymized D. obtusa with B. picta , and separated it from D. schwarzi as follows in his key (translated): “eyes strongly emarginate,” leading to B. schwarzi ; and “eyes subdivided,” leading to B. picta . However, this difference does not exist. Comparing specimens of B. picta ( Figs 59–61 View FIGURES 59–64 ) from continental America with specimens from Cuba, identified as D. schwarzi ( Figs 62–64 View FIGURES 59–64 ), it is possible to see that there are no differences between these species. Accordingly, they are synonymized. As the number of references to B. picta is very large, see Monné (2021) and Tavakilian & Chevillotte (2021) for full references on it.

Material examined (all specimens from MZSP). CUBA, Artemisa: Aspiro , 1 specimen, 3.II.1934, A. Bierig leg. ; Sierra del Rosario, Aspiro-Rangel , 1 male, 15.IV.1934, A. Bierig leg. COSTA RICA, Cartago: Turrialba , 1 male, 11–20.VII.1971, V.O. Becker leg. BRAZIL, Goiás: 1 male, no date indicated, Gounelle leg. Mato Grosso: J. Murtinho, 1 female, XI.1929, collector illegible . Minas Gerais: Machacalis , 1 female, XII.1954, no collector indicated . Espírito Santo: Córrego Itá , 1 female, X.1954, W. Zikán leg. Rio de Janeiro: Estrada Rio-São Paulo km 47, 1 male, 1942, D. Mendes leg. São Paulo: São Sebastião , 1 female, II.1956, A.P. Silva leg. Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia , 1 male, 27º11’S, 52º23’W, VI.1945, F. Plaumann leg. GoogleMaps Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre , 1 female, 1926, P. Buck leg. ARGENTINA, Misiones: Iguazú , 2 females, II.1976, R. Foerster leg. Buenos Aires: Otamendi , 1 male, 3.X.1999, Di Iorio leg.

References

Bates, H. W. (1885) Supplement to Longicornia. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 249 - 436.

Breuning, S. (1971) Revision des especes americaines de la tribue des Apomecynini Lac. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen aus dem Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde, 37 (3), 209 - 335.

Bruner, S. C. (1951) Algunas adiciones a la lista de coleopteros de Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey, 20 (2), 81 - 88.

Chemsak, J. A., Linsley, E. G. & Noguera, F. A. (1992) Listados faunisticos de Mexico. II. Los Cerambycidae y Disteniidae de Norteamerica, Centroamerica y las Indias Occidentales (Coleoptera). Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico City, 204 pp.

Devesa, S., Barro, A. & Fonseca, E. (2019) Longicornios de Cuba (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Lamiinae. Vol. 2. Greta Editores, Barcelona, 337 pp.

Fisher, W. S. (1947 b) New West Indian cerambycid beetles. IV. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey, 19, 29 - 41.

Gahan, C. J. (1895) On the longicorn Coleoptera of the West Indian islands. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895, 79 - 140. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1895. tb 01665. x

Lingafelter, S. W., Nearns, E. H., Tavakilian, G. L., Monne, M. A. & Biondi, M. (2014) Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Primary types of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington D. C., 390 pp.

Monne, M. A. & Giesbert, E. F. (1994) Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, 409 pp.

Monne, M. A. & Hovore, F. T. (2006) A Checklist of the Cerambycidae, or longhorned wood-boring beetles, of the Western Hemisphere. Bio Quip Publications, Rancho Dominguez, 393 pp.

Monne, M. A. (2021) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Available from: https: // cerambycids. com / catalog / (Last accessed 2 November 2021)

Pascoe, F. P. (1875) Notes on Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part III. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4) 15, 59 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937508681025

Peck, S. B. (2005) A checklist of the beetles of Cuba with data on distributions and bionomics. (Insecta, Coleoptera). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Volume 18. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, 241 pp.

Thomas, M. C. & Turnbow, R. H. (2007) Cerambycidae new to Andros Island, Bahamas (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61 (4), 581 - 588. https: // doi. org / 10.1649 / 0010 - 065 X (2007) 61 [581: CNTAIB] 2.0. CO; 2

Turnbow, R. H. & Thomas, M. C. (2008) An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera (Insecta) of the Bahamas. Insecta Mundi, 34, 1 - 64.

Zayas, F. (1975) Revision de la familia Cerambycidae (Coleoptera, Phytophagoidea). Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Habana, 443 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 59–64. Bebelis picta Pascoe, 1875. 59–61) Female from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro): 59) Dorsal habitus; 60) Ventral habitus; 61) Head, lateral view. 62–64) Female from Cuba: 62) Dorsal habitus; 63) Ventral habitus; 64) Head, lateral view.