Pseudosparna flaviceps ( Bates, 1863 ) Bates, 1863

Mermudes, José Ricardo M. & Monné, Miguel A., 2009, Pseudosparna, a new Neotropical genus of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 2056, pp. 63-68 : 66

Pseudosparna flaviceps ( Bates, 1863) , new combination

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Lepturges flaviceps Bates, 1863: 369 .

Lepturgotrichona flaviceps ; Gilmour, 1965: 587 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 81 (cat.); Morvan & Morati, 2006: 30 (distr.).

Redescription. Female. Integument black, head (except two black vittae extending from before upper eyes lobes to occiput), basal half of antennal segment 4, sides of pronotum, an indistinct pale vitta on each side of elytral base, coxae and basal half of femora, testaceous-yellow. Body with predominantly black pubescence. Silky, golden-yellow pubescence covers the sides of pronotum and forms a short line on each elytron at base.

Antennae exceeding elytral apices by 5 segments Prothorax with acute lateral tubercles. Pronotum with sparse punctures on posterior margin. Elytra wth setae covering entire surface; coarsely punctate on basal two-thirds; elytral apices obliquely truncate, outer angles acutely spinose. Urotergite 5 rounded at apex; urosternite 5 truncate and spinose on its apical angles.

Measurements (mm), female. Total length, 7.0; prothorax length, 1.0; prothorax width, 1.9; elytral length, 5.0; humeral width, 2.0.

Specimens examined. FRENCH GUIANA, Route de Kaw, pk 33, 1 female, 1.II.1984 (G. Tavakilian leg.) (MNRJ).

Remarks. Gilmour (1965) included Lepturges flaviceps Bates, 1863 in his genus Lepturgotrichona Gilmour 1957 , which has as type-species Lepturges stigmaticus Bates, 1881 . However, these species are not congeneric, because Lepturgotrichona stigmatica has short stout femora, scape not dilated towards the apex, and rounded elytral apices. Bates (1863) described the female from Pará, Brazil, and recently Morvan & Morati (2006) mentioned the speies from French Guiana.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, Pseudosparna luteolineata Mermudes & Monné sp. nov.; 2, Pseudosparna amoena Mermudes & Monné, sp. nov.; 3, Pseudosparna aragua Mermudes & Monné, sp. nov.; 4, Pseudosparna flaviceps (Bates, 1863), new combination.