Atrypanius lineatocollis ( Bates, 1863 )

Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2021, A new species and synonymy in Atrypanius Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from the Brazilian Amazon forest, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61 : 3-4

Atrypanius lineatocollis ( Bates, 1863) ( Figs. 1 E-1F)

Lepturges lineatocollis Bates, 1863: 373 .

Lepturgus lineatocollis ; Gemminger, 1873: 3157 (cat.).

Nyssodrys lineatocollis ; Bates, 1885: 412; Aurivillius, 1923: 425 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 618 (checklist).

Nyssodrystes lineatocollis ; Gilmour, 1965: 599 (cat.).

Nyssodrysina lineatocollis ; Monné, 1985: 547; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 257 (checklist); Monné, 1995: 135 (cat.); Ødegaard, 2004: 86 (hosts); Monné, 2005: 101 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006:36 (distr.); Morvan & Roguet, 2013: 8 (distr.).

Atrypanius lineatocollis ; Monné et al., 2020: 25; Monné, 2021: 29 (cat.).

Nyssodrys grisella Bates, 1864: 154 ; Gemminger, 1873: 3161 (cat.); Aurivillius, 1923: 425 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 618 (checklist). Syn. nov.

Nyssodrystes grisella ; Gilmour, 1965: 599 (cat.).

Nyssodrysina grisella ; Monné, 1985: 547; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 257 (checklist); Monné, 1995: 134 (cat.); 2005: 100 (cat.).

Atrypanius grisellus ; Monné et al., 2020: 24; Monné, 2021: 27 (cat.).

Bates (1863) described the pronotum of Lepturges lineatocollis ( Fig. 1E) as“grey, with five black vittae, the middle one much the broadest.” Later, Bates (1864) described the pronotum of Nyssodrys grisella ( Fig. 1F) as having the “surface tawny grey; disk with three dark brown vittae.” Apparently, when describing N. grisella, Bates (1864) disregarded the two outermost bands of the pronotum, which were considered in the description of L. lineatocollis . Examination of photographs of the holotype of both species shows that the number and position of the dark bands of the pronotum are identical in both species. Furthermore, the elytral pubescence is nearly identical on basal half, being slightly different only on posterior half. This difference appears to be only intraspecific variation. As there is no other differences (e.g., body shape, prothoracic shape, elytral sculpturing, elytral shape, etc.), Nyssodrys grisella is synonymized with Lepturges lineatocollis .

Material examined: BRAZIL, Rondônia (new state record): Porto Velho, 1 ♂, VII.1960, Forattini leg. ( MZSP). Mato Grosso (new state record): 12°31′S 51°46′W [Currently, Bom Jesus do Araguaia], 1 ♂, 05.XII.1968, RS/RGS Exp. Brazil [Royal Society/Royal Geographical Society – known as “ ExpediÇão Mato Grosso ”], R.A. Beaver leg. ( MZSP). Specimens examined through photographs: BRAZIL, Amazonas: Ega (currently, Tefé), holotype male of Nyssodrys grisella, H.W. Bates leg. ( MNHN). Pará: Santarém, holotype male of Lepturges lineatocollis, H.W. Bates leg. ( MNHN).

Geographical distribution: Panama, Ecuador, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Santa Cruz).