Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) torresi Cobos, 1959

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2012, A revision of the genera Anilaroides Théry, 1934, stat. nov. and Tetragonoschema Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 3521, pp. 1-38 : 13-14

Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) torresi Cobos, 1959

( Figs. 4 , 58 , 73 )

Tetragonoschema torresi Cobos, 1959: 11 . Type locality: Argentina, Camino de Nahuel Huapí near Lago Posadas, south of Neuquén.

Tetragonoschema torresi: Bellamy, 2008: 1521 (catalogue).

Type specimens studied. Holotype ( Fig. 4 ), (male, MLPA): “ N.[ahuel] Huapi hasta Lago Posadas C. Bruch leg. [h] // Holotipo [red, p] // Tetragonoschema torresi nov. sp. holotipo [h] A. Cobos det. 1.956 [p] // 357 [h, rounded]” ; allotype (female, MLPA): “N. Huapi hasta Lago Posadas, C. Bruch leg. [h] // Allotipo [red, p] // Tetragonoschema taorresi nov. sp. allotipo [h] A. Cobos det. 1.956 [p]”.

Diagnosis. Very similar and probably closely related to the previous species. They differ from each other in the shape of pronotum, size, length of frontal pubescence (see above and the key) and slightly in the shape of male genitalia—Figs. 72 vs. 73.

Length: 3.5–4.0 mm.

Bionomy. Unknown..

Sexual dimorphism. The female allotype differs from the male holotype only in the more intense red-violet lustre of the frons.

Distribution. Argentina, prov. Neuquén.

Note. The aedeagus of the holotype is slightly damaged—terminal tips of parameres and median lobe are missing; this fact is mentioned also in the description ( Cobos, 1959) and this was the reason why the aedeagus was not illustrated. In spite of this damage the general shape of the aedeagus is quite distinct—Fig. 73. The right elytron of the allotype is missing.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Historical types: 1 — Anilara brasiliensis Kerremans, 1897, lectotype, 4.1 mm; 2 — Tetragonoschema (Anilaroides) grouvellei Théry, 1944, holotype, 3.3 mm; 3 — T. patagonicum Obenberger, 1922, lectotype, 4.6 mm; 4 — T. torresi Cobos, 1959, holotype, 3.7 mm; 5 — T. aeneum Kerremans, 1899, lectotype, 4.1 mm; 6 — T. opacicollis Théry, 1944, holotype, 4.2 mm; 7 — T. paraguayense Obenberger, 1930, lectotype, 4.2 mm; 8 — T. tigrense Obenberger, 1947, lectotype, 4.0 mm; 9 — T. alvarengai Cobos, 1972, holotype paratype, 3.5 mm.

FIGURES 55 – 63. 55 – 57. Habitus: 55 — Tetragonoschema (T.) trinidadense Bellamy 1991, male, 4.5 mm, typical form (Trinidad, S. Benedico); 56 — the same, male, 3.5 mm, blue form (Venezuela, Guamacho); 57 — the same, female, 5.0 mm, green form (Venezuela, Maicillal); 58 – 63. 58 — elytral apex of Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) torresi Cobos, 1959 (holotype); 59 — the same, T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882 (Mexico, Michoacán); 60 — the same, T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924 (lectotype); 61 — pronotum of T. (T.) barriesi sp. nov. (holotype), lateral view; 62 — the same, T. (T.) strandi (holotype); 63 — anal ventrite of T. (P.) cobosi sp. nov. (holotype).

FIGURES 72 – 81. Aedeagi: 72 — Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) patagonicum Obenberger, 1922 (holotype); 73 — T. (P.) torresi Cobos, 1959 (holotype); 74 — T. (P.) cobosi sp. nov. (holotype); 75 — T. (T.) rubromarginatum Théry, 1944 (lectotype); 76 — T. (T.) barriesi sp. nov. (holotype); 77 — T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924 (Argentina, Tucuman); 78 — T. (T.) cupreocingulatum Hoscheck, 1931 (lectotype); 79 — T. (T.) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900 (lectotype); 80 — T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882 (Mexico, Michoacan); 81 — T. (T.) trinidadense Bellamy, 1991 (holotype).