Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961

Carelli, Allan & Monné, Marcela L., 2015, Taxonomic revision of Phygopoda Thomson, 1864 and Pseudophygopoda Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2007 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Zootaxa 4021 (2), pp. 201-242 : 219-223

Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961

( Figs. 68−73)

Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961: 16 ; Viana, 1972: 294 (distr.); Monné, 1993: 51 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 98 (check); Monné, 2005: 499 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 123 (check); Bezark & Monné, 2013: 164 (check); Monné, 2015: 785 (cat.).

Male ( Fig. 68). Integument dark brown except for legs, antennae and elytra (base and central region of basal 3/4) reddish brown, mid-apical region of last visible urosternite yellowish.

Eyes frontally separated by about 1/7 width of lower ocular lobe; lypeus glabrous. Antennae ( Fig. 68) exceeding elytral apex at antennomere 9, reaching second ventrite; antennomeres 3−5 with row of long semierect setae on inner margin; 6 and 7 with similar setae at apex of inner margin (sometimes extending to 8).

Prothorax as wide as long; with spots of whitish pubescence on sides. Prosternal process about 1/4 diameter of procoxa; mesosternal process about 1/4 diameter of mesocoxa; mesepisternum, mesepimeron, metepisternum and metasternum covered with long, sparse, semierect setae. Scutellum with rounded apex. Elytra with rounded apex.

Pro- and mesotibiae with apical 3/4 densely covered with short, fine, golden pubescence; metatibiae with dense brush of long setae on apical half; pro- and mesotarsi with dorsal and ventral surface covered with short, fine, yellowish pubescence; metatarsi covered with long yellowish pubescence.

Last visible urotergite trapezoidal, with shortest side facing posteriorly; rounded apex; covered with whitish pubescence on apical 2/3; last visible urosternite covered with short, decumbent setae; apical margin covered with short, decumbent, golden-yellow pubescence.

Female. Integument from reddish brown to dark brown, except for yellowish brown legs; elytra sometimes with the same color. Eyes frontally separated by width of lower ocular lobe. Last visible urotergite, triangular, with rounded apex, covered with short, decumbent, yellowish setae on apical 3/4; last visible urosternite trapezoidal, with shortest side facing posteriorly; truncate apex covered with short, sparse, decumbent, whitish pubescence.

Terminalia: sternite ( Fig. 71 ) and tergite 8 ( Fig. 72 ) elongate, merged, with tubular aspect; apical margin truncate. Sternal apophysis elongate, about twice longer than sternite. Ovipositor ( Figs. 69, 70 ) membranous, very elongate, more than 8 times longer than wide; limit between proximal and distal region not evident; apical region with short lobes; apical stylus securiform; spermathecal duct short, about twice the length of spermatheca; spermatheca C-shaped, with rounded apex; spermathecal gland shorter than spermatheca.

Measurements, in mm. female/male. n=4/1. Total length, 8.03±0.32/6.7; prothorax length, 1.28±0.08/1.2; prothorax width, 1.03±0.04/1; elytral length, 2±0.07/1.9; humeral width, 1.13±0.04/1.1.

Type-material. We examined slides (made by Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure) of the male paratype (MAGD) from Nova Teutônia, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Comments. Fuchs (1961) distinguished P. j a c ob i ( Fig. 68) from P. nigritarsis ( Fig. 1) by the absence of the smooth elevations on the pronotum, and from P. f u ga x ( Fig. 17 ) and P. fulvitarsis ( Fig. 16 ) by the general coloration, mainly of the last pair of legs. These features are confirmed in this study. Additional differences from P. nigritarsis are the procoxal cavities closed posteriorly; from P. fulvitarsis , the elytra without a constriction at the apical fifth and the brush of setae of the metatibiae with uniform coloration; and from P. fugax , the mesosternal process about 1/4 of the diameter of a mesocoxa, antennae, elytral margin, metafemora and metatibiae from light brown to reddish brown, and the clypeus glabrous.

The differences among genitalia of females can be found in the comments on P. nigritarsis .

Geographical distribution. Brazil (Santa Catarina), Paraguay. This species is newly reported from Argentina, Corrientes and Misiones, and from Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul ( Fig. 73 ).

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara, Nova Teutônia, 2711’N, 5223’W, 300−500 m, 2 females, XI.1967, Fritz Plaumann leg. (DZUP). Rio Grande do Sul: Sobradinho, female, I.1948, J. Becker leg. (MNRJ); PARAGUAY, Guaira: Villarrica, female, 15.X.1946, Duret and Schade leg. (MNRJ); ARGENTINA, Corrientes: San Tom, male, XI.1945, (DZUP); 2 females, XI.1945, Martinez leg. (MNRJ). Misiones: Concepción (Santa Maria), female, X.1945, M. J. Viana leg. (MNRJ); female, X.1946, M. J. Viana leg. (MNRJ).

Figures

FIGURE 73. Geographical distribution of Phygopoda species.

FIGURES 69 – 72. Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961, female. 69 – 70, female genitalia: 69, dorsal view; 70, ventral view; 71, sternite VIII; 72, tergite VIII. All drawings in the same scale.

FIGURE 15 – 17. 15, Phygopoda ingae Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian, 2004, female holotype; 16, Phygopoda fulvitarsis Gounelle, 1911, male lectotype; 17, Phygopoda fugax Thomson, 1864, male holotype.