Axina conspicua Schenkling, 1900

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Axina conspicua Schenkling, 1900

Figures 18 , 45 , 58, 72, 114.

Axina conspicua Schenkling, 1900: 390 . Lectotype. Female. Here designated. Type locality: Goyas, Bras., Donckier (Brasil) (SDEI). Paralectotypes. 4 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Goiás, Collection date not noted, Donckier (FMNH, 1; SDEI, 3). Corporaal 1950: 98. Ekis 1975: 20. There is indication that Schenkling examined more than one specimen in his description of this species, but he did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

Diagnosis. Specimens of this species are superficially very similar to those of A. ignota . But, in A. conspicua specimens the edges of the phallic plates are smooth; they are serrate in specimens of A. ignota .

Redescription. Size. Length 12.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 114 . Color. Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and pronotum sides black, pronotal middle disc castaneous; pterothorax black; elytra bicolorous, humeral angle and epipleural margin black, disc with brown angular fascia at middle and transverse fascia before apex, asetiferous punctures brown; legs testaceous, distal half of femora and tibiae slightly darker; abdomen mostly dark brown. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 60/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/ PL 120/180; elytra, asetiferous punctures not striate, punctures extend to elytral posterior 3/4, interstitial spaces very wide; EL/EW 560/120. Abdomen. Female pygidium trilobed along distal margin ( Fig. 58 ); aedeagus ( Fig. 45 ), phallobasic lobes very short, contiguous; edge of phallic plates not serrate, with two darkened lateral lines; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated ( Fig. 18 ).

Variation. Size. Length 8.0–14.0 mm; width 2.0– 3.2 mm. The brown markings on the elytron disc vary in intensity.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Brazil during October, November, and January, one in an ethanol baited flight intercept trap, one at 330 m, and one at 1,000 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 72 ). In addition to the lectotype and paralectotypes, I examined 83 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Distrito Federal, 30 km SW Brazilia, 6-III-1970, 1,000 m, J. M. & B. A. Campbell; Estado do Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguata,?- XI-1953, Fritz Plaumann; Coordenadas, Sinop,?- X- 1974, 330 m, collector not noted; Estado do Minas Gerais,?-?-1907, collector not noted; Sertão de Diamantina, Fazenda das Melancias , collection day and collector not noted; Santa Victoria,?- II-1972, F. M. Oliveira; Goias,?- XI-1972, F. M. Oliveira; Estado do Goías, Barro Preto, collection date not noted, Ch. Pujol; Rio Verde, collection date and collector not noted; Serra da Mesa, 9-20-XII-1996, A. Franceschini; Minacú, Serra da Mesa, 19-30-XI-1996, L. Moura; Trindade, collection date not noted, Ch. Pujol;?- XI-1972, F. M. Oliveira; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted; Miniero,?-?-1912, H. Donckier; Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, collection date and collector not noted; Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas International Paper, Horto Barra do Moeda, 12-I-1999, Ethanol baited FIT, cerrado fragment, C. A. H. Flechtmann; Estado do Bahia, Santo Antônio da Barra,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol; Barro Preto, collection date not noted, Ch. Pujol; Estado do Tocantins, Palmas, São do Lageado, 17-XI-1992, MCN, MZSP; Fazenda Céu, MCN, MZSP; Cerrado 15-XI-1992, MCN, MZSP; Estado do São Paulo, Fazenda Campininas, Mogi Guacu, 1-8-I-1970, J. M. & B. A. Campbell; Matão-Cambuhy, 22-26-XI-2005, suction trap, Susan Halbert; Regente Feijo,?- X-1945; Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol; Fazenda Campininas, Moqi Guacu, 11-VIII-1970, J. M. & B. A. Campbell. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNH, CNCI, CSCA, CUIC, EMEC, FMNH, FSCA, MCNZ, MNHN, OXUM, SDEI, SEMC, UEPB, USNM, WFBM, WOPC, and ZMHB

Figures

Figure 72. Distribution map for Axina species: A. analis, A. conspicua, A. equestris, A. ingnota, A. ordinis, A. trinalis, A. fortipes, A. furcula, A. megaspina, A. sexmaculata.

Figures 15–20. Male internal reproductive organs. 15) Axina atmis. 16) A. plagiata. 17) A. bifasciata. 18) A. conspicua. Female internal reproductive organs. 19) A. parcepunctata. 20) A. conspicua.

Figures 44–49. Aedeagi. 44) Axina chiasta. 45) A. conspicua. 46) A. fasciata. 47) A. centrimaculata. 48) A. fortipes. 49) A. furcula.

Figures 114–117. Habitus of Axina species. 114) Axina conspicua. 115) A. equestris. 116) A. ignota. 117) A. ordinis.

Figures 58–59. Female genitalia. 58) Axina conspicua. 59) A. fortipes.