Eupogonius comus Bates, 1885

Wappes, James E. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2020, Nomenclatural notes on some currently known species of Eupogonius LeConte, 1852 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) and description of seven new species, Insecta Mundi 748, pp. 1-30 : 4-5

Eupogonius comus Bates, 1885

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Eupogonius comus Bates 1885: 354 ; Aurivillius 1922: 311 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 599 (checklist); Breuning 1963: 504 (cat.); 1974: 15; Chemsak et al. 1992: 119 (checklist); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 220 (checklist); Monné 1994: 29 (cat.); Noguera and Chemsak, 1996: 405 (cat.); Monné 2005: 408 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 247 (checklist); Monné 2019: 582 (cat.); Bezark 2019b: 285 (checklist).

Eupogonius comus was described based on a single specimen from Mexico (Oaxaca). According to Bates (1885) (translated): “antennae black, antennomere IV with basal half, and entire antennomeres VIII and IX grayish.” However, the photograph of the holotype shows that the basal half of IV and entire area of VIII and IX are reddish-brown. In the specimen examined, these antennomeres are entirely dark. The color of the basal antennomeres in other species is somewhat variable. Thus, variation in this species is also expected. Although we did not examine specimens of other species with variation in the color of the distal antennomeres, we believe the light color in the antennomeres VIII and IX of the

holotype is probably an extreme variation, as we did not find any other morphological differences in the specimen examined.

According to Monné (2019), it has been known only from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, to this we add: Puebla (new state record).

Material examined. MEXICO, Puebla (new state record): 13.3 miles NE Tehuetzingo , 1 male, 13–14. VII.1974, Clark , Murray , Ashe and Schaffner col. ( ACMT) .

Figures

Figures 11–15. Eupogonius spp. 11) Eupogonius azteca, male, dorsal habitus. 12–15) E. comus, male. 12) Dorsal habitus. 13) Head, frontal view. 14) Ventral habitus. 15) Lateral habitus.

Figures 59–66. Eupogonius spp. 59–63) Eupogonius nascimentoi holotype male. 59) Dorsal habitus. 60) Ventral habitus. 61) Lateral habitus. 62) Head, frontal view. 63) Latero-oblique habitus. 64–65) Eupogonius nascimentoi paratype female. 64) Dorsal habitus. 65) Ventral habitus. 66) Eupogonius comus, male, latero-oblique habitus.