Crossomeles aureopilis ( Fisher, 1953 )

Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2022, Descriptions and new records in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Central America, Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 39-48 : 44

Crossomeles aureopilis ( Fisher, 1953)

( Figures 4a–d , 5b, 5f, 5j )

Diagnosis and remarks. This species was originally described as Epimelitta aureopilis Fisher, 1953 . This species can be separated from congeners by the elytra shorter, extending to about base of abdominal segment I, broadly rounded apically; metatibiae with dense brush of suberect setae; and genae about 1/2 as long as lower eye lobe. In male specimens examined, the eyes are narrowly separated in front by about 7 ommatidia, while in females they are widely separated by more than 20 ommatidia, or about 2/3 width of an eye lobe. Antennomeres VI –XI of both sexes with small, indistinct sensory pores on dorsal and ventral surface of each antennomere (not reported in original description). This species was described from 13 male specimens from Mexico (Veracruz).

Material examined. One male paratype: “Tolome, Ver., Mexico // July 4, 1941, C.H. Seevers // Epimelitta aureopilis Fisher, 1953 ” ( NMNH) ; 3 males: “ MEXICO, Chiapas, 9-12 km N Arriaga , June 18-26, 1987, J.E. Wappes ” ( ACMT) ; 1 male: “ Tolome, Ver. , Mexico, VII.4.’41 // Col. by Henry S. Dybas // FMNHINS 4087808 FIELD MUSEUM pinned” ( FMNH) ; 1 female: “ Tolome, Ver. , Mexico, VII.4.’41 // Col. by Henry S. Dybas // FMNHINS 4087807 FIELD MUSEUM pinned” ( FMNH) ; 1 female: “ Tolome, Ver. , Mexico, VII.4.’41 // Epimelitta aureopilis Fisher det. J.A. Chemsak // FMNHINS 4087806 FIELD MUSEUM pinned” ( FMNH) ; 1 female: “ MEX Jalisco, Chamela , vic UNAM, 9-19 VII-1993, JE Wappes” ( ACMT) ; 1 female: “ Izamal Yucatan // col. & pres. By G.F. Gaumen // FMNHINS 4087809 FIELD MUSEUM pinned” ( FMNH) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Crossomeles aureopilis (Fisher, 1953), paratype male. a) Dorsal habitus. b) Close-up of pronotum. c) Close-up of head. d) Lateral habitus.

FIGURE 5. Four species of Crossomeles. a) C. acutipennis, paratype male, close-up of head. b) C. aureopilis, paratype male, close-up of head. c) C. copei, holotype male, close-up of head. d) C. oscarcastilloi sp. nov., holotype male, close-up of head. e) C. acutipennis, paratype male, close-up of pronotum. f) C. aureopilis, paratype male, close-up of pronotum. g) C. copei, holotype male, close-up of pronotum. h) C. oscarcastilloi sp. nov., holotype male, close-up of pronotum. i) C. acutipennis, paratype male, close-up of metatibia. j) C. aureopilis, paratype male, close-up of metatibia. k) C. copei, holotype male, close-up of metatibia. l) C. oscarcastilloi sp. nov., holotype male, close-up of metatibia.