Adetus punctatus ( Thomson, 1868 )

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco E. de L. & Wappes, James E., 2019, Nomenclatural changes in American Apomecynini including description of new genera and species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 716 (716), pp. 1-35 : 4-5

Adetus punctatus ( Thomson, 1868)

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Agennopsis punctata Thomson 1868: 154 .

Adetus punctatus ; Gemminger 1873: 3099 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 289 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 597 (checklist); Breuning 1971: 300; Tavakilian 1991: 447 (syn.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 185 (checklist); Monné 1994: 30 (cat.); 2005: 284 (cat.); Wappes et al, 2006: 24 (distr.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 224 (checklist); Morvan and Roguet 2013: 21 (distr.); Monné 2018: 387 (cat.).

Adetus guttulatus Belon 1902: 466 ; Aurivillius 1922: 289 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 596 (checklist); Breuning 1971: 299.

Thomson (1868) described Agennopsis punctata based on a single specimen from French Guiana. According to Tavakilian and Chevillotte (2018) the holotype is a male. Belon (1902) described A. guttulatus based on syntypes (2 males, 1 female) from Bolivia (Cochabamba). Tavakilian (1991), subsequently synonymized both species, which is corroborated by the photograph of the holotype of A. punctatus ( Fig. 9 ), and by a syntype of A. guttulatus ( Fig. 10 ).

Although neither Thomson (1868) nor Belon (1902) commented on the metatibiae in males ( Fig. 12 ) it is distinctly wider than in females ( Fig. 13 ). Additionally, the size, and amount of yellow pubescent spots on the pronotum and elytra varies considerably ( Fig. 9–11 ).

Known geographical distribution ( Monné 2018). Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz), French Guiana.

Material examined. BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: Buena Vista , 1 female, 18–25.X.1992, E. Giesbert col. ( FSCA) ; 1 female, 17–19.X.2000, Wappes and Morris col. ( ACMT) ; 1 female, 23–26.X.2000, Wappes and Morris col. ( RFMC) ; 3 males, 27-29.X.2000, Wappes and Morris col. ( ACMT) ; 2 females. 13-16. XI.2003, Wappes and Morris col ( ACMT) ; 1 female, 16–31.I.2003, Robin Clarke col. ( ACMT) ; 1 male, 1 female, 2–12.II.2000, J.E. Wappes col. ( ACMT) ; 1 male, 15–28.II.2003, Robin Clarke col. ( ACMT) ; 1 female, 5–8.V.2004, Wappes and Cline col. ( ACMT) ; 4 females, 11–12.V.2004, Wappes and Cline col. ( ACMT) ; Potrerillos del Guenda, 1 female, 3-5.III.2011, J. Wappes and D. Thomas col. ( ACMT). La Paz: Tumapasa ( Madidi N. P.), 1 male, 15.X.2004, J. Wappes and R. Morris col. ( ACMT) . SURINAME (New country record), Marowijne: Langamankondre , 1 male, VIII.1965, B. Malkin col. ( MZSP) . BRAZIL (New country record), Rondônia: 62 km SW Ariquemes ( Fazenda Rancho Grande ), 1 male, 6.X.1993, C.W. and L.B. O’Brien col. ( ACMT) .

Figures

Figures 1–13. Adetus spp. 1) Adetus leucostigma, lectotype, dorsal habitus. 2) A. venezuelensis, holotype, dorsal habitus. 3) A. binotatus, holotype, dorsal habitus. 4) A. binotatus, male, dorsal habitus. 5) A. binotatus, male, metatibiae. 6) Specimen from USNM collection with type label of A. venezuelensis. 7) A. inaequalis, holotype, oblique view. 8) A. cylindricus, holotype, dorsal habitus. 9) A. punctatus, holotype, dorsal habitus. 10) A. guttulatus, syntype, dorsal habitus. 11) A. punctatus, male, dorsal habitus. 12) A. punctatus, male, metatibia. 13) A. punctatus, female, metatibia.