Bisaltes (Bisaltes) buquetii Thomson, 1868

Martins, Ubirajara R., Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2016, Five new species, one new genus, two synonymies, and new distributional records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4078 (1), pp. 320-333 : 329

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) buquetii Thomson, 1868

Bisaltes buquetii Thomson, 1868: 111 .

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) buquetii ( Thomson, 1868) ; for full synonymic list see Monné, 2014b: 373 (cat.). Bisaltes batesi Aurivillius, 1923: 609 (cat.).

Ptericoptus forsteri Tippmann, 1960: 152 , pr. 9, fig. 21a.

Bisaltes (Bisaltes) forsteri ( Tippmann, 1960) ; Breuning, 1971: 284 (rev.). Bisaltes (Bisaltes) fuchsi Breuning, 1971: 284 ; for full synonymic list see Monné, 2014b: 374 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Comparison of the original descriptions of Bisaltes (Bisaltes) buquetii and B. (B.) fuchsi , and photographs of the holotype of the latter with specimens of the former deposited at MZSP allows us to conclude that they are the same species. The description of B. (B.) buquetii sensu Breuning (1971) does not agree with the specimens of that species deposited at MZSP or with photograph of holotype of Ptericoptus forsteri Tippmann, 1960 , that was synonymized with this species by Tavakilian (1997). Breuning (1971) separated B. (B.) fuchsi of B. (B.) buquetii and B. (B.) fuscoapicalis in the alternative of couplet “3” (translation):

“3. Elytra with a very small premedian circular black spot, common to suture................................... B. fuchsi - Elytra without such a spot............................................................................... 4 4. Third antennal article shorter than fourth, the articles 5 to 11darker at apex................................ B. buquetii - Third antennal article slight longer than fourth, the articles 5 to 11 red monochrome.................... B. fuscoapicalis "

In the redescription of B. (B.) buquetii, Breuning also did not mention the presence of a black spot on basal half of elytra. Breuning (1971) separated B. (B.) forsteri of B. (B.) buquetii in the alternative of couplet “2” (translation): However, the comparison of the photographs of the types of B. (B.) forsteri and B. (B.) fuchsi shows, very clear, that the apical third of the elytra in both species are identical. This reinforces the conclusion that B. (B.) buquetii sensu Breuning (1971) corresponds to another species however, we could not identify the species involved. Bisaltes (Bisaltes) fuchsi is considered herein a new synonym of B. (B.) buquetii .