Neocompsa aspasia Martins, 1974

Heffern, Daniel, Santos-Silva, Antonio & Nascimento, Francisco E. L., 2021, American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): Four new species, new records and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 4933 (3), pp. 361-378 : 367

Neocompsa aspasia Martins, 1974

( Figs. 9–12 )

Neocompsa aspasia Martins, 1974: 148 ; Monné, 2021: 547 (cat.).

The description of Neocompsa aspasia was based on a single female from Ecuador (Loja). Martins (2009) included it in a key to South American species of Neocompsa Martins, 1965 , and recorded the species from Costa Rica (Cartago). According to Martins (2009), N. aspasia differs from the South American species of the genus by having elytra not pubescent, unarmed at apex and with longitudinal whitish bands. In fact, in N. lenticula Martins, 1970 , the posterior whitish macula is rounded; and in N. micromacula Martins & Galileo, 1999 , the whitish maculae are somewhat small and subelliptical. In Central America, the most similar species with these features is N. exclamationis (Thomson, 1860) , but in this species the posterior whitish band is hook-shaped.

Material examined. PANAMA (New country record), Bocas del Toro: Fortuna Cabins , 9.7814ºN, 82.1909ºW, 1 male, 30.VII-5. VIII .2019, E.G. Riley col. ( DHCO) . Darién: Cerro Chucantí , 875 m, 8º47’21”N, 78º27’05”W, 1 female, 13-16.II.2012, L.G. Bezark col. ( MZSP) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. 1–4) Placoclytus championi, male: 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Lateral habitus; 4) Head, frontal view. 5–8) Nyssicus granulatus, male: 5) Dorsal habitus; 6) Ventral habitus; 7) Lateral habitus; 8) Head, frontal view. 9–12) Neocompsa aspasia, male: 9) Head, frontal view; 10) Dorsal habitus; 11) Ventral habitus; 12) Lateral habitus.