Steven W. Lingafelter

The Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola, with Diagnoses, Descriptions of New Species, Distribution Records, and a Key for Identification

Abstract n The Prioninae (Cerambycidae) of Hispaniola are reviewed. Twenty-eight species are known from the island, including six new species and a new genus described herein: Elateropsis dichroma Lingafelter, new species, Elateropsis woodleyi Lingafelter, new species, Solenoptera tomentosa Lingafelter, new species, Solenoptera helbi Lingafelter, new species, Solenoptera rugosa Lingafelter, new species, and Derancistrachroma melanoleuca Lingafelter, new genus and new species. Derancistrus furfurosus Galileo and Martins, 1993 is transferred to Solenoptera Audinet-Serville, 1832 as S. furfurosa, new combination; the holotype is determined to be a female, and the male is described for this species. Derancistrodes vittatus (Olivier, 1795) is transferred to Solenoptera as S. vittata, new combination, and Derancistrodes Galileo and Martins, 1993 is a new synonym of Solenoptera. New country records are recorded for Strongylaspis corticarius (Erichson, 1848), Monodesmus atratus Fisher, 1932, Elateropsis quinquenotatus Chevrolat, 1862, Elateropsis sericeiventris Chevrolat, 1862, and Elateropsis trimarginatus (Cazier and Lacey, 1952). The first known female of E. trimarginatus is described. Diagnoses and discussions are provided for each species. A key to all the Prioninae known from Hispaniola is included.

Taxonomic notes on Chinese Lamiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)

Paragniopsis ochraceomaculata Breuning, 1965 and Paragniopsis Breuning, 1965 are confirmed to be junior synonyms of Agnioides striatopunctatus Breuning, 1956 and Agnioides Breuning, 1956 respectively after comparison of types; Monochamus fruhstorferi Breuning, 1964 is a new junior synonym of Annamanum lunulatum (Pic, 1934). Paranamera ankangensis Chiang, 1981 and Mimonemophas multimaculatus Xie Wang, 2015 are transferred to the genus Anoplophora Hope, and the former is newly recorded from Hunan Province.

Second USA Record for Euphoria biguttata (Gory and Percheron) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) and Discussion of Its Distribution

Euphoria biguttata (Gory and Percheron), a striking cetoniine scarab, is primarily Mexican in distribution, with the recently published geographical distribution of the species ranging from extreme southern Texas south to El Salvador and Honduras (Orozco 2012). Of the 463 specimens examined by Orozco (2012) during his revisionary study, 351 specimens were from Mexico. According to Orozco (2012), only a single specimen was known from the USA, cited but not examined by him, from Hidalgo County, Texas (Riley and Wolfe 2003; recorded as Euphoria lineoligera Blanchard, synonymized with E. biguttata by Orozco (2012)). We recently corresponded with Ed Riley to see if there was any further information on the reported specimen or to see if the collection at Texas A&M University contained any more recently collected specimens. Ed informed us that the recorded specimen bears a single, three-lined label: “Hidalgo Co. | VI-17, 1962 | G. Jackson”. Because the specimen label contains no state information, Ed said he had some reservation about that specimen

Ethnoentomological and Distributional Notes on Cerambycidae and Other Coleoptera of Guerrero and Puebla, Mexico

Abstract n This article presents both ethnoentomological notes on Nahuatl and Mixtec language terms as they are applied to Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) and distributional records for species collected during three projects carried out in the states of Guerrero and Puebla, Mexico. Some comparative data from other Mesoamerican and Native American languages are discussed. Indigenous common names are mapped onto current taxonomic nomenclature, and an analysis is offered of the logical basis for Indigenous classification: the exclusion of some cerambycids and the inclusion of other beetles in the nominal native “cerambycid” category. New state distributional records for the Cerambycidae collected in this study are offered for Guerrero: Bebelis picta Pascoe, Callipogon senex Dupont, Neocompsa macrotricha Martins, Olenosus serrimanus Bates, Ornithia mexicana zapotensis Tippmann, Stenygra histrio Audinet-Serville, Strongylaspis championi Bates, Lissonotus flavocinctus puncticollis Bates, and Nothopleurus lobigenis Bates; and Puebla: Juiaparus mexicanus (Thomson), Ptychodes guttulatus Dillon and Dillon, and Steirastoma senex White.

Two New Species of Compsosoma Lacordaire from South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Compsosomatini)

Abstract. Two new species of Compsosoma Lacordaire are described from South America: Compsosoma oculata from Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Refugio Los Volcanes and Compsosoma marcelae from Peru, Amazonas Department, 3 km east of Bagua Grande. Compsosoma alboapicalis Breuning is synonymized with Desmiphoropsis variegata (Audinet-Serville). A key to the 13 known species of Compsosoma is presented.

BOOK REVIEW Evans, A. V. 2014.BEETLES OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. 560 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-13304-1 (paperback). Price: US

Earlier in the summer, I received a wonderful book in the mail. Arthur V. Evans, a most prolific coleopterist, has produced yet another classic. This book entitled Beetles of Eastern North America represents a huge effort to document many beetle species with live photographs and engaging descriptions. This substantial book of 560 pages treats all 115 families of beetles in eastern North America. There are over 1,500 photographs included, and these portray 1,409 species. Except for some really rare or inconspicuous species, or members of very speciose genera, the user is very likely to find most specimens they collect in the eastern United States and Canada represented in this book. There have been other works that treat beetles of eastern North America, but some of them suffer from being very old and nomenclaturally out of date, lacking color photographs, or both (for example, Jacques’ (1951) How to Know the Beetles; Dillon and Dillon’s (1961) A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America; Downie and Arnett’s (1996) The Beetles of Northeastern North America; Arnett et al.’s (2000, 2002) American Beetles). To be fair, these works focused on identification keys, usually to genera, whereas Art Evans’ book focuses on species representation and recognition. In short, none of these earlier books come close to having the impact that Beetles of Eastern North America will have since those works do not bring beetles to life the way Evan’s book does. Also, the book makes the information it presents far more accessible to amateur naturalists with an interest in beetles than the earlier, more technical books noted above. Evans’ work begins with detailed sections on the anatomy, development, and behavior of beetles, followed by thoroughly described methods of collection, photography, and specimen preparation. This is followed by the species treatments (usually four to a page) that include a paragraph of text adjacent to a photograph of a live specimen. With few exceptions, these photographs depict the beetles in natural settings, usually on leaves or a woody substrate. A few beetles, by necessity, were photographed on an artificial substrate or had postimaging enhancements. In nearly every case, the specimens are beautifully illuminated and focused such that all dorsal identifying structures are visible. Art Evans himself photographed more than half of the species included in this work, but he also had a team of 90 collaborating photographers who took the other 50%. The species account text includes all the relevant descriptive information one would consult to make an identification, including the length, coloration, structural characteristics, adult and larval host plants, and geographic range of the species. My struggle to find any weaknesses in this book was almost in vain, and those few objections I levy may seem pedantic; but to be balanced, I mention them here. The two major invasive species in North America, the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, Cerambycidae) and the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Buprestidae) are mentioned only in the introduction. It would seem appropriate that they each would by fully treated in the species account section, along with the other members of their families, especially considering that most of the other, lesser known species in the introduction have full treatments later in the book. Another quibble is why have the cryptic parenthetical number at the end of each species account? I had to search around quite a bit before I found out what it meant (the number is the number of species of the parent genus east of the Mississippi River). Another minor grievance: I would have

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Abstract The cerambycine genus Trichoxys Chevrolat is diagnosed and a new species from Mexico, T. penrosei Lingafelter & Wappes, is described. Trichoxys ochraetheoides Linsley 1935 is a new synonym of T. hirtellus (Chevrolat 1860). Photos of the elytra of all 15 Trichoxys species are provided, along with a key to species. Resumen Se redefine el género Trichoxys Chevrolat y describimos una especie nueva de México, T. penrosei Lingafelter & Wappes. Trichoxys ochraetheoides Linsley 1935 es una sinonimia nueva de T. hirtellus (Chevrolat 1860). Se incluye fotos dorsales de los élitros de las 15 especies de Trichoxys, y una clave para separar las especies. Palabras claves. Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Clytini, Trichoxys, especies nuevas, clave

A new species of Trichoxys Chevrolat (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Clytini) from Mexico, with a key to known species

While describing new species of Tilloclytus Bates from Hispaniola, the first author discovered a synonym involving two Cuban species, Tilloclytus elongatus Zayas (1975) and Tilloclytus rufipes Fisher (1942). Examination of a photograph of the holotype of T. elongatus (in the Fernando de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba) taken by the second author (Nearns et al. 2006), photographs of the holotype of T. rufipes on the Museum of Comparative Zoology website (MCZC 2011), and a paratype of T. rufipes in the Smithsonian Institution collection (color photos of both species also available online on the Cerambycidae of the New World photographic catalog [Bezark 2011]), show that these are the same species. Details of the patterns of pubescence, punctation, color, and other morphology are identical. Therefore, T. elongatus Zayas, 1975 is a new synonym of Tilloclytus rufipes Fisher, 1942.

New Synonymy in Cuban Tilloclytus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Anaglyptini)

ABSTRACT Meringodes Wappes and Lingafelter, a monotypic new genus of Rhopalophorini, is described from Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Meringodes is most similar to Disaulax Audinet-Serville, although it also possesses characters of Thalusia Thomson and Cosmisoma Audinet-Serville. A diagnosis and description of the genus is given and a new species, Meringodes solangeae Wappes and Lingafelter, is described. Images of both Disaulax hirsuticornis (Kirby) and M. solangeae are included to facilitate identification.