Nomenclatural changes, reinstatements, new combinations, and new synonymies among American Cerambycids (Coleoptera)

Authors

Gerard Luc Tavakilian, French Guiana

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

June 1997

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Tavakilian.

Abstract

New synonyms: Protormascabrosa Waterhouse, 1880 and Protorma recurvatum Williams, 1829 = Strongylaspis costifer Thomson, 1877; Callopisma ruficollis Bates, 1870 =Eriphus croceicollis White, 1855; Odontocera cinctiventris Bates, 1870 = Odontocera simplex White, 1855; Tomopterus aurantiacosignatus Zajciw, 1969 =Tomopterus similis Fisher, 1930; Cerambyx spectabilis Voet, 1778 = Cerambyx velutinus Fabricius, 1775; Chion ochraceus Bates, 1885 = Lamia spinifera Fabricius, 1792; Lissonotus shepherdi Pascoe, 1859 =Callidium equestre Fabricius, 1787; Cerambyx pulverulentus Olivier, 1790 = Cerambyx farinosus Linne, 1758; Lamia crypta Say, 1832 = Saperda annulata Fabricius, 1801; Ptericoptus forsteri Tippmann, 1960 = Bisaltes buquetti Thomson, 1868; Ataxia flaviceps Breuning, 1942 =Stenocorus obscurus Fabricius, 1801; Cryptocranium gounellei Breuning, 1980 =Cryptocranium cazieri Lane, 1958; Epectasis grossepunctata Breuning, 1942 = Saperda juncea Newman, 1840; Paraclytemnestra gigantea Breuning, 1974 = Jamesia lineata Fisher, 1926; Hippopsis tremata Galileo and Martins, 1988 = Hippopsis meinerti Aurivillius, 1900; Lamia punctata Fabricius, 1792 = Cerambyx (Lamia) Daviesii Swederus, 1787; Leiopus (Oedopeza) pogonocheroides Audinet-Serville, 1835 = Lamia ocellator Fabricius, 1801; Colobothea velutina Bates, 1865 = Lamia macularis Oliver, 1792; Xylergates dorotheae Gilmour, 1962 = Xylergates elaineae Gilmour, 1962 Colobothea velutina Bates, 1865 = Lamia macularis Oliver, 1792; Pretilia telephoroides Bates, 1866 = Saperda tuberculata Fabricius, 1801; Guyanestola macrophthalma Breuning, 1961 = Estoloides (Estoloides) angustifrons Breuning, 1943; Drycothaea marmorata Martins and Galileo, 1990 = Guyanestola brasiliensis Breuning, 1974.

The following species are reinstated: Strongylaspis costifer Thomson, 1877; Oxymerus lineatus Dupont, 1836; Hebestola operaria Erichson, 1848; Hesycha lateralis Thomson, 1868.

The genus Hephialtes Thomson, 1864 is reinstated.

New combinations: Hephialtes ruber (Thunberg, 1822); Protorma costifera (Thomson, 1877); Knulliana cincta spinifera (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov.; Ataxia operaria (Erichson, 1848) comb. nov.; Paraclytemnestra lineata (Fisher, 1926) comb. nov.; Oedopeza ocellator (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov.; Toronaeus incisus (Bates, 1864) comb. nov.; Pretilia tuberculata (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov. Drycothaea turrialbae (Breuning, 1943) comb. nov. Drycothaea truncatipennis new name for Estola stictica Breuning, 1942 (nec Bates, 1881). Some host-plants are given.