Caraphia lepturoides subsp. lepturoides lepturoides (Matsushita 1933
Creators: name: Ohbayashi, Nobuo
name: Lin, Mei-Ying
name: Yamasako, Junsuke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Caraphia
Caraphia lepturoides
Caraphia lepturoides lepturoides (matsushita, 1933)

description: 11-1. Caraphia lepturoides lepturoides (Matsushita, 1933)
(Figs 1–5, 32, 33, 60, 76, 92, 108, 123, 136)
Neosalpinia lepturoides Matsushita, 1933: 304, pl. II, figs. 15a–b (Type locality: Okinawa, Ryukyu, Japan); Kojima & Watanabe, 1960: 39, pl.1, figs. 1–7 (description of larva).
Caraphia (Neosalpinia) lepturoides: Ohbayashi, 1963: 7.
Caraphia lepturoides: N. Ohbayashi, 1964: 38; Hayashi & Villiers, 1985: 25, 26, fig. 1; pl. 3, fig. 6; Chou & N. Ohbayashi, 2008: 140, fig. 3.
Caraphia lepturoides lepturoides: N. Ohbayashi et al., 1994: 270; N. Ohbayashi, 2007, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Diagnosis. Male: BL= 10.2–12.3 mm; EW= 2.6–3.5 mm. Body mostly reddish brown, rather stout. Antennae moderate in length, apical three segments exceeding elytral apex, with scape long and slender, 3.45 times as long as wide, relative lengths of segments from base to apex: 80: 14: 58: 66: 93: 81: 80: 73: 75: 73: 76. Pronotum slightly longer than wide, nearly straightly convergent apically with slight constriction at apical fourth; disk moderately punctured with slight depression at apical third and near base. Elytra 2.59 times as long as wide, with 12–13 rows of foveae associated with suberect scales which are ca 1.5 times as long as the diameter of each fovea.
Genitalia (Fig. 123) with paramere of tegmen 3.57 times as long as basal width, parallel-sided in basal 2/3, then gently narrowed apically, 0.20 times as long as the length of tegmen. Median lobe with dorsal plate slightly shorter than ventral plate; basal struts nearly half length of median lobe. Endophallus (Fig. 136) with MPH distinctly inflated near apical 1/3, well curved dorsally, with dense hair-like fine spicules and a pair of sclerites near base; APH narrowed, with a rod-like sclerite.
Female: BL= 10.6–14.3 mm; EW=3.3–4.0 mm. Similar to male in body color, punctures and scales. Antennae slightly shorter than in male, apical two and a half of segments exceeding elytral apex, relative lengths of segments from base to apex: 75: 13: 56: 60: 87: 78: 75: 71: 69: 68: 73.
Material examined (All the specimens belong to the collection of EUMJ). Is. Okinawa: 1 ex., Mt. Nekumachiji, Ôgimi-son, 24-V-2001, S. Inada leg.; 2 exs, Mt. Nishime-dake, Kunigami-son, 30-VI-1993, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 1 ex., Ôkunibashi, Hiji, Kunigami-son, 2-VI-2000, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 2exs, Sueyoshi, Naha, 6-VI- 1986, K. Shimizu leg.; 1 ex., same locality, 19-V-1989, N. Ohbayashi leg. Is. Kumejima: 1 ex., Mt. Aradake, 5-V- 1978, H. Hiramatsu leg.; 1ex. Nakasato, 3-V-1993, M. Kimura leg. Is. Okinoerabu: 1 ex. Mt. Ôyama, 6-V-1989, Y. Kamano leg. Is Tokunoshima: 1 ex., Hagedake-rindô, 20–22-VI-2001, N. Ohbayashi leg. Is Amami-Ôshima: 2 exs, Hatsuno, reared and emerged on 20-IV-1963, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 1 ex., same locality, 27-V-1960, T. Shibata leg.; 1 ex, Shinmura, 3-V-1977, A. Oda leg.; Ogamiyama, Naze, 30-IV-1977, A. Oda leg.; 7exs, Akatsuchi-yama, 17–18-VI-2001, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 1 ex., Yanma, Naze, 22-V-2014, K. Matsuda leg. Is. Yakushima: 1 ex., Kurio, 10–18-VI-1959, M and T. Okadome leg. Kyushu: 1 ex., Mt. Hoyoshi, Kagoshima Pref., 10-VII-2010, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 1 ex., Cape Sata, Kagoshima Pref., 27-V-1958, M. Miyake leg. Shikoku: 1ex., Okinoshima, Kochi Pref., 28-VI-1956, K. Miyamori leg.; 1 ex., Cape Ashizuri, Kochi Pref., 6–7-VI-1998, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 1ex., same locality, 5-VI-1982, K. Shimizu leg.; 1 ex., same locality, 12-VII-1987, M. Sakai leg.; 1 ex., Cape Koumo, Ainan-chô, Ehime Pref., 3-VII-2006, T. Kurihara leg. Honshu: 2 exs, Adera vallay, Ôkuwa-mura, Nagano Pref., 8- VIII-1996, M. Takakuwa leg.; 1 ex., Odaru, Izu Peninsular, Shizuoka Pref. 5-VII-1959, H. Inoue leg.; 1 ex., Sueyoshi, Is. Hachijô, Tokyo Pref., 25-VII-1992, T. Itô leg.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Islands of Izu, Gotô, Koshiki, Tanegashima, Yakushima, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa).
Remarks. This species has close relation with C. laticeps, but distinguishable by simple pronotal disk, short elytra, or number of elytral rows (13 in male and 15 in female instead of 12). Also similar to C. taiwana, but easily separable by short antennae.
The host plant of this species is Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb. (Verbenaceae) (Kojima & Nakamura 2011).
description: Published as part of Ohbayashi, Nobuo, Lin, Mei-Ying & Yamasako, Junsuke, 2016, Revision of the Caraphiini, New Tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae), pp. 187-217 in Zootaxa 4084 (2) on pages 197-198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1054040