Emphytoeciosoma flava Martins, Santos-Silva & Galileo, 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Emphytoeciosoma
Emphytoeciosoma flava

description: Emphytoeciosoma flava sp. nov.
(Figs. 54–58)
Description. Integument dark-brown to black; head, apex of scape, antennomere III and prothorax black.
Head. Frons subquadrate, moderately coarsely, punctate; with short, grayish pubescence not obscuring integument (more conspicuous in some areas depending on angle of light source); with moderately long, sparse dark setae. Antennal tubercles elevated, distinctly separated from each other; pubescence and setae as on frons. Coronal suture barely visible. Vertex coarsely, abundantly punctate; pubescence as on frons; with long, moderately abundant, dark setae. Area behind eyes with wide, yellow band of pubescence obscuring integument, from superior ocular lobe to near middle of inferior ocular lobe; area between middle of inferior ocular lobe, coarsely, abundantly punctate, with pubescence as on frons, and long, moderately abundant setae. Genae as long as 1.3 times inferior ocular lobe; with whitish-yellow pubescence. Distance between superior ocular lobes equal to 0.70 times scape length; distance between inferior ocular lobes, in frontal view, equal to 0.95 times scape length; superior ocular lobes very short, narrow, not totally involving antennal socket, not distinctly separated from inferior ocular lobe. Setae on scape and antennomere III longer ventrally; apex of antennomere III reaching basal one-sixth of elytra; scape as long as 0.44 times antennomere III; pedicel as long as 0.11 times antennomere III.
Thorax. Prothorax subcylindrical, longer than wide; sides rounded from basal one-fourth to lateroanterior angle, with small, spiny tubercle at basal one-third; sides coarsely, densely punctate laterally; pubescence inconspicuous. Pronotum lacking distinct discal tubercles, sides coarsely, densely punctate; with large spot of yellow pubescence, from near apex of basal one-fifth to base of distal one-fifth, with abundant, long dark, setae throughout. Prosternum coarsely, abundantly punctate. Metepisterna coarsely, abundantly punctate; with narrow band of white pubescence on inner side. Metasternum coarsely, abundantly punctate laterally, abruptly, distinctly finer, towards middle; with yellow pubescence not obscuring integument. Elytra coarsely, densely punctate; with indistinct carina from humerus to near apex; apex truncate; with long, moderately abundant setae throughout, gradually shorter towards apex.
Abdomen. Urosternites with grayish pubescence; urosternite V distinctly emarginate at distal margin. Legs. Metatarsomere I as long as 1.3 times II–III together.
Dimensions in mm (male). Total length, 6.5; length of prothorax at center, 1.3; widest width of prothorax (between apices of tubercles), 1.3; anterior width of prothorax, 1.1; posterior width of prothorax, 1.1; humeral width, 1.6; elytral length, 4.8.
Type material. Holotype male from PERU, Piura: Nomara, 27.IV.2012, C. H. T. Townsend col. (USNM).
Diagnosis. Emphytoeciosoma flava differs from E. daguerrei (monotypic genus) mainly by sides of the pronotum with large spot of yellow pubescence (unicolored pronotum in E. daguerrei) and elytral apex truncated (rounded in E. daguerrei).
Remarks. The holotype is damaged, missing left antennomeres IV–XI of left antennae; right antennae; left protarsomeres IV–V; right protarsus; claws of left mesotarsus; left metatarsomeres IV–V; right hind leg; and the abdomen is glued on the label.
Etymology. Latin, flavus = yellow; relating to the color of the pubescent pronotal maculae.
description: Published as part of Martins, Ubirajara R., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2015, Fourteen new species, one new genus, and eleven new country or state records for New World Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), pp. 81-105 in Zootaxa 3980 (1) on pages 102-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/236725