Adetus inaequalis
Creators: name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Nascimento, Francisco E. de L.
name: Wappes, James E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Adetus
Adetus inaequalis

description: Adetus inaequalis (Thomson, 1868)
(Fig. 7–8)
Atimuropsis inaequalis Thomson 1868: 163; Lacordaire 1872: 605; Gemminger 1873: 3101 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 294 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 598 (checklist); Thomson 1878: 11 (type).
Adetus inaequalis; Breuning 1971: 306; Monné 1994: 27 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 184 (cat.); Martínez 2000: 95 (distr.); Monné 2005: 279 (cat.); Morvan and Morati 2006: 41 (distr.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 223 (checklist); Morvan and Roguet 2013: 21 (distr.); Monné 2018: 382 (cat.).
Agennopsis cylindrica Bates 1866: 296. Syn. nov.
Adetus cylindricus; Gemminger 1873: 3099 (cat.); Aurivillius 1922: 289 (cat.); Blackwelder 1946: 596 (checklist); Breuning 1949: 17; 1960: 180 (cat.); 1971: 309; Monné 1994: 26 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 184 (checklist); Monné 2005: 279 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 223 (checklist); Wappes et al. 2006: 24 (distr.); Wappes et al. 2013: 10 (distr.); Galileo et al. 2014b: 12 (distr.).
Examination of the holotype photographs of A. inaequalis (Fig. 7) and A. cylindricus (Fig. 8) reveal that they are the same species. The primary difference pointed out by the authors of the two species is the basal segment color of the antennae. According to Thomson (1868), the three basal segments in A. inaequalis are completely ochraceous, with the fourth ochraceous (reddish brown) with a black apex. While Bates (1866) reported the first two segments in A. cylindricus are tawny (reddish brown), the third also tawny with the apex black, and the fourth segment black. Although, it is not possible to be sure about the same antennomere colors in the holotype photographs (the same or not) differences such as this typically fall within the realm of normal intraspecific variation.
Although not previously commented on, a feature clearly visible in both holotypes and the specimens examined, is the presence on the elytra of a small, variable in size, yellowish-white pubescent tuft after midlength.
Known geographical distribution (Monné 2018). Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Pará), Peru, Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), French Guiana.
Material examined. PERU, Junín: Satipo, 1 female, no date indicated, A. Maller col. (MZSP). Pasco: Pozuzo, 1 female, VI.2012, local collector (MZSP). BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz: 5 km W Buena Vista (El Cairo), 1 male, 28–29.IV.2004, Wappes and Cline col. (ACMT); 4–6 km SSE Buena Vista (F and F Hotel), 16–31. XII.2002, Robin Clarke col. (ACMT); 21-24.XI.2003, Wappes, Morris and Nearns col. (ACMT); 17–30. IV.2003, Robin Clarke col. (ACMT). Beni: Vaca Diez (Riberalta, sawmill, 10°59′S / 66°03′W), 9–16.II.2013, Wappes and Bonaso, col. (ACMT); Rd to Guayamarim (25–30 km E Riberalta, @ MV/UV lights), 10.II.2013, Wappes and Bonaso col. (ACMT). Cochabamba: Carrasco (El Sacta, 220 m; beating), 20.X.2011, Wappes and Skillman col. (ACMT); N of Cristal Mayo (Rd to Pando Azul, 3 km N of Cochabamba Hwy; beating), 19.X.2011, Wappes and Skillman col. (ACMT). BRAZIL, Amapá (New state record): Porto Platon, 1 female, 20.VII.1961, J. and B. Bechyné col. (MZSP).
description: Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco E. de L. & Wappes, James E., 2019, Nomenclatural changes in American Apomecynini including description of new genera and species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), pp. 1-35 in Insecta Mundi 716 (716) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3677213