Clepitoides anae Clarke, 2009, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Clarke, Robin O. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Clepitoides
Clepitoides anae

description: Clepitoides anae sp. nov.   
 (Figs. 4A, 4B)   
Holotype: male. Size 7.5 mm. Deposited at MNKM.  
 Diagnosis: both sexes of C. anae sp. nov. can be separated from C. gerardi sp. nov. by the entirely yelloworange underside, narrow elytra, and differences related to the length of the antennae, elytra and abdomen; in the latter the base of metepisternum is blackish and elytra broader; male antenna of C. anae sp. nov. just pass apex of elytra and reach apex of urosternite II, male antenna of C. gerardi sp. nov. fall short of elytral apex and reach middle of urosternite II; female antenna of C. anae sp. nov. reach middle of urosternite II, and elytra basal 1/3 of III, female antenna of C. gerardi sp. nov. reach base of urosternite II, and elytra apical 1/3 of II.   
 Both sexes of C. anae sp. nov. can be separated from C. neei sp. nov. by their smaller size and broader candelabrum. The males by the relative length of antennae, C. anae sp. nov. reaching apex of urosternite II, C. neei sp. nov. middle of II; and underside entirely yellow in C. anae, sp. nov. metepisternum black at base in C. neei sp. nov. The females by the relative length of elytra, in C. anae sp. nov. reaching basal 1/3 of urosternite III, in C. neei sp. nov. apical 1/4 of II.   
 General colour: translucent yellow and black or dusky. Head yellow with two triangular, dusky fascia between superior lobes; rostrum pale yellow. Antenna: scape yellow with dusky apex; pedicel black for apical half; antennomeres III-IX yellow with dusky apices; most of X and all of XI dusky. Pronotum yellow with broad, shapely candelabrum. Scutellum black. Elytra yellow, sides from basal 1/5 narrowly black to apex; area adjacent to scutellum and sutural margin black. Entire underside yellow, abdomen slightly more orange, visible tergites more so, and opaque. Legs, including coxae, yellow, except: apex of mesofemoral club and apical 1/4 of metafemoral club, apical half of meso- and metatibiae, pro- and mesotarsi, apex of metatarsomere I and rest of metatarsus blackish. Apex of wings dusky.   
 Structure: Head. Inferior lobes very large (1.9 x 1.6 units) and convex, almost touching, together slightly wider than pronotum; underside moderately carinate with isolated punctures. Antennae long, just pass apex of elytra, and reach apex of urosternite II.   
Thorax. Prothorax one and a half times longer than wide, front and hind borders subequal, sides subparallel with slight apical and stronger basal constrictions. Pronotum convex, sparsely hirsute; disc with alveolate, subcontiguous punctures; sides glabrous, mostly smooth with sparse punctures. Mesothorax with elytra reaching apical 1/4 of urosternite II; narrow, especially apical third; only densely punctured along sutural and lateral margins and at apical quarter; hirsute for basal half, otherwise glabrous; apex slightly oblique and slightly protracted laterally into blunt tooth.  
Abdomen. Long and narrow, individual segments fusiform; length of I-III subequal, V slightly trapezoidal, with foliate sides and horseshoe-shaped depression. Apical tergite slightly rounded at apex.  
 Female slightly sexually dichromatic: General colouration as male except: head almost uniform yellow, black fascia between superior lobes reduced to small spots; candelabrum slightly narrower; sides of elytra black from base of epipleur, but humeri remaining mostly yellow; metatibia black for apical 2/3, otherwise legs same as male; antennal colouration less contrasting, antennomeres IX-XI uniform brown. Wings almost lacking dusky colour.   
 Structure: inferior lobes 1.5 x 1.2 units, interocular space (0.7 units) comparatively small, with 2-4 rows of dense punctures; antenna reach apical 1/6 of elytra, and middle of urosternite II. Abdomen moderately robust, fusiform, widest at apex of urosternite II; V markedly trapezoidal, regularly convex with rounded apex.   
Measurements (mm), 4♂ / 1♀: totallength 6.2-7.5/6.8; length of pronotum 1.1-1.2/1.2; width of pronotum 0.8/0.8; length of elytra 2.7-2.9/3.1; humeral width 0.9-1.0/1.0.  
 Type material: Holotype male, BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, 17°29’96”S/ 63°39’13”W, 420 m, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 5 km SSE Buena Vista, 22.IX.2007, R. Clarke/ S. Zamalloa col., on/flying to flowers of “ Sama blanca chica” (MNKM). Paratypes with same data as holotype: 1 male, 20.IX.2007 (MNHN); 1 male, 1 female, 22.IX.2007 (RCSZ); 1 male, 23.IX.2007 (MZSP).   
 Etymology: This species has been named after Ana Peñaherrera-Leiva for her work on the Rhinotragini of French Guiana.
description: Published as part of Clarke, Robin O. S., 2009, Bolivian Rhinotragini I: New species of ECLIPTOIDES Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2005 new status, and CLEPITOIDES new genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Robin O. S. Clarke, pp. 563-576 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (43) on page 571, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009004300001, http://zenodo.org/record/13308320