Uracanthus bicoloratus Thongphak &amp; Wang 2007, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Thongphak, Duangrat
name: Wang, Qiao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Uracanthus
Uracanthus bicoloratus

description: <i>Uracanthus bicoloratus</i>, sp. nov. (Figs 19, 58, 94) <i>Description</i> <i>Male. Body length</i>: 23.26–33.12 mm; <i>width</i>: 4.55–6.97 mm. <i>Colour</i> (Fig. 19). Head, thorax, basal elytra, and legs dark reddish brown; antennae and remaining part of elytra reddish brown. Frons and clypeus with dense golden pubescence; vertex with dense white pubescence except a V-shaped glabrous area extending from medial frontal groove to posterior edge of vertex; legs and abdomen with fairly dense white pubescence. Pronotum with 2 distinct longitudinal stripes of dense white pubescence on each side: 1 on disc and 1 near ventral side; the remaining part of disc with fairly dense golden pubescence. Elytra with dense golden and white pubescence; each elytron with a large sub-basal triangular glabrous mark extending from shoulder to basal 1/3, margined with a very vague line of white pubescence; apical area with sparse pubescence, margined with dense white pubescence. Body colour varies from reddish brown to blackish brown, the sub-basal glabrous mark may be variable in size, either reduced or expanded. <i>Head.</i> Postclypeus semicircular to subtriangular in shape and slightly convex, with dense coarse punctures; frontoclypeal suture deep and narrow in middle; median frontal groove wide and deep; distance between lower lobes of eyes 1.67–2.0 × as long as distance between upper lobes of eyes; distance between upper lobes of eyes 1.2–1.4 × as long as distance between eyes on ventral side; genal length 0.36–0.43 × as long as head width immediately below eyes. Antennae shorter than body; 5–10 flattened and produced on one side at apex. <i>Thorax and abdomen</i>. Pronotum about 1.11–1.32 × as long as wide, rounded with a very feeble process at each side; posterior margin about 1.16–1.33 × as wide as anterior margin; pronotal disc feebly binodulose in middle and strongly rugose transversely. Scutellum semicircular, with dense pubescence. Elytra 4.45–5.07 × as long as prothorax and 3.44–3.82 × as long as shoulder width; each elytron with three feeble longitudinal carinae; basal elytra finely punctate; apex widely emarginate and bispinose. Abdomen slender; apex of terminal sternite truncate. <i>Male terminalia.</i> Apex of ventral lobe narrowly emarginate and apex of dorsal lobe pointed; dorsal lobe shorter than ventral lobe; spined region of internal sac 3.45–4.04 × as long as basal unspined region; spined region divided into 2 sections with unspined gap between sections: first section bearing dense long simple spines, with fairly dense multi-branched spines near sides; second section with sparse simple spines (Fig. 58a). Eighth sternite strongly obliquely truncate at side, shallowly emarginate at apex, with long and fairly long setae arising terminally; ventral side with very sparse multi-branched spines and fairly dense cloud-like processes (Fig. 58b). Eighth tergite rounded at apex, with fairly dense short simple spines and multi-branched spines on dorsal surface (Fig. 58c). Paramere short, 1.46–1.53 x as long as wide, cylindrical in shape; apex rounded with long and short setae (Fig. 58d). <i>Female. Body length,</i> 17.17–34.18 mm; <i>width,</i> 3.24–7.19 mm Similar to male but differs in having shorter antennae and legs, and more robust abdomen; apex of terminal sternite rounded; elytra 3.50–3.97 × as long as shoulder width and 4.42–5.17 × as long as prothorax. <i>Ovipositor and spermatheca.</i> Ovipositor short; styli arising terminally with short hairs (Fig. 58e). Spermatheca clearly curved; spermathecal gland long and arising near base of spermatheca (Fig. 58f). <i>Distribution</i> Southeastern Australia (Fig. 94). <i>Biology</i> <i>Banksia, Correa, Olearia</i> and <i>Helichrysum</i> were recorded as host plants of this species. Adults were collected from October to April, May to July and attracted to MV light traps. <i>Comments</i> Lea (1916) considered this new species as a variant (Var A) of <i>U. triangularis.</i> Having examined all available specimens, we found that the 'var A' is different from <i>U. triangularis</i> at species level. It resembles <i>U. triangularis</i> but differs in having the sub-basal glabrous marks on elytra without a distinct marginal line of white pubescence; apical areas of elytra covered with sparse pubescence, and dorsal lobe of aedeagus shorter than ventral lobe. <i>Material examined</i> <i>Holotype.</i> ♂, <b>SA:</b> Wooley Lake, near Beachport, ii.1965, at MV light; terminalia tube pinned with the specimen; bearing a red holotype label (SAM). <i>Paratypes</i>. 29 ♂, 40 ♀. All paratypes bear blue paratype labels. <b>QLD:</b> 1 ♀, Stanthorpe, xii.1964, E. Sutton, E. Sutton Collection (AM); 1 ♀, Lamington National Park, 17-12.ii.1964, G. Monteith and H. A. Rose (UQIC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kilcoy District, 18.ii.1954, S. Gum (QM); 1 ♀, 520 m, Wonga Hills site, 11.xii.2001, MV light, vine scrub, Monteith, Cook &amp; Wright, Coll. no. 10257 (QM); 1 ♂, Beerwah, 20.ix.1935, H. E. Young (QDPI); 1 ♂, Brisbane, (no abdomen) (QM); 1 ♂, same locality as above but IIIidge (UQIC); 1 ♀, Biarraville, QLD, 20.i.1956, J. C. Le Sovef (ANIC); 1 ♀, Carnarvon Range, 10.i.1939, N. Geary (AM). <b>NSW:</b> 1 ♂, Corong (SAM); 1 ♀, Kosciusko, i.–ii.1940, F. H. Taylor (AM); 1 ♂, Ballina, 1.ii.1894, Froggatt (ASCU); 1 ♂, Mellabulla, F. H. Taylor (AM); 1 ♀, National Park, 16.x.1921, A. Musgrave, Coll. no. K44380 (AM); 1 ♀, Botany, no abdomen (QM); 1 ♀, W of Kyogle, Toonumbar Dam, 11–12.xii.1996, MV lamp, D. J. Scambler &amp; J. A. Macdonald (ASCU); 1 ♂, 1420 m, Dawsons Spring, Mt Kaputar National Park, 9.xii.1987, at Mercury Vapour lamp, G. R. Brown (ASCU); 1 ♂, 1180m, Bark Hut Camping area, Mt. Kaputar National Park, 10.xii.1987, at mercury vapour lamp, G. R. Brown and S &amp; B. Underwood (ASCU); 1 ♀, Mittagong, 24.iii.1968, R. H. Mulder Coll. (AM); 1 ♂, Mt Dromedary, 23.xi.1965, Britton &amp; Upton (ANIC); 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Mt. Kaputar, 3000 ft., 30.x.1976, at light, C. W. Frazier (ANIC); 1 ♀, Faulconbridge Ridge, 12.xii.1980, S. G. Watkins Collection (ANIC); 1 ♀, N. Wendilla, vi.1908, out of <i>Correa</i>, Dixon (NMV). <b>VIC</b> <b>:</b> 1 ♂, Grampians, 6.ii.1956, Delly's Dell (SAM); 1 ♂, Grampians, 27.xii.1979, ex light trap, G. S. Taylor (WINC); 1 ♂, Vic Coast, Out of <i>Banksia</i> (WINC); 1♂, 3 ♀, Mordiallac, F. E. Wilson Coll (NMV); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, same locality as above but, 15.x.1950, A. L. B. (NMV); 1 ♀, same data as above but 12.x.1950 (NMV); 1 ♂, Ferntree Gully, 8.xii.1927, A. H. Westly (UQIC); 1 ♀, same locality as above but C. Oke (NMV); 1 ♀, Moe, 27.x.1945, C. G. L. Gooding (ANIC); 1 ♀, 13 miles S of Kiata, Little Desert, 7.xi.1966, I. F. B. Common &amp; M. S. Upton (ANIC); 1 ♂, Springvale, Vic, 1945, E. J. Harris (ANIC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 27 miles N of Yannac, Big Desert, Vic, 27.x.1973, H. Morton, C. F. Crasby (ANIC); 1 ♂, Kiata, Vic, 1.xi.1945, M. W. Mules (NMV); 2 ♀, Noble Park, Vic, C. Oke (NMV); 1 ♀, Cheltenham, C. Oke (NMV); 1 ♀, Deep Creek, Braybrook District, J. E. Dixon (NMV); 1 ♀, Braybrook, 28.iix.1904, in <i>Correa eranh</i>, J. E. Dixon (NMV); 1 ♂, Kororoit Creek (NMV); 2 ♂, Victoria (NMV); 1 ♀, Aspendale District, out of <i>Olearia (Aster) ramculoba</i> (NMV); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Melbourne, v.1901, J. J. Walker (HMO); 1 ♀, Mulwala, D. ii.90 (NMV); 1 ♀, VIC (UQIC). <b>SA</b>: 1 ♂, Lake Surprise Area, Simson Desert, 13.ix.1971, T. F. Houston (SAM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Black Swamp, 8.vii.1963, on flower of grape tree palm, S. W. White (SAM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Grampian, Mt. Difficult Range, 2600 f, 7.ii.1956, N. B. Tindale (SAM); 1 ♀, 22 miles W by SW of Mundulla, 8.xi,1966, I. F. B. Common &amp; M. S. Upton (ANIC); 1 ♂, SA, F. W. Ferguson Collection (ANIC). <b>WA:</b> 1 ♀, Nedlands, 4.x.1955, M. M. H. Wallace (ANIC); 1 ♀, 63 miles E of Esperance (33º51'S, 121º53'E), Thomas River, 20.xi.1969, Taylor &amp; M. S. Upton (ANIC). <i>Other material examined.</i> 6 ♂, 18 ♀. Locality unknown: 1 ♀, Blackburn (SAM); 1 ♀, Coll. no. C446 (QDPI); 2 ♀, no data (NMV); 2 ♂, no data (SAM); 1 ♀, Milis Geppart, 26.xii.1926, J. Masqueem (AM); 1♀, 6.xii.1966, D. A. Dooland Collection, NRPC (AM); 6 ♀, no data (NMV); 3 ♂, 4 ♀, no locality data, 27.viii.1905, ex. <i>Correa speciosa</i> (NMV);1?, no abdomen, <i>Correa ahecesa</i> (NMV); 2 ♀, N Mall, 20.x.1910, Bred by Dixon (NMV); 1 ♂, bred from <i>Helichrysum</i>, Eltham District (NMV).
description: Published as part of <i>Thongphak, Duangrat &amp; Wang, Qiao, 2007, Taxonomic revision of the longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope 1833 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Uracanthini) from Australia., pp. 1-139 in Zootaxa 1569 (1569)</i> on pages 10-12
description: {"references": ["Lea, A. M. (1916) Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species, Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 40, 272 - 436."]}