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0C7087C0A94EBE2276BEFF53FB01F8DF.text	0C7087C0A94EBE2276BEFF53FB01F8DF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Onalcidion maculatum Vlasak & Santos-Silva 2021	<div><p>Onalcidion maculatum sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 1–6)</p> <p>Description. Holotype male (Figs 1–4). Head capsule dark brown, almost black, except ventral surface dark reddish brown; base of postclypeus and anteclypeus, and ventral mouthparts reddish brown; mandibles mostly reddish brown on basal half, black on apical half; scape brownish on basal third, dark brown on remaining surface; pedicel dark orangish brown basally, dark brown on remaining surface; antennomere III dark orangish brown on basal quarter, black on remaining surface; antennomere IV pale yellow about basal third, black on remaining surface; antennomere V dark orangish brown on basal fifth, black on remaining surface; antennomere VI orangish brown on basal quarter, black on remaining surface; remaining antennomeres dark brown, almost black. Pronotum dark brown, except blackish large macula on each side of anterior half. Sides of prothorax dark brown. Prosternum dark brown on anterior margin, reddish brown on remaining surface. Ventral surface of meso- and metathorax reddish brown, lighter on metaventrite. Scutellum and elytra dark brown, except black macula on area of centrobasal crest. Procoxae mostly yellow; mesocoxae yellowish with brownish areas interspersed; metacoxae brownish. Femoral peduncle pale yellow; femoral club dark brown, except dark orangish brown apex of dorsal surface. Protibiae dark brown, almost black, except central orangish brown band on dorsal and lateral surfaces; meso- and metatibiae dark brown, almost black on basal quarter and posterior half, pale yellow on remaining surface. Protarsomeres I–II dark brown, almost black; protarsomeres III brown basally and laterally, orangish brown on remaining surface; protarsomeres IV–V and claws orangish brown. Meso- and metatarsomeres I pale yellow on basal 2/3, almost black on distal third; meso- and metatarsomeres II almost black; meso- and metatarsomeres III dark orangish brown; meso-and metatarsomeres IV–V and claws orangish brown. Ventrite 1 orangish brown; ventrites 2-4 orangish brown with sides brown (dark area more distinct and darker toward ventrite 4); ventrite 5 dark brown.</p> <p>Head. Frons minutely, abundantly punctate; with yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument, except dark brown pubescence with yellowish brown setae interspersed on central area close to antennal tubercles; with one long, erect dark seta on each side close to eyes. Area between antennal tubercles with brownish pubescence almost obscuring integument, and abundant yellowish-brown setae interspersed, except glabrous central area. Vertex and area behind upper eye lobes with dense yellow pubescence, except oblique brownish pubescent band on each side of central area between upper eye lobes, and sparser pubescence on vertex close to prothorax; with a few long, erect yellowish setae close to eyes. Area behind lower eye lobes with dense yellow pubescence close to eye, pubescence gradually paler toward ventral surface, mostly glabrous close to prothorax. Genae with pale yellow pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous apex, and a few long, erect yellowish setae interspersed. Wide central area of postclypeus with yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, and long, erect setae of same color interspersed. Sides of postclypeus glabrous. Labrum with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, almost absent toward anterior margin, and long, erect setae interspersed on posterior half (setae brown basally, gradually yellowish toward apex). Gulamentum smooth, glabrous, except anterocentral area depressed with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.24 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.51 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.8 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere V. Scape with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence on basal third, more brownish and less conspicuous on remaining surface; ventral surface with long, erect black setae on posterior quarter. Pedicel and antennomeres III–XI with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument (pubescence appearing to be darker on dark area due to the integument color); ventral surface of pedicel and antennomere III with a few long, erect black setae; antennomeres IV–IX with a few long, black erect setae on ventral apex; antennomere III sinuous on basal third. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 1.20; pedicel = 0.11; IV = 0.96; V = 0.85; VI = 0.76; VII = 0.69; VIII = 0.76; IX = 0.77; X = 0.73; XI = 0.69.</p> <p>Thorax. Prothorax wider than long; sides gradually divergent from anterolateral angles to apex of lateral tubercle, convergent behind lateral tubercles, parallel-sided close to posterolateral angles; lateral tubercle placed about posterior quarter. Pronotum somewhat coarsely and sparsely punctate on anterior 3/4, coarsely, deeply punctate on posterior quarter; with arched, large yellow pubescent band centrally on basal half, brownish pubescence centrally between yellow band and anterior margin, Ψ(psi)-shaped yellowish pubescent band on center of posterior half, anteriorly fused with apex of yellow pubescent band, inverted yellowish pubescent band on center of lateral areas, fused with apex of yellow pubescent band, transverse yellowish-white pubescent band close to posterior margin, and oblique, irregular yellowish pubescent band from posterolateral angles to near Ψ-shaped band; central area between yellow pubescent band and Ψ-shaped band with dark brown pubescence (less conspicuous centrally); sides of anterior third with light yellowish-brown pubescence; area between arms of inverted V-shaped band with brownish, slightly conspicuous pubescence; sides of inferior arm of Ψ-shaped band with brownish pubescence. Sides of prothorax with abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument. Prosternum with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous narrow area close to anterior margin. Prosternal process strongly narrowed centrally. Mesoventrite with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, denser laterally. Mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, metanepisternum with dense yellowish pubescence. Sides of metaventrite with dense yellowish pubescence and remaining surface with abundant yellowish pubescence partially obscuring integument. Scutellum with yellow pubescent band on sides of anterior half, dense yellowish pubescent band on close to remaining margin, and slightly conspicuous brownish pubescence on remaining surface. Elytra. Centrobasal crest well-marked, with thick, abundant, erect setae; apex strongly obliquely truncate; about basal third with yellowish-white pubescence and irregular, abundant areas with brownish, slightly conspicuous pubescence interspersed; remaining surface with wide whitish pubescence surrounding two areas with brownish, slightly conspicuous pubescence (whitish pubescent band with rounded brownish pubescent maculae interspersed), anterior one distinctly larger, reaching sides, posterior one smaller, placed dorsally; apical area with longitudinal whitish pubescent band dorsally toward outer apical angle; with long, erect, sparse black setae throughout. Legs. Femora with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, except brownish pubescence on dorsal surface of meso- and metafemoral clubs. Protibiae with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, less conspicuous, appearing to be dark on dorsal surface of posterior half due to the integument color, except posterior half of ventral half with bristly, dark yellowish-brown pubescence. Basal half of meso- and metatibiae with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, and posterior half with thick, short, erect, somewhat abundant black setae, except ventral apical area with dark yellowish-brown setae. Metatarsomeres I slightly longer than II–V together.</p> <p>Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument. Apex of ventrite 5 distinctly concave.</p> <p>Female (Figs 5–6). Similar to male. Differs by the antennae slightly shorter (2.6 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at basal quarter of antennomere VI), antennomere III not sinuous basally, and apex of ventrite 5 truncate. Slightly more robust, elytra widest at middle, while in male elytra widest at humeri.</p> <p>Chromatic variation. Ventral surface of thorax mostly brown; dark areas on ventrites 1–4 distinctly larger.</p> <p>Dimensions (mm) (holotype male/ paratype males/ paratype females). Total length, 7.50/8.00–8.45/8.05– 9.25; prothoracic length, 1.45/1.65–1.75/1.50–1.55; anterior prothoracic width, 1.30/1.40–1.45/1.40–1.55; posterior prothoracic width, 1.55/1.60–1.75/1.60–1.85; maximum prothoracic width, 1.95/2.10–2.20/2.10–2.40; humeral width, 2.30/2.50–2.70/2.50–3.00; elytral length, 5.40/5.35–5.75/5.75–6.70.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype male/ paratype female from COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: Santa Elena, Monteverde area, 29.VI.2017, J. Vlasak leg. (MZSP). Additional paratypes (2 males, 2 females), same data as holotype (JVCO).</p> <p>Etymology. Latin, “maculatus” (stained, spotted); refers to the maculae on posterior half of the elytra.</p> <p>Remarks. Onalcidion maculatum sp. nov. is similar to O. pictulum (White, 1855) (Fig. 7), but differs as follows: body stouter; arched pubescent band of the pronotum reaching about middle; elytral pubescent pattern (Figs 1, 5) different, especially on posterior 2/3, with well-defined maculae.</p> <p>In O. pictulum, the body is slender, arched pubescent band of the pronotum almost reaching posterior margin, and the elytral pubescent pattern (Fig. 7) is different, particularly in lacking the well-defined large macula on posterior half. The new species is also slightly similar to O. obscurum Gilmour, 1957 (Fig. 8), but differs especially by the pronotal and elytral pubescent pattern. In O. obscurum, the pronotum lacks the contrasting areas of yellow and brown pubescence and the elytra does not contain the clearly delineated large macula on posterior half.</p> <p>Monné &amp; Martins (1976) reported O. pictulum from Costa Rica. Unfortunately, they did not provide a list of specimens examined. Monné (1990, 1995) reported only Colombia and Venezuela. Therefore, it is not possible to know if O. pictulum really occurs in Costa Rica, or if it was a misidentification of O. maculatum.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7087C0A94EBE2276BEFF53FB01F8DF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vlasak, Josef;Santos-Silva, Antonio	Vlasak, Josef, Santos-Silva, Antonio (2021): Description of five new species of American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 5061 (3): 476-492, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.4
0C7087C0A94BBE2676BEFF1BFCABFA33.text	0C7087C0A94BBE2676BEFF1BFCABFA33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lethes Zayas 1975	<div><p>Lethes x-notatus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 9–14)</p> <p>Description. Holotype male (Figs 9–12). Integument mostly dark brown; ventral mouthparts dark reddish-brown, except apex of palpomeres yellowish-brown; scape, pedicel brown; antennomeres III–IV brown with dark brown apex; antennomeres V–XI light reddish-brown, with dark brown base and apex (dark basal area gradually longer toward XI; apex of XI brown); apex of ventrites 1–4 yellowish.</p> <p>Head. Frons minutely, shallowly, abundantly punctate; with dense straw colored pubescence and brownish pubescence interspersed on some areas; with a few long, erect brown setae close to eyes. Antennal tubercles, vertex, and area behind eyes with dense yellowish-brown pubescence, slightly brownish on center of vertex close to prothoracic margin, and a few long, erect brown setae close to eyes. Area behind lower eye lobes with dense yellowishbrown pubescence superiorly, glabrous about middle (glabrous area not reaching eyes on right side), then with dense straw colored pubescence on wide area close to eye, glabrous close to prothorax. Genae with dense straw colored pubescence and a few long, erect brown setae interspersed, except glabrous apex. Wide central area of postclypeus with bristly straw colored pubescence not obscuring integument, denser close to anteclypeus, and a few long, erect, thick dark brown setae interspersed. Sides of postclypeus glabrous. Labrum with abundant straw colored pubescence posteriorly and laterally, almost obscuring integument, yellowish centrally, and golden on anterior margin; with a few long, erect brown setae interspersed posteriorly. Gulamentum with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence anteriorly. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.22 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.51 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.3 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at middle of antennomere VI. Scape with dense straw colored pubescence, and irregular brownish pubescent maculae interspersed dorsally and most of lateral surfaces, except dorsal apex with only brownish pubescence, and dense white pubescence ventrally and inferior region of sides; ventral surface with a few long, erect dark setae near apex. Pedicel with white pubescence and yellowish pubescence interspersed, except most of apex with brown pubescence. Antennomeres III–IV with dense white pubescence, and irregular brownish pubescent maculae interspersed, except apex of III with brown pubescence, and apex of IV with dark brown pubescence; antennomeres V–XI with white pubescence, except base and apex with brown pubescence. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.84; pedicel = 0.15; IV = 0.89; V = 0.71; VI = 0.58; VII = 0.55; VIII = 0.51; IX = 0.49; X = 0.49; XI = 0.44.</p> <p>Thorax. Prothorax wider than long; sides divergent from anterolateral angles to posterior third, rounded narrowed to posterior eighth, then parallel sided toward posterolateral angles. Pronotum with three slightly distinct gibbosities, one wide, slightly oblique on each side of anterior half, another on center of posterior half; coarsely, somewhat abundantly punctate, with transverse area with slightly coarser and deeper, more distinct punctures near posterior margin; with dense yellowish-brown pubescence obscuring integument, slightly yellower on arched area close to margins on anterior half, except brownish pubescence close to yellower pubescence on each side of middle, irregular maculae with brownish pubescence interspersed on sides of posterior 2/3, white pubescent macula on center of just before middle, and dark brown pubescence on central gibbosity. Sides of prothorax coarsely, somewhat sparsely punctate; with dense straw colored pubescence, more pale yellowish-brown close to anterior margin and procoxal cavities. Prosternum with dense yellowish-brown pubescence laterally, slightly less dense, yellowish-white on wide central area (appearing to be white depending on light intensity). Narrowest area of prosternal process 0.6 times procoxal width. Wide central area of mesoventrite with dense yellowish-white pubescence on middle (appearing to be whiter depending on light intensity), sparse yellowish-white pubescence on sides. Sides of mesoventrite, mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, metanepisternum, and sides of metaventrite with dense yellowishbrown pubescence, and irregular brownish pubescent maculae interspersed; remaining surface of metaventrite with dense yellowish-white pubescence (appearing to be whiter depending on light intensity). Scutellum with dense yellowish-brown pubescence. Elytra. Subparallel-sided on anterior 2/3, convergent on posterior third; apex strongly obliquely truncate; coarsely, somewhat abundantly punctate (punctures slightly finer and sparser on posterior third); with large X-shaped white pubescence on anterior 2/3 (dorsal surface of inferior arms with irregular macula with yellowish-brown pubescence), small white pubescent macula on each side near scutellum, white pubescent macula along sutural margin from white X-shaped area to apex, interspersed with circular brown pubescent maculae, dark brown macula dorsally close to posterior margin of white X-shaped area, and remaining surface with dense yellowish-brown pubescence, with irregular brownish pubescent maculae interspersed; anterior 2/3 with small, sparse tufts of black setae. Legs. Femora pedunculate-clavate, pro-, meso- and metafemora with their respective peduncles increasing in length; with dense pale yellowish-brown pubescence, and irregular areas with sparser and shorter pubescence interspersed. Tibiae with dense yellowish-white pubescence, except wide brownish pubescent macula on inner side of anterior third (less conspicuous on protibiae), dorsal and lateral surfaces of posterior half with dark brown pubescence, except apex with yellowish-white pubescent macula, posterior half of ventral surface with dense, bristly yellowish-brown pubescence, and dorsal surface of posterior third of mesotibiae with short, erect, thick black setae. Tarsi mostly with brown pubescence not obscuring integument; metatarsomeres I shorter than II–III together.</p> <p>Abdomen. Ventrites with dense yellowish-white pubescence and small areas with sparse pubescence interspersed laterally; posterior half of ventrite 5 with long, erect, sparse dark brown setae.</p> <p>Female (Figs 13–14). Similar to male. Differs by the antennae (antennomere XI missing in both antennae) slightly shorter (2.1 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at posterior quarter of antennomere VI).</p> <p>Variation. Glabrous area behind lower eye lobes reaching eyes on both sides in the paratype female.</p> <p>Dimensions (mm) (holotype male/ paratype males/ paratype females). Total length, 7.60/6.10–8.60/6.90– 8.25; prothoracic length, 1.50/1.20–1.75/1.35–1.65; anterior prothoracic width, 1.60/1.25–1.80/1.45–1.70; posterior prothoracic width, 2.15/1.60–2.40/2.00–2.25; maximum prothoracic width, 2.45/1.85–2.75/2.15–2.55; humeral width, 3.00/2.40–3.50/2.80–3.35; elytral length, 5.60/4.40–6.15/5.10–6.05.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype male/ paratype female from COSTA RICA, Guanacaste: Playa Panamá, XII.2014, J. Vlasak leg. (MZSP). Additional paratypes (2 males, 3 females), same data as holotype (JVCO).</p> <p>Etymology. The name “x-notatus” (Latin, “notatus”, meaning marked) refers to the white elytral pubescence in the shape of the letter X.</p> <p>Remarks. Among the genera with wide prosternal process and mesoventral process, the new species resembles Leptostylus LeConte, 1852, Leptostylopsis Dillon, 1956, and Lethes Zayas, 1975. By the absence of distinct pronotal tubercles, it could not be included in Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis. However, the elytra have the distinct small setose granules, which are absent in Lethes. Comparing the features of the type species of Leptostylus, Lamia aculifera Say, 1824 (= Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal, 1817)), type species of Leptostylopsis, L. terraecolor (Horn, 1880), and type species of Lethes, L. humeralis Zajciw, 1975, the new species agrees better with those of this later species: prothoracic shape, pronotal tubercles nearly absent, etc. Therefore, we are describing the new species provisionally in Lethes. Currently, Lethes is only known from Cuba and Dominican Republic. Although the species of Lethes have no setose tubercles on the elytra, a feature present in Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis, the small tubercles are present in Lethes israeli Zajciw, 1975 (without erect setae). The setose tubercles on the elytra allow separating L. x-notatus from L. humeralis, L. israeli, L. indignus Zayas, 1975, and L. turnbowi Lingafelter, 2020 (absent in all these species). According to Zayas (1975) (translated): “Its members are close to Leptostylus, but have a peculiar shape and appearance, which distinguishes them from them, especially by the lack of tubercles on the prothorax [pronotum], and by the narrowed body wedge back.” Apparently, only the absence of distinct pronotal tubercles may separate Lethes from the species currently included in Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis because the general appearance (including of the elytra) may be the same in the three genera.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7087C0A94BBE2676BEFF1BFCABFA33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vlasak, Josef;Santos-Silva, Antonio	Vlasak, Josef, Santos-Silva, Antonio (2021): Description of five new species of American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 5061 (3): 476-492, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.4
0C7087C0A949BE2976BEFA6FFF16FA33.text	0C7087C0A949BE2976BEFA6FFF16FA33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptostylus indistinctus Vlasak & Santos-Silva 2021	<div><p>Leptostylus indistinctus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 15–21)</p> <p>Description. Holotype male (Figs 15–19). Head capsule dark brown, except brown vertex; ventral mouthparts mostly dark reddish brown, except labial palpomeres II–III and maxillary palpomeres II–IV dark brown (apex of maxillary palpomere IV yellowish); anteclypeus brownish; labrum brownish with dark brown areas; scape greenish, except brownish dorsal apex; pedicel dark brown; antennomeres III–IV yellowish-brown with irregular brown maculae interspersed, except dark brown apex; antennomeres V–VII pale yellow with a few brownish maculae interspersed, except dark brown apex; antennomeres VIII–X brown on basal quarter and apical third, pale yellow on remaining surface; antennomere XI brown. Prothorax and ventral surface of meso- and metathorax dark brown. Scutellum dark brown with yellowish-brown areas interspersed. Elytra mostly greenish, with small dark brown areas interspersed, V-shaped brown band on base of posterior third of dorsal surface, and arched brown band on posterior quarter. Femora greenish, except dark brown peduncle and basal area of club on profemora, and dark reddish-brown inner side of peduncle of meso- and metafemora. Tibiae with brown basal and central rings (slightly lighter on meso- and metatibiae), dark brown on remaining surface. Tarsi dark brown, except dark reddish-brown base of meso- and metatarsomeres V. Ventrite 1–2 dark brown; 3–4 with anterocentral area orangish and remaining surface dark brown; 5 orangish except dark brown sides of basal half.</p> <p>Head. Frons minutely, shallowly, abundantly punctate; with dense straw colored pubescence and brownish pubescence interspersed on superior area; with one long, erect black seta on each side close to eyes. Antennal tubercles with whitish pubescence basally, light yellowish-brown apically. Vertex and superior area behind upper eye lobes with light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous median groove, and narrow whitish band close to it; remaining surface of area behind upper eye lobes with dense yellowish-brown pubescence. Area behind lower eye lobes with dense yellowish-brown pubescence superiorly and inferiorly close to eye, glabrous centrally and close to prothorax. Genae with abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence, and a few long, erect dark setae interspersed. Wide central area of postclypeus with abundant pale yellowish pubescence partially obscuring integument, and one long, erect dark seta on each side. Labrum with abundant straw colored pubescence posteriorly, and long, erect dark setae interspersed, and golden pubescence anteriorly. Gulamentum with somewhat abundant yellowish-brown pubescence anteriorly. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.28 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.62 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.8 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere V. Scape with dense white pubescence and irregular glabrous areas interspersed, except brownish pubescence on apex of dorsal surface. Pedicel with brownish pubescence and yellowish-white setae interspersed. Antennomeres III–IV with somewhat dense whitish pubescence, except brownish pubescence on dark areas; antennomeres V–VI with dense white pubescence, except dark anterior areas with yellowish pubescence, and dark apical area with sparser white pubescence; remaining antennomeres with dense white pubescence, except dark areas with brownish pubescence and short whitish setae interspersed. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.83; pedicel = 0.14; IV = 0.94; V = 0.79; VI = 0.71; VII = 0.69; VIII = 0.69; IX = 0.67; X = 0.55; XI = 0.65.</p> <p>Thorax. Prothorax wider than long; sides with large rounded tubercle about middle. Pronotum with five tubercles, one on each side of anterior third, the most elevated, one of each side of posterior third, another centrally on posterior half; coarsely, abundantly punctate, except smooth area close to posterior margin; mostly with whitish pubescence, slightly yellower laterally on anterior 2/3, except: L-shaped yellow pubescent band on each side of central area; three brownish pubescent maculae close to anterior and posterior margins; brownish pubescence on part of central tubercle; and brownish pubescence close to inner side of each L-shaped yellow pubescent band. Sides of prothorax with abundant whitish pubescence, gradually yellowish toward prosternum, except brownish pubescent macula close to center of anterior margin and under lateral tubercle (pubescence on these areas short and sparse); posterior area with long, erect dark setae interspersed. Prosternum with abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence laterally, sparser yellowish-white on wide central area. Narrowest area of prosternal process 0.27 times procoxal width. Wide central area of mesoventrite with somewhat abundant grayish-white pubescence on middle, sparser, shorter laterally. Sides of mesoventrite, mesanepisternum, and mesepimeron with pale yellowish-brown pubescence and irregular maculae with brownish, slightly conspicuous pubescence interspersed. Mesoventral process with abundant grayish-white pubescence. Metanepisternum and sides of metaventrite with abundant yellowish-white pubescence (slightly yellowish on base of metanepisternum) and irregular glabrous areas interspersed; remaining surface of metaventrite with abundant grayish-white pubescence, except glabrous narrow area close to metathoracic discrimen. Scutellum with dense dark brown pubescence, except somewhat sparse yellowish-brown pubescence on anterocentral area, and dense yellowish-brown pubescence close to margins on basal half. Elytra. Subparallel-sided on anterior 2/3, convergent on posterior third; apex subrounded; centrobasal crest well-elevated, without erect setae, with two short projections, one after middle, another apically; somewhat coarsely and abundantly punctate; depressed from apex of centrobasal crests to just before middle; with somewhat small tubercle on each side of anterior quarter, placed near suture after centrobasal crest; humeral carina distinct from near humerus to about posterior quarter; with two longitudinal wide carinae dorsally, from slightly before middle to about posterior fifth, and somewhat abundant acute tubercles on this area; with wide, arched white pubescent band on basal fifth, not reaching humeri, with two longitudinal yellowish pubescent bands interspersed (these bands follow, fragmented, toward posterior third), brownish pubescent band between posterior half of centrobasal crests, V-shaped white pubescent band dorsally close to suture (apex starting on middle), fragmented white pubescent band from near apex of inferior arms of V-shaped band to epipleura, brownish pubescence on brown bands on posterior third, and remaining surface with pale yellowish-brown pubescence, and white pubescence interspersed on some area. Legs. Femora with abundant white pubescence and also abundant areas with shorter and sparser pubescence interspersed on club; inner apex triangularly projected. Tibiae with abundant white pubescence not obscuring integument on light areas, brownish and whitish setae interspersed on dark areas, except dense, bristly yellowish-brown pubescence on posterior third of ventral surface; with short, thick, sparse black setae ventrally, more abundant on posterior third, and abundant similar setae on dorsal surface of posterior third of mesotibiae. Metatarsomere I slightly longer than II–III together.</p> <p>Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant grayish-white pubescence partially obscuring integument. Apex of ventrite V widely concave.</p> <p>Female (Figs 20–21). Similar to male. Differs by the antennae slightly shorter (2.6 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at apex of antennomere VI).</p> <p>Chromatic variation. Maculae on antennomeres III–IV brownish; basal and central rings of tibiae orangishbrown; ventrites 1–2 dark brown laterally, orangish centrally; ventrites 3–4 orangish except dark brown posterocentral area; ventrite 5 orangish.</p> <p>Dimensions (mm) (holotype male/ paratype male/ paratype females). Total length, 8.10/8.65/8.05–8.75; prothoracic length, 1.50/1.75/1.45–1.60; anterior prothoracic width, 1.70/1.90/1.75–1.80; posterior prothoracic width, 2.05/2.35/2.15–2.20; maximum prothoracic width, 2.40/2.75/2.40–2.60; humeral width, 3.15/3.45/3.15–3.40; elytral length, 5.80/6.05/5.75–6.25.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype male/ paratype female from COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: Santa Elena, Monteverde area, 29.VI.2017, J. Vlasak leg. (MZSP). Additional paratypes (1 male, 2 females), same data as holotype (JVCO).</p> <p>Etymology. The name “indistinctus” (Latin, meaning not easily distinguished) refers to the somewhat nondescript appearance of this species.</p> <p>Remarks. By the prosternal process not noticeably wide, this species appears to be more similar to species of Amniscus Dejean, 1835 than to species of Leptostylus LeConte, 1852 and Leptostylopsis Dillon, 1956. However, species of Amniscus have erect elytral setae, which are absent in Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis. According to Monné et al. (2020): “ Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis are very problematic and the separation between them is nearly impossible. The features pointed out to separate them are questionable, especially because Leptostylus includes species with characters extremely variable as, for example, the prothoracic shape, position and shape of the lateral tubercles of the prothorax, which may even be absent, distance between lower eye lobes frontally, etc […] The characteristics pointed out by Dillon (1956a) to separate them thus become very questionable.” According to Lingafelter &amp; Micheli (2009): “Dillon’s separation of the genera based on the level of tuberculation of the pronotal disk, antennal length, and mesosternal process no longer functioned. These genera are still in need of revision, as are many in Acanthocinini.” As the separation between Leptostylus and Leptostylopsis is nearly impossible using the currently known features, we prefer to describe the new species, provisionally, in the former.</p> <p>Leptostylus indistinctus sp. nov. is similar to L. arciferus Gahan, 1892 (see photographs on Bezark, 2021), but differs especially by the posterior dark band of the elytra inclined backward from sides to suture (inclined upward from sides to suture in L. arciferus), and by the longer antennae in both sexes (shorter in both sexes of L. arciferus).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7087C0A949BE2976BEFA6FFF16FA33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vlasak, Josef;Santos-Silva, Antonio	Vlasak, Josef, Santos-Silva, Antonio (2021): Description of five new species of American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 5061 (3): 476-492, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.4
0C7087C0A946BE2D76BEFA62FF01FEB3.text	0C7087C0A946BE2D76BEFA62FF01FEB3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptostylus guianensis Vlasak & Santos-Silva 2021	<div><p>Leptostylus guianensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 22–27)</p> <p>Description. Holotype male (Figs 22–25). Head capsule dark brown, except reddish-brown ventral surface; ventral mouthparts reddish-brown, except dark brown palpomeres (apex of maxillary palpomere IV and labial palpomere III reddish brown); anteclypeus brownish; labrum brownish posteriorly, slightly lighter toward anterior margin; scape reddish brown, except dark brown dorsal apex; pedicel reddish brown basally, gradually dark brown toward apex; antennomeres III–IV reddish brown, except dark brown apex; antennomeres V–X reddish brown basally, dark brown apically, pale yellow on wide central area; antennomere XI reddish brown. Pronotum and sides of prothorax dark brown; prosternum and prosternal process reddish brown. Mesoventrite light brown, except orangish-brown area near mesocoxae; mesoventral process mostly orangish brown, except brown margins, and yellowish-brown apical tabs; mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, metanepisternum, and narrow sides of metaventrite dark brown; remaining surface of metaventrite reddish brown. Scutellum dark brown. Elytra mostly dark brown, with central area reddish brown from scutellum (this area gradually widened from anterior third), and light reddish brown on posterior fifth; sides of anterior 2/3 mostly blackish. Meso- and metafemora reddish brown on peduncle and part of club, dark brown on remaining surface of club; mesofemora mostly reddish brown, with large dark brown macula on sides of club. Tibiae reddish brown on about basal half, dark brown on remaining surface. Tarsi mostly dark brown. Ventrites mostly reddish brown, with some areas brown, especially sides of ventrite 5.</p> <p>Head. Frons finely, shallowly, abundantly punctate; with abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument, and two transverse, irregular brownish pubescent bands between eyes, another between frontal area of antennal tubercles; with one long, erect dark seta on each side close to eyes. Antennal tubercles with pale yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument on basal half, brownish on distal half. Area between antennal tubercles and upper eye lobes with abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous median groove; central area of vertex between posterior margin of eyes and prothorax with pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument; remaining surface of vertex and superior area behind upper eye lobes with brownish pubescence not obscuring integument; remaining surface behind upper eye lobes and behind connection between lobes with dense pale yellow pubescence. Area behind lower eye lobes with dense, pale yellow pubescence superiorly close to eye, followed by glabrous area close to eye, dense pale yellow pubescent macula, and sparse pale yellow pubescence not obscuring integument toward ventral surface; area close to prothorax glabrous. Genae with somewhat abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous apex; with a few long, erect dark setae interspersed between the pubescence. Wide central area of postclypeus with somewhat abundant pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, and long, erect dark setae interspersed. Labrum with pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument posteriorly, and long, erect dark setae interspersed, almost glabrous anteriorly, except anterior margin with fringe of yellow setae. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous, except anterior region narrowly depressed, with pale yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.25 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.51 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.55 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at middle of antennomere VI. Scape with dense white pubescence and abundant nearly glabrous areas interspersed, except dorsal apex with brownish pubescence. Pedicel and antennomeres III–IV with minute very sparse yellowish pubescence; antennomeres V–X with dense white pubescence on light central area, sparse, brownish, with short white setae interspersed on dark areas; antennomere XI with light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, and short white setae interspersed. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.89; pedicel = 0.15; IV = 1.00; V = 0.83; VI = 0.70; VII = 0.67; VIII = 0.65; IX = 0.65; X = 0.63; XI = 0.61.</p> <p>Thorax. Prothorax distinctly wider than long; sides gradually divergent from anterolateral angles to large, nearly rounded tubercle after middle, parallel-sided close to posterolateral angles. Pronotum with three very slightly elevated tubercles, one on each side of anterior third, another centrally on posterior half; coarsely, somewhat abundantly punctate; with dense white pubescence, except narrow, longitudinal brownish pubescent band from anterior to posterior margin, narrow, transverse brownish pubescent band close to anterior margin, and short, longitudinal brownish pubescent band on each side of middle on anterior third. Sides of prothorax with dense white pubescence close to pronotum and dark pubescence on remaining surface. Prosternum with pale yellowish-brown pubescence laterally (inferiorly forming longitudinal band); remaining surface with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument. Prosternal process with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument; narrowest area 0.25 times procoxal width. Mesoventrite with somewhat sparse yellowish-white pubescence; mesoventral process with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument. Mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, and metanepisternum with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence. Sides of metaventrite with abundant yellowishbrown pubescence and irregular maculae with brownish pubescence interspersed; remaining surface with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, whiter toward central apex. Scutellum with central, longitudinal white pubescent band, and sides with brownish pubescence. Elytra. Subparallel-sided on anterior 2/3, convergent on posterior third; apex subrounded; centrobasal crest slightly elevated, dorsally tuberculate; with small, sparse tubercles throughout, nearly all with short dark setae; dorsal surface with dense white pubescence on dark area, mostly yellowish on basal third of light central area, except white pubescence close to suture and interspersed about middle of this area; light central area on posterior 2/3 mostly with yellowish-brown pubescence, longitudinal white pubescent bands interspersed on posterior third, more irregular on posterior fifth, and subelliptical dark brown pubescent macula just after middle; sides of basal 2/3 with dark brown pubescence, and sides of posterior third with white pubescence. Legs. Pro- and mesofemoral peduncle with white pubescence not obscuring integument; pro- and mesofemoral club with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence on lighter areas, brownish on dark area; metafemoral peduncle with yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, club with abundant white pubescence on lighter areas, brownish on dark areas. Tibiae mostly with white pubescence on basal half, and dark pubescence on posterior half; ventral surface with short, erect dark setae, more abundant toward apex; posterior third of dorsal surface of mesotibiae with short, erect, thick, abundant black setae. Metatarsomere I about as long as II–III together.</p> <p>Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant white pubescence not obscuring integument.</p> <p>Female (Figs 26–27). Similar to male. Differs by the antennae slightly shorter (2.4 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at posterior quarter of antennomere VI).</p> <p>Dimensions (mm) (holotype male/ paratype female). Total length, 5.40/5.60; prothoracic length, 1.10/1.10; anterior prothoracic width, 1.05/1.10; posterior prothoracic width, 1.30/1.35; maximum prothoracic width, 1.55/1.60; humeral width, 1.85/1.90; elytral length, 3.70/3.95.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype male from FRENCH GUIANA: Camp Caimans, Kaw Mt. 26.VII-7.IX.2019, J. Vlasak leg. (MZSP). Paratype males (4) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (AACP): PK 37 (1 km from the track) light trap, Route de Kaw, 09.IX.1999, Alain Audureau leg.; PK 37.5 light trap, Route de Kaw, 18.IX.2001, Alain Audureau leg.; PK 32 light trap, Route de Kaw, 21-28.X.2003, Alain &amp; Sylvaine Audureau leg.; PK 27 light trap, Route de Kaw, 05.VII.2017, Alain Audureau leg. Paratype males (3) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (JLGC): 04.X.1999, piège lumineux (UV), piste de Bélizon PK 15, JL Giuglaris &amp; J Hulin leg.; 10.I.2005, piège lumineux (UV), piste de Bélizon PK 15 G15, J.L. Giuglaris leg.; 26.XI.2006, ex larva, Bélizon, J.L. Giuglaris leg. Paratype males (2, the same locality) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (OMCO): Route de Kaw PK 43, 18.X.1992, piège lumineux, Jean Aimé Cerda leg. Paratype female from FRENCH GUIANA: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-52.17031&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=4.55033" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -52.17031/lat 4.55033)">Amazone Nature Lodge</a>, Kaw Rd. 6, 4.550330, -52.170310, 11-23.VIII.2017, Morris &amp; Wappes leg. (RFMC). Paratype females (3) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (AACP): PK 32 light trap, Route de Kaw, 29-31.VIII.2005, Alain Audureau leg.; ex larva, Route de Kaw, XI.2006, Jean Louis Giuglaris leg.; PK 36-37 light trap; Route de Kaw, 04-13.IX.2010, Alain &amp; Sylvaine Audureau leg. Paratype females (2) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (JLGC): 06.XI.1994, piège lumineux (UV), route de Kaw PK 41, JL Giuglaris leg.; 30.I.1998, piège lumineux (UV), RD06 PK 45, J.L. Giuglaris &amp; J. Hulin leg. Paratype females (6) all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (OMCO): Route de Kaw PK 27, 15.II.1986, piège lumineux, Odette Morvan leg.; Route de Kaw PK 45, 25.XII.1986, piège lumineux, Odette Morvan leg.; Route de Kaw PK 45, 1.I.1987, piège lumineux, Jean Marie Baloup leg.; Route de Kaw PK 33, 6.XII.1986, piège lumineux, Johannes Chacun Francoz leg.; Route de Kaw PK 37.5, 4.IX.1999, piège lumineux, Odette Morvan leg. (2 specimens). Paratype (sex not determined) from FRENCH GUIANA: Saint Georges de l’Oyapock PK 1.5 (pont), 23.IX.2006, piège lumineux, Jean Philippe Champenois leg. (OMCO). Paratype (1, sex not determined), FRENCH GUIANA: Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 28.V.2016, light trap, Frédéric Robin coll. (FRC). Paratypes (18, sex not determined): all from FRENCH GUIANA, all in (PHDC), all Pierre-Henri Dalens leg.: piste de Bélizon pk15+17 (Régina), 10.II.2005, light trap; Route de Kaw pk29 (Roura), 27.II.2007, ex larva; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 09.IX.2012, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 10.VIII.2013, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 17.VIII.2013, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 11.I.2014, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 15.VIII.2014, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 17.I.2015, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 12.XII.2015, automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 08.IX.2018, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 17.XI.2018, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 26.I.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 08.II.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 18.V.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 25.V.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 27.VII.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Montagne des Chevaux (Roura), 26.X.2019, canopy automatic light trap; Savane Flèche (Iracoubo), 22.XII.2020, automatic light trap.</p> <p>Etymology. The name refers to the type locality of the species.</p> <p>Remarks. Leptostylus guianensis sp. nov. is somewhat aberrant to this genus due to the pronotal tubercles only slightly developed. However, as it is very similar to L. cretatellus Bates, 1863 (Figs 28–29), we are describing the new species in this genus. It differs from L. cretatellus as follows: body slender; posterior area of the elytra with yellowish-brown pubescence distinctly more acutely and more distinctly projected toward anterior area; narrowest area of the prosternal process slender (0.25 times procoxal width). In L. cretatellus, the body is stouter, the posterior area of the elytra with yellowish-brown pubescence is more triangular and less projected toward anterior area, and the narrowest area of the prosternal process is wider (0.4 times procoxal width).</p> <p>According to Monné et al. (2013) on L. cretatellus (translated): “Specimens from French Guiana were not examined, although the species was recorded for this area by Monné &amp; Giesbert (1994).” However, we already saw photographs of specimens of L. cretatellus collected in French Guiana, confirming the occurrence of the species there.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7087C0A946BE2D76BEFA62FF01FEB3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vlasak, Josef;Santos-Silva, Antonio	Vlasak, Josef, Santos-Silva, Antonio (2021): Description of five new species of American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 5061 (3): 476-492, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.4
0C7087C0A942BE2F76BEFEEFFE36F9FF.text	0C7087C0A942BE2F76BEFEEFFE36F9FF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trichotithonus thomasvlasaki Vlasak & Santos-Silva 2021	<div><p>Trichotithonus thomasvlasaki sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 30–33)</p> <p>Description. Holotype female. Head capsule dark brown, except ventral surface brown anteriorly, gradually reddish brown toward prothorax; ventral mouthparts, anteclypeus, and labrum reddish brown; antennae dark reddish brown, except orangish-brown basal quarter of antennomere III, and pale yellow basal quarter of antennomeres IV–XI. Pronotum reddish brown anteriorly and posteriorly, dark brown on wide central area, except circular black macula on each side of anterior third, and almost black macula on each side of middle; sides of prothorax dark brown; prosternum dark brown laterally, reddish brown centrally; prosternal process reddish brown; ventral surface of mesothorax dark brown laterally, dark reddish brown centrally; ventral surface of metathorax dark brown, except anterocentral area slightly dark reddish brown, and reddish brown area close to metacoxal cavities. Elytra greenish, lighter on posterior third, except Y-shaped black band on center of anterior third, irregular, somewhat fragmented V-shaped black band slightly before middle of central area, irregular black macula on each side of anterior third, oblique, large dark brown band on each side of posterior half, surrounded by irregular, fragmented black band, and small, brownish maculae interspersed. Femoral peduncle pale yellow and femoral club dark brown. Tibiae dark brown except pale yellow central ring. Tarsomeres I pale yellow on basal 2/3, dark brown on posterior third; tarsomeres II dark brown; tarsomeres III dark brown basally, somewhat dark reddish brown toward apex; tarsomeres IV and basal area of V dark reddish brown, and remaining surface of V dark brown; tarsal claws reddish brown. Ventrites 1–4 orangish brown, except large dark brown macula laterally, which does not reach apex; ventrite 5 dark brown laterally, orangish-brown centrally.</p> <p>Head. Frons finely, shallowly, abundantly punctate; with straw colored pubescence partially obscuring integument (slightly yellowish brown along median groove), and long, erect setae interspersed laterally (setae dark brown basally, gradually yellowish toward apex). Antennal tubercles with brownish pubescence basally, yellowish-brown on wide central area, and dark brown apically. Area between antennal tubercles with dense straw colored pubescence; remaining surface of vertex and area behind upper eye lobes with dense light yellowish-brown pubescence, except brownish pubescent macula on each side of central area of vertex close to prothorax; with a few long, erect, brownish setae close to eyes. Area behind lower eye lobes with dense yellowish-brown pubescence close to eye, and a few long, erect setae interspersed, glabrous on remaining surface. Genae with abundant light yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument, except glabrous apex, and a few long, erect setae interspersed (setae dark basally, gradually yellowish toward apex). Wide central area of postclypeus with abundant, bristly straw colored pubescence partially obscuring integument, and long, erect yellowish setae close to anteclypeus. Sides of postclypeus glabrous. Labrum with sparse yellowish-white pubescence posteriorly, and long, erect, mostly yellowish setae interspersed, almost glabrous anteriorly, except fringe of sparse yellowish setae close to anterior margin. Gulamentum smooth, glabrous, except anterior region narrowly depressed, with yellowish-brown pubescence not obscuring integument. Distance between upper eye lobes 0.24 times distance between outer margins of eyes; in frontal view, distance between lower eye lobes 0.58 times distance between outer margins of eyes. Antennae 2.3 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at base of antennomere VII. Scape with abundant straw colored pubescence on wide central area, sparser on basal quarter and posterior third, except apex with dense pubescence; with log, erect, somewhat abundant setae throughout, black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex. Pedicel with yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument, sparser toward apex, short, erect yellowish setae dorsally, and long, erect setae ventrally, black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex. Antennomeres with abundant yellowish pubescence on light area, sparser on dark area; with short, erect yellowish setae dorsally; ventral surface of antennomeres III–IV with long, erect, sparse setae, black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex, and short, thick, erect black setae (erect setae sparser on IV); ventral surface of antennomere V with a few long, erect setae ventrally, black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex; apex of antennomeres VI–VII with short, thick black seta ventrally. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 0.97; pedicel = 0.13; IV = 0.90; V = 0.77; VI = 0.70; VII = 0.67; VIII = 0.67; IX = 0.63; X = 0.60; XI = 0.63.</p> <p>Thorax. Prothorax wider than long; sides slightly widened from anterolateral angles to lateral tubercles, subparallel-sided close to posterolateral angles; lateral tubercle conical, apex directed upward, placed about posterior third. Pronotum with five distinct tubercles, one on each side of anterior quarter, one on each side of middle, another elongate, placed centrally from anterior third to about posterior fifth; coarsely, somewhat sparsely punctate, except denser punctures near posterior margin; with sparse dark pubescence on anterior tubercles, somewhat sparse, brown on laterocentral tubercles, mostly yellowish brown on central tubercle, mostly straw colored on sides, except oblique, brownish pubescent band on anterior third, dense white pubescent macula on each side slightly before middle, and white pubescence on apex of lateral tubercle of prothorax, with dense, inverted V-shaped white pubescent band on central area, from near anterior margin to posterior margin, and whitish pubescent band centrally close to posterior margin. Sides of prothorax with yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument. Prosternum with light yellowish-brown pubescence laterally, and sparse yellowish-white pubescence on wide central area. Prosternal process with somewhat abundant yellowish-white pubescence on basal half, sparse on apical half; narrowest area 0.16 times procoxal width. Central area of mesoventrite and mesoventral process with somewhat abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument, sides of this area on mesoventrite almost glabrous, and apex of mesoventrite with dense yellowish-brown pubescence. Mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, metanepisternum, and sides of metaventrite with abundant yellowish-brown pubescence partially obscuring integument; remaining surface of metaventrite with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument. Scutellum with wide greenish-brown pubescent band centrally, and dark brown pubescence laterally. Elytra. Subparallel-sided on basal half, then gradually narrowed toward apex; apex strongly obliquely truncate, making outer angle triangularly projected, and sutural angle slightly projected; centrobasal crest somewhat elevated, with long, erect, abundant black setae dorsally; with three somewhat distinct carina dorsally, from near base to posterior third; with abundant white pubescence on center of basal third, except nearly glabrous black Y-shaped macula, and area close to suture with yellowish-brown pubescence; sides with irregular white pubescent maculae, from base to oblique dark brown macula; with narrow white pubescent band surrounding oblique dark brown macula, narrow, oblique white pubescent band from dark brown macula to suture, and narrow white band on sutural area of posterior third with rounded brownish pubescent maculae interspersed; oblique dark brown macula with yellowish-brown pubescence, and small dark brown pubescent spots interspersed; black area surrounding dark brown macula with slightly conspicuous black pubescence (posteriorly with short, thick, erect black setae); brownish small maculae with brownish pubescence; remaining surface mostly with yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument; with long, erect, somewhat abundant setae throughout, setae black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex. Legs. Femoral peduncle and ventral surface of basal area of femoral club with abundant yellowish-white pubescence not obscuring integument; dorsal and lateral basal region of femoral club with light yellowish-brown pubescence, and remaining surface with dense yellowish-white pubescence, except center of dorsal surface with brownish pubescence; femoral club with long, erect seta dorsally, black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex. Dark brown basal area of tibiae with abundant yellowish-white pubescence on basal half, brownish, slightly conspicuous posterior half; pale yellow ring with abundant yellowish pubescence; dark brown apical area with yellowish-brown pubescence on protibiae (denser, bristly ventrally), and mostly dark pubescence on meso- and metatibiae, except yellowish pubescence on dorsal sulcus of mesotibiae; meso- and metatibiae with thick, black setae on dorsal surface of posterior third; all tibiae with long, erect mostly yellowish setae. Metatarsomere I almost twice as long as II–III together.</p> <p>Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument.</p> <p>Male. Similar to female. Differs by the antennae slightly longer (2.5 times elytral length, reaching elytral apex at middle of antennomere VI), and meso- and metafemoral clubs stouter.</p> <p>Dimensions (mm) (holotype female/ paratype males). Total length, 6.55/5.55–6.15; prothoracic length, 1.00/0.95–1.10; anterior prothoracic width, 1.30/1.05–1.15; posterior prothoracic width, 1.40/1.15–1.30; maximum prothoracic width, 1.70/1.55–1.70; humeral width, 2.10/1.85–2.10; elytral length, 4.35/3.80–4.35.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype female from ECUADOR, Pichincha: El Septimo Paraiso Hotel, Mindo, 16.VI.2019, T. Vlasak leg. (MZSP). Paratypes (2 males) from ECUADOR, Pichincha: El Septimo Paraiso Hotel, Mindo, 18.VI.2021, J. Vlasak leg. (JVCO).</p> <p>Etymology. We named this species to honor the first author’s younger son, Thomas Vlasak, who collected the holotype.</p> <p>Remarks. Only two species of Trichotithonus Monné, 1990 have the elytra mostly greenish: T. albosetosus Monné, 1990, and T. viridis Monné, 1990. Trichotithonus thomasvlasaki sp. nov. differs from T. albosetosus (see photograph of the holotype on Bezark 2021) as follows: prothorax proportionally larger (proportionally smaller in T. albosetosus); antennae, elytra, and legs without thick, erect white setae (present in T. albosetosus), setae in T. thomasvlasaki are black basally, gradually yellowish toward apex; antennomere III orangish only on basal quarter (orangish, with only the apex dark in T. albosetosus); antennomeres IV–VI with basal quarter pale yellow (orangish, with only the apex dark in T. albosetosus); metafemoral club wide in female (slender in females of T. albosetosus). The new species differs from T. viridis (see photograph of the holotype on Bezark, 2021) as follows: antennomeres with only the basal quarter light (antennomeres light with only the apex dark in T. viridis); elytra with different pattern of integument and pubescence, but especially lacking orangish pubescent macula on posterior half of dorsal surface (present in T. viridis).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7087C0A942BE2F76BEFEEFFE36F9FF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vlasak, Josef;Santos-Silva, Antonio	Vlasak, Josef, Santos-Silva, Antonio (2021): Description of five new species of American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 5061 (3): 476-492, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.4
