Limernaea ochracea ( Fisher, 1927 )

Lanuza-Garay, Alfredo & Taboada-Verona, Carlos, 2025, Description of a new species of Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Central America, and new distributional records and taxonomic notes of Peruvian and Panamanian Cerambycidae, Zootaxa 5621 (2), pp. 273-284 : 281-282

Limernaea ochracea ( Fisher, 1927)

( Figs. 16–19 )

Known distribution. Mexico (Chiapas), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas), Panama (Canal Zone: Panamá Oeste : BCI; Colón: Gamboa, Coco Solo), Panamá (Chepo: Ipetí, Altos del Maje , Maje Station ), Colón ( Nombre de Dios : Cerro Viejo, Cuipo), Los Santos (Cerro Canajagua), Coclé), and Colombia (Bolivar, Usiacurí ) (Tavakilian & Chevillote 2025; Lanuza-Garay & Monné 2025).

Material examined. 1 male, PANAMA, Colón Province, Fort Espinar , 12.v.1992, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 female, PANAMA, Colón Province, Fort Espinar , 28.iv.1992, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 male, PANAMA, Colón, Madden Dam , 17.iv.1993, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 2 females, PANAMA, Colón, Fort Espinar , 25.iv.1993, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 female, PANAMA, Colón, Fort Espinar , 27.iv.1993, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 male, PANAMA, Colón, Fort Espinar , 29.iv.1993, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 female, PANAMA, Colón, Fort Espinar , 3.v.1993, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) ; 1 male, PANAMA, Colón, Fort Espinar , 10.iv.1994, M. Akers leg. ( MACO) .

Remarks. The specimen in figure 17 shows variation from the typical color pattern in L. ochracea ( Figs. 16 and 18 ) and is similar to L. lineata ( Martins, 1981) , recorded from Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil ( Fig. 19 ). According to Fisher (1927) regarding the elytral color pattern of L. ochracea : “ In a few examples, each elytron is ornamented with a narrow fuscous vitta extending from the humeral angle to the apical third, parallel to the lateral margin, and a small transverse spot of the same color near the apex ”. Martins (1981) described the differences between the two species (Translated): “ S. lineata can be distinguished from ochracea by article II of the antennae is completely yellow on the outer side; article III has a yellowish color with a thin black ring at the tip; the intermediate and hind tibiae are wholly yellow; this occurs because of a thin, longitudinal black stripe that extends from the shoulder to the back quarter of the elytra. Moreover, the elytra are punctuated more deeply and densely in the basal half. ” However, some specimens of L. lineata examined have a dark longitudinal band on elytra, agreeing with Fisher (1927) ’s original description. Furthermore, the color of the legs is also variable in L. ochracea .

On the other hand, the prothoracic shape in the specimens in figures 16 and 17 is also different (angulate in 16, rounded in 17). Fisher commented: “In some of these examples the pronotum are more angularly expanded…” However, this is sexual dimorphism in L. ochracea . Therefore, none of the features listed by Martins (1981) allow these two species to be separated. This is especially because the colors in L. ochracea are very variable. It will be necessary to examine the type series of the two species to confirm whether or not they are different and, if they are different, what the valid characters are that allow them to be distinguished.

Figures

FIGURES 14–19. Dorsal habitus. 14. Ectenessa wappesi Galileo & Santos-Silva, 2016; 15. Stizocera lissonota (Bates, 1870); 16–18. Limernaea ochracea (Fisher, 1927): 16. female, typical color pattern, 17. female, color pattern variation; 18. holotype female; 19. Limernaea lineata (Martins, 1981).