Limernaea ochracea Fisher, 1927

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Pérez-Flores, Oscar & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2024, Taxonomic notes, new species, and new records of Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), The Canadian Entomologist (e 21) 156, pp. 1-20 : 3-5

Limernaea ochracea Fisher, 1927

( Figs. 2 , 3 )

Sphagoeme ochracea Fisher 1927: 23

Limernaea ochracea ; Martins et al. 2014: 601 (new combination); Monné 2023a: 624 (catalogue)

Haplidus glabricollis Chemsak and Linsley 1964: 218 ; Monné 2023a: 435 (catalogue).

New synonym

Remarks. Sphagoeme ochracea was described based on males and females from Panama and Colombia. Sphagoeme was originally included in Oemini . Martins et al. (2014) synonymised Sphagoeme with Limernaea . Currently, L. ochracea is known from Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia ( Bezark 2023; Monné 2023a; Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2023). Chemsak and Linsley (1964) described Haplidus glabricollis ( Fig. 3 ) based on a single female from Mexico (Chiapas); Haplidus LeConte, 1873 is a genus of Hesperophanini , and the species remains known only by the holotype ( Bezark 2023; Monné 2023a; Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2023). Comparison of the original descriptions, photographs of the holotypes, and specimens deposited at MZSP allow us to conclude that Haplidus glabricollis is a junior synonym of Limernaea ochracea .

The colour of some parts is variable ( Figs. 2 , 3 ) in L. ochracea : scape is variable, from orangish dorsally and black ventrally to entirely dark brown, black, or orangish, with only the apex of the ventral surface dark; mesofemora and metafemora dark only on apical third of dorsal surface, almost entirely dark dorsally, almost entirely dark dorsally and laterally, almost entirely dark dorsally, laterally, and parts of ventral surface; tibiae from entirely dark or with basal region orangish or orangish-brown, lighter area variable in length; and tarsi from entirely orangish to entirely dark.

Figures

Figure 2. Limernaea ochracea (Fisher, 1927). A–D, Female from San Jacinto, Bolívar, Colombia: A, dorsal habitus; B, ventral habitus; C, lateral habitus; D, mesotibiae and metatibiae. E, Female from Usiacurí, Atlántico, Colombia, dorsal habitus. F, Male from near El Cano, Coclé, Panama, lateral habitus.

Figure 3. Limernaea ochracea (Fisher, 1927), holotype female of Haplidus glabricollis Chemsak and Linsley, 1964: A, dorsal habitus; B, ventral habitus; C, lateral habitus; D, head, frontal view; E, labels. Photographs by Corey Smith.