Graciella pulchella (Klug, 1835)

Delahaye, Norbert, Coache, Alain, Gall, Philippe Le & Filippi, Gérard, 2023, Catalogue illustré des Cerambycidae de São Tomé Príncipe (Coleoptera), Faunitaxys 11 (7), pp. 1-54 : 28-30

36. – Graciella pulchella (Klug, 1835)

(Fig. 52)

Saperda pulchella Klug, 1835: 45 ([Holotype] Guinea MNHU) Charinotus pulchellus ; Thomson, 1858

Chariesthes pulchella; Chevrolat, 1858: 313

Graciella pulchella ; Breuning, 1934: 31

Saperda Concinna Dejean, 1833: 350 [Guinea] [nomen nudum] Chariesthes concinnus Chevrolat, 1858: 315 ([Holotype] Guinée BMNH) Chariesthes concinna ; Lameere, 1893: 50

Graciella concinna ; Jordan, 1894: 219

Graciella pulchella m. concinna; Breuning, 1934: 31

Chariesthes elegantulus Chevrolat,1858: 348 ([Syntypes] vieux Calabar BMNH) Graciella concinna f. elegantula; Hintz, 1912: 644

Graciella pulchella m. elegantula; Breuning, 1934: 31

Chariesthes senegalensis Chevrolat, 1858: 317 ([Holotype] Sénégal BMNH ) Graciella concinna f. senegalensis ; Hintz, 1912: 644 Graciella pulchella v. fasciata Gilmour,1956:753 ([Holotype] Nigeria BMNH)

Taille. – 7- 1 3 mm

Chorologie. – Bénin, Cameroun, RCA, RCI, RDC, RPC, Gabon, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée Bissau, Guinée équatoriale, Liberia, Nigeria. Ouganda, Príncipe (Breuning & Téocchi, 1981: 254), Sénégal, Togo.

Plantes hôtes. – Cleistopholis patens Engler & Diels ( Annonaceae ), Funtumia latifolia Stapf ( Apocynaceae ), Vernonia conferta Bentham , Vernonia sp. ( Asteraceae ), Anthostema aubryanum Baillon , Bridelia micrantha Baillon , Croton penduliflorus Hutchinson , Croton sp. ( Euphorbiaceae ), Guarea laurentii De Wildeman ( Meliaceae ), Antiaris africana Engler , Bosqueia phoberos Baillon , Ficus exasperata Vahl , Ficus thonningii Blume ( Moraceae ), Phialodiscus bancoensis Aubréville & Pellegrin ( Sapindaceae ), Leptonychia macrantha K. Schumann , Pterygota bequaertii De Wildeman , Sterculia oblonga Masters , Theobroma cacao Linné ( Sterculiaceae ).