Lochmaeocles tessellatus tessellatus ( Thomson, 1868 )

Vlasak, Josef & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2025, The surprisingly little-known fauna of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Ecuador: description of one new genus and eight new species of Acanthocinini (Lamiinae) and new records in Cerambycinae and Lamiinae, Zootaxa 5653 (2), pp. 151-195 : 192-193

Lochmaeocles tessellatus tessellatus ( Thomson, 1868)

( Fig. 77 )

Oncideres tessellatus Thomson, 1868: 90 .

Remarks. This species was described from “Nova-Granata,” Venezuela, and Costa Rica (see remarks in Eburodacrys triocellata on Nueva Granada). Currently, it is known from Mexico (Chiapas), Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela ( Monné 2024b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024).

We suspect that there are synonyms of this species based on pubescent pattern variations.

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), El Oro: Hillary Nature Resort & Spa, Arenillas, 100

m, 19 Feb 2024, J. Vlasak leg. ( JVCO) .

Figures

FIGURES 70–78. Lamiinae spp., dorsal habitus. 70) Oreodera verrucosa Bates, 1872. 71) Batesbeltia pantherina Lane, 1964. 72) Colobothea bilineata Bates, 1865. 73) Cotyadesmus iuba (Galileo & Martins, 2003). 74) Pseudotacocha magnifica Martins & Galileo, 2012. 75) Neoptychodes trilineatus (Linnaeus, 1771). 76) Ischiocentra stockwelli Giesberti, 1984. 77) Lochmaeocles tessellatus tessellatus (Thomson, 1868). 78) Oncideres digna Bates, 1865.