Xenocona asperipennis ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1860 )

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 : 187

Xenocona asperipennis ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1860)

( Fig. 67 )

Leiopus asperipennis Fairmaire & Germain, 1860: 513 .

Alcathousites chaclacayoi Gilmour, 1962b: 562 .

Remarks. Leiopus asperipennis was described from Chile and Alcathousites chaclacayoi from Peru. Currently, Xenocona asperipennis is known from Peru and Chile ( Monné 2024b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). In Ecuador, it is very common at mid to high elevations.

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), Pichincha: Crater Pululahua , 2500 m, 19 Jun 2019, J. Vlasak leg. , El Septimo Paraiso hotel, 1600 m, Mindo , 4 Jul 2023, J. Vlasak leg. , Nanegal , 1300m, 9 Jul 2023, J. Vlasak leg. , Pasochoa, 3200 m, 2 Oct 2021, J. Vlasak leg. ( JVCO); Loja: Rumi Wilco Ecolodge, 1600 m, Vilcabamba, 11 Aug 2023, J. Vlasak leg. ( JVCO); Imbaura: Cabañas Intag Colibri, 1900 m, Intag, 17–19 Jun 2023, J. Vlasak leg. ( JVCO) .

Figures

FIGURES 61–69. Cerambycidae spp., dorsal habitus. 61) Chlorida transversalis Buquet, 1844. 62) Eburodacrys triocellata (Stål, 1857). 63) Gorybia semiopaca Martins, 1976. 64) Compsibidion vanum (Thomson, 1867). 65) Sternacutus angulistigma (Bates, 1885). 66) Trypanidius rubripes Bates, 1872. 67) Xenocona asperipennis (Fairmaire & Germain, 1860). 68) Oreodera adornata Martins & Galileo, 2005. 69) Oreodera basipenicillata Tippmann, 1960.