Nomenclatural changes, reinstatements, new combinations, and new synonymies among American Cerambycids (Coleoptera)

Abstract

New synonyms: Protormascabrosa Waterhouse, 1880 and Protorma recurvatum Williams, 1829 = Strongylaspis costifer Thomson, 1877; Callopisma ruficollis Bates, 1870 = Eriphus croceicollis White, 1855; Odontocera cinctiventris Bates, 1870 = Odontocera simplex White, 1855; Tomopterus aurantiacosignatus Zajciw, 1969 = Tomopterus similis Fisher, 1930; Cerambyx spectabilis Voet, 1778 = Cerambyx velutinus Fabricius, 1775; Chion ochraceus Bates, 1885 = Lamia spinifera Fabricius, 1792; Lissonotus shepherdi Pascoe, 1859 = Callidium equestre Fabricius, 1787; Cerambyx pulverulentus Olivier, 1790 = Cerambyx farinosus Linne, 1758; Lamia crypta Say, 1832 = Saperda annulata Fabricius, 1801; Ptericoptus forsteri Tippmann, 1960 = Bisaltes buquetii Thomson, 1868; Ataxia flaviceps Breuning, 1942 = Stenocorus obscurus Fabricius, 1801; Cryptocranium gounellei Breuning, 1980 = Cryptocranium cazieri Lane, 1958; Epectasis grossepunctata Breuning, 1942 = Saperda juncea Newman, 1840; Paraclytemnestra gigantea Breuning, 1974 = Jamesia lineata Fisher, 1926; Hippopsis tremata Galileo and Martins, 1988 = Hippopsis meinerti Aurivillius, 1900; Lamia punctata Fabricius, 1792 = Cerambyx (Lamia) Daviesii Swederus, 1787; Leiopus (Oedopeza) pogonocheroides Audinet-Serville, 1835 = Lamia ocellator Fabricius, 1801; Colobothea velutina Bates, 1865 = Lamia macularis Olivier, 1792; Xylergates dorotheae Gilmour, 1962 = Xylergates elaineae Gilmour, 1962; Colobothea velutina Bates, 1865 = Lamia macularis Olivier, 1792; Pretilia telephoroides Bates, 1866 = Saperda tuberculata Fabricius, 1801; Guyanestola macrophthalma Breuning, 1961 = Estoloides (Estoloides) angustifrons Breuning, 1943; Drycothaea marmorata Martins and Galileo, 1990 = Guyanestola brasiliensis Breuning, 1974. The following species are reinstated: Strongylaspis costifer Thomson, 1877; Oxymerus lineatus Dupont, 1836; Hebestola operaria Erichson, 1848; Hesycha lateralis Thomson, 1868. The genus Hephialtes Thomson, 1864 is reinstated. New combinations: Hephialtes ruber (Thunberg, 1822); Protorma costifera (Thomson, 1877); Knulliana cincta spinifera (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov.; Ataxia operaria (Erichson, 1848) comb. nov.; Paraclytemnestra lineata (Fisher, 1926) comb. nov.; Oedopeza ocellator (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov.; Toronaeus incisus (Bates, 1864) comb. nov.; Pretilia tuberculata (Fabricius, 1801) comb. nov. Drycothaea turrialbae (Breuning, 1943) comb. nov. Drycothaea truncatipennis new name for Estola stictica Breuning, 1942 (nec Bates, 1881) Some host-plants are given.