Bondarius breyeri ( Brèthes, 1910 )

Bondarius breyeri ( Brèthes, 1910)

Figs 43–52 View Figures 43–52

Sternechus breyeri Brèthes, 1910: 212 View in CoL (description); Dalla Torre et al., 1932: 96 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1947: 823 (catalog); Wibmer & O’Brien, 1986: 180 (catalog).

Bondarius breyeri ; Rosado-Neto, 2006 (new combination, systematics).

Redescription. Integument reddish-black; covered with thick, short, and dense setae ( Figs 43–45 View Figures 43–52 ). Rostrum long and cylindrical, 1.9 times longer than its basal width; punctures deep and large, dense to sparse on dorsum, wrinkled and irregular on lateral margins ( Figs 43, 44 View Figures 43–52 ). Scrobes ventrally separated by a basal tubercle. Antennae inserted apically, with scape shorter than funicle. Mouthparts: Mandibles bi-toothed, teeth round. Maxillae with palpifer longer than wide; 1 st article of maxillary palp as long as wide, 2 nd article longer than wide; lacinia with five elongate and straight teeth; palpifer and stipes glabrous; prementum as long as wide, with a pair setae near basal margin; sides straight, parallel; anterior margin triangular; palps short and transverse, asymmetrical at apex, glabrous ( Fig. 46 View Figures 43–52 ). Eyes acuminate ventrally, anterior margin round, interocular space 1.2 times the apical width of scape. Prothorax wider in the middle and posterior margin, sides parallel on basal ½, converging toward anterior margin; punctation shallow, dense, laterally wrinkled; lateral tubercles weakly developed ( Fig. 45 View Figures 43–52 ). Elytra 1.2 times longer than their humeral width; striae with deep, regular punctation, progressively smaller toward the apex ( Figs 43, 44 View Figures 43–52 ); interstriae convex at base of elytron. Mesoventrite between the coxae, narrow with round apex. Mesoventral process proeminent. Legs: punctation shallow and dense. Femora unarmed. Male genitalia: median lobe longer than basal apodemes, curved in lateral view; apex slightly wider than base, truncated, directed ventrally ( Figs 47, 48 View Figures 43–52 ). Tegmen with dorsal lobes subequal in length to manubrium ( Fig. 49 View Figures 43–52 ). Spiculum gastrale wide and curved at apex ( Fig. 50 View Figures 43–52 ). Female: abdominal tergite 8 transverse, rectangular, sides converging toward the apex; apex with irregular crenulations and median distal notch; with a moderate number of apical and dorsal setae; dorsally with punctation shallow and sparse ( Fig. 51 View Figures 43–52 ). Abdominal sternite 8 with ventral spicule longer than apical lobes, straight and narrow, slightly sclerotized, with distal portion wide and straight; apical arms subparallel, with lateral inner margin slightly sinuous; apex with sparse setae ( Fig. 52 View Figures 43–52 ).

Sexual dimorphism. Females with rostrum longer, punctation shallow and sparse; foretibiae with premucro and mucro equally developed. Males with rostrum short- er, straight, punctation deeper and larger; foretibiae with premucro obsolete.

Dimensions. Males/Females, respectively: BL: 4.83– 9.34/5.34–7.17; RL: 1.17–1.75/1.17–1.33; RW: 0.50–0.92/0.67– 0.75; PL: 1.00–2.17/1.17–1.67; PW: 2.17–4.92/2.33–3.17; EL: 3.83–7.17/2.33–3.17; EW: 3.00–5.67/3.17–4.5; IO: 0.08– 0.25/0.17–0.25; WE: 0.17–0.25; LE: 0.92–1.25/0.75–0.92; LF: 0.92–1.33/0.75–0.92.

Type material examined. Holotype ♀, deposited in the MACN, with the following labels: “ Bolivia /1052/ Sternechus breyeri Brèthes / Repreparo M. Viana I.1960 / TYPUS ”.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Pará: Belém , 1♀, IX.1964, E. Dente leg. ( MZSP) ; Mato Grosso, Barra do Rio Tapirapé , 1♂, XI.1964, R. Malkin leg. ( MZSP) ; Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande , 1♀, X.1952, M. Alvarenga leg. ( MNRJ, ex Col. CACS) ; Minas Gerais, UnaÍ, 3♂, 1♀, Faz. Bolivia, 22-24.X.1964 ( MZSP) . Goiás , JataÍ, 1♂ ( NZAC) ; Rio Verde , 1♂, 1♀ ( DZUP) . São Paulo: Itu, 1♂, ( Faz. Pau d’alho), 1-5.XI.1961, U. R. Martins leg. 1♀, XI.1957, P. Martins leg. ( MZSP) . BOLIVIA, Coroico ( Yungas ), 1♂, 1♀, 1800 m, 11.XII.1955, Pena leg. ( NZAC) ; Santa Cruz: Buena Vista ( Ichilo ), 1♀, XI– XII-1948, L. Pena leg. ( NZAC) ; Santa Cruz, 1♀, II.1955, Zischha leg. ( NZAC) ; Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 1♀, 1834, ( MNHN) ; La Paz: La Paz, 1♀, 5 mi. W. Chulumani. S. Yungas, 8.IV.1976, O´Brien & Marshall leg. ( ASUCOB) .

Geographic distribution. Brazil (Pará, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo), Bolivia .

Biology and host plants. Unknown.