Apiocephalus punctipennis Gahan, 1898

Apiocephalus punctipennis Gahan, 1898 View in CoL

Chinese common name: 头花天牛 Fig. 1 View Figure 1

Apiocephalus punctipennis Gahan, 1898: 43. Type locality: Kenya ( British East Africa); Aurivillius 1912: 177 [distribution]; Corinta Ferreira and Veiga Ferreira 1959 [catalogue]; Duffy 1968: 67 [larva]. View in CoL

Redescription.

Female. Body testaceous to blackish-brown, clothed with off-white, yellowish-brown to greyish-yellow pubescence, with glabrous areas forming black spots. Pronotum clothed with greyish-white pubescence on middle of disc. Elytra clothed with pale yellowish-brown mixed with greyish-white pubescence and decorated with glabrous irregular black patches. Head rugosely punctate, with a median sulcus on vertex and occiput. Pronotum slightly wider than long between lateral spines, at about apical third distinctly constricted, with a coniform spine on middle of each side; anterior two protuberances on disc with rather steep anterior slope. Elytra about 1.8 times as long as humeral width, with sides slightly constricted at the basal third; disc coarsely punctate, with the punctures gradually becoming shallower towards apex. Legs moderately long, with femur slightly clavate.

Type material examined.

Holotype • female ( NHMUK): ‘ Type [p, label circular, red framed]; B. E. Africa. / C. S. Betton. / 98–12. [p]; Apiocephalus / punctipennis / Type / Gahan [h]; NHMUK 014596632 [p] ’.

Distribution.

Kenya.

Remarks.

Although Gahan (1898) did not specify the gender of the type specimen in the original description, its antennal length and abdominal shape indicate that it is female. Additionally, based on the data uploaded by Bezark (2013) on the website “ Cerambycoidea ”, this species occurs in Manyara, Tanzania.