Phymatodes (Phymatodes) fulgidus Hopping 1928
- Dataset
- A new species and synonymy in North American Phymatodes (Phymatodes) Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callidiini)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cerambycidae
- genus
- Phymatodes
- species
- Phymatodes fulgidus
description
According to Swift and Ray (2010) the Phymatodes key character (couplet 27) for P. rainieri is: “ Elytra almost entirely glabrous, impunctate ”; and in their remarks section, “ This unique species, previously known from only the type specimen, is distinct within the genus. The pronotum and elytra are almost entirely glabrous and impunctate on the dorsal surface, with only a few scattered, long, golden setae towards the elytral apices. No other species of Phymatodes possesses this combination of characters … Specimens examined: 2, including the type of P. (P.) rainieri. ” The affirmations on the elytral sculpturing by Swift and Ray (2010) contradict the original description. Furthermore, examination of a holotype photograph clearly indicates that the elytra are distinctly punctate, and the punctures are equal or nearly so to that in P. (P.) fulgidus. Therefore, based on holotype photographs of both species (Bezark 2018), original descriptions, and geographical distribution, P. (P.) rainieri is placed as a junior synonym of (P.) P. fulgidus.