Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775 )

Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775)

( Figs 8–12, 15–22 View FIGURES 8–16 View FIGURES 17–22. 17–18 , 27–30 View FIGURES 23–30. 23–26 )

Cerambyx hirtipes Degeer, 1775: 117 ( Figs 17–18 View FIGURES 17–22. 17–18 ).

Stenocorus annulatus Fabricius, 1775: 180 (see photograph on Bezark 2022).

Saperda lineata Fabricius, 1793: 314 ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 17–22. 17–18 ).

Saperda murina Schönherr, 1817: 419 (

unnecessary replacement name for Stenocorus annulatus ).

Saperda hirtimana Schönherr, 1817: 419

(unnecessary replacement name for Cerambyx hirtipes ).

Saperda virens Schönherr, 1817: 419

(replacement name for Cerambyx erythrophthalmos Voet, 1781 —see drawing in Voet 1781).

Colobothea contaminata Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825: 337 ( Figs 21–22 View FIGURES 17–22. 17–18 ).

Colobothea concreta Bates, 1865: 106 ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–22. 17–18 ).

It is important to report that the first author spent 20 years in French Guiana, gathering all the collecting data from more than 700 collectors and concluding that Colobothea hirtipes ( Degeer, 1775) appears to be the most common species of the genus (218 collecting data representing 348 specimens, of which 48.2% are males). This species is related to many identified host plants, belonging to several botanic families:

Acosmium nitens (J. Vogel) Yakovlev [ Fabaceae ], Scott Mori 23644;

Aiouea guianensis Aublet [ Lauraceae ], Georges Cremers 11372;

Avicennia germinans (Linné) Stearn [ Verbenaceae ], Michel Hoff det.;

Chaunochiton kappleri (Sagot ex Engler) Ducke [Olocaceae], Denis Loubry 1798;

Conceveiba guianensis Aublet [ Euphorbiaceae ], Daniel Sabatier 1447;

Gnetum paniculatum Spruce ex Bentham [ Gnetaceae ], Scott Mori 23581;

Gnetum sp. [ Gnetaceae ], Denis Loubry 1805;

Machaerium sp. [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1815;

Maripa sp. [ Convolvulaceae ], Scott Mori 23592;

Paramachaerium ormosioides (Ducke) Ducke [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1870;

Paramachaerium ormosioides (Ducke) Ducke [ Fabaceae ], Daniel Sabatier 1782;

Peltogyne venosa (Vahl) Bentham [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Denis Loubry 836;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1569;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1382;

Pterocarpus officinalis N. J. Jacquin [ Fabaceae ], Denis Loubry 1366;

Spondias mombin Linné [ Anacardiaceae ], in Duffy;

Swartzia polyphylla A. de Candolle [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Denis Loubry 1735;

Swartzia polyphylla A. P. de Candolle [ Caesalpiniaceae ], Scott Mori 23594;

Xylopia sericea Saint-Hilaire [ Annonaceae ], Christian Feuillet 2313.

Adults of C. hirtipes show cathemeral activity throughout the year with a small peak in August-September.