Description of two new species of Glenea Newman, 1842 from southern India and reinstatement of Glenea vestalis Heller, 1934 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)

• Published in: Journal of natural history Vol. 55; no. 3-4; pp. 205 - 245
• Main Authors: Hiremath, Sangamesh R., Lin, Mei-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 17-01-2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Congeners; distribution; genitalia; Life history; New species; oriental region; status restored; Suburban areas; taxonomy; India
• ISSN: 0022-2933; 1464-5262
• DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900442

Two new species of the genus Glenea Newman, 1842 are described from south India. Glenea vellayaniensis sp. nov. is described from Vellayani, a suburb of Trivandrum district, along the coastline of Kerala, and G. pseudoalbosignatipennis sp. nov. is described from the southern Western Ghats. Glenea vestalis Heller,
1934
, previously treated as a junior synonym of G. pulchella Pascoe,
1858
, is reinstated as a valid species owing to its differences in morphological and genital characters; in addition, both species are illustrated and revised. Glenea vellayaniensis sp. nov. is provisionally placed under Glenea sensu lato and compared with its morphologically similiar congeners, G. pulchella Pascoe,
1858
and G. vestalis Heller,
1934
along with comments on its generic affinity. Glenea pseudoalbosignatipennis sp. nov. is compared with G. albosignatipennis Breuning,
1950
and G. signaticollis Gahan,
1889
and a note on its life history is provided.
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