On StenocoruS vittatuS Fabricius, 1801 (cOleOptera, cerambycidae, cerambycinae)

A forgotten synonymy between Stenocorus vittatus Fabricius, 1801 and Cerambyx globosus Olivier, 1795 (= Xystrocera globosa) is corroborated. Consequently, the former is removed from Alloesia Chevrolat, 1862, and formally excluded from the Brazilian fauna. Key-Words: Alloesia; Brazil; Synonymy; Xystrocera. Head ferruginous. Thorax rounded, shortened, rough, ferruginous, with great dark-blue ring. Elytra testaceous: outer margin and shortened central band dark-blue. Body and legs ferruginous.” Schönherr (1817: 408) only mentioned the species, as Stenochorus vittatus, without any additional comment. Bates (1873: 151) synonymized Stenocorus vit‐ tatus with Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795): “Many examples, agreeing with others from Cambodia, &c. Fabricius erroneously cited Brazil as the locality of his Stenocorus vittatus, which is evidently the same as Xys‐ trocera globose.” According to Monné (2015), X. glo‐ bosa (Xystrocerini) occurs in Asia, Java, Madagascar, Philippines, and was introduced in Puerto Rico. Hua (2002) listed the species in Burma, Celebes, China, Egypt, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand. Aurivillius (1912) placed Stenocorus vittatus in Alloesia Chevrolat, 1862, a genus from South America. Aurivillius (1912) did not explain the reason and, also, did not list the work neither the synonymy proposed by Bates (1873). Even in the references of INTRODUCTION During the process of identification of specimens received from Stéphane Le Tirant (Insectarium de Montréal, Québec, Canada), I discovered a nomenclatural problem involving a species currently placed in the genus Alloesia Chevrolat, 1862. Currently, Alloesia encompasses four species, all from South America: A. bicolor Waterhouse, 1880, from Ecuador; A. bivittata Chevrolat, 1862, from Venezuela; A. chlorophana Chevrolat, 1862, from Colombia; and A. vittata (Fabricius, 1801), from Brazil (Monné, 2015). The latter is the object of this short work.