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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Insecta Mundi

2016

South America

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A New Species Of Psalidognathus Gray, 1831 From Peru (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Taketsune Noguchi, Antonio Santos-Silva Oct 2016

A New Species Of Psalidognathus Gray, 1831 From Peru (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Taketsune Noguchi, Antonio Santos-Silva

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Psalidognathus antonkozlovi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), a new species from Peru, is described and illustrated. The new species is included in a previous key.

Currently, Psalidognathus Gray, 1831 encompasses 10 species distributed from Costa Rica to northern South America (Monné 2016). The species can be included in two groups: the “modestus” group, species without a spine at the apex of the basal antennomeres; and the “friendii” group, species with a spine at the apex of the basal antennomeres. Santos-Silva and Komiya (2012) published a provisional study of the species of the “modestus” group, considering seven species in it. The key to …


New Species Of Neocompsa And Tropidion From Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Neoibidionini), James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva Jan 2016

New Species Of Neocompsa And Tropidion From Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Neoibidionini), James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva

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Two Neoibidionini from Bolivia are described as new: Neocompsa schneppi sp. nov. and Tropidion

nancyae sp. nov. The new species are compared to closely related species and previous keys by Martins and Galileo

(2007, 2009) are modifi ed to include them. Illustrations of dorsal, ventral and lateral habitus, as well as head

structures are included for both species. Comments are also included on color and pattern variation of each species.


First Record Of Megapsyrassa Xestioides (Bates, 1872) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini) In Colombia, Carlos Taboada- Verona, Alfredo Lanuza- Garay Jan 2016

First Record Of Megapsyrassa Xestioides (Bates, 1872) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini) In Colombia, Carlos Taboada- Verona, Alfredo Lanuza- Garay

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Megapsyrassa xestioides (Bates, 1872) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini) is reported from Colombia for the fi rst time. Ecological information is also provided.