Two new species of South America Neocherentes Tippmann, 1960 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Onciderini) Author Nearns, Eugenio H. National Identification Services (NIS) USDA APHIS PPQ Plant Health Programs National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 USA eugenio.h.nearns@usda.gov Author Monné, Miguel A. Departamento de Entomologia Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP 20940 - 040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil monne@uol.com.br text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-04-30 2019 699 1 10 journal article 23989 10.5281/zenodo.3673160 e42fbbb4-d375-4137-88de-264bcd467de2 1942-1354 3673160 AFD3C001-14C9-4F89-8869-E2A418ABEE2D Neocherentes Tippmann, 1960 Type species. Neocherentes dilloniorum Tippmann, 1960: 156 . The genus Neocherentes currently contains a single species. The following key treats all currently known species of Neocherentes including two new species described herein. 1. Apical 1/3 of elytra without distinct punctation; mesosternal process medially concave; mesosternum and abdominal sternites with similar coloration and striped pattern as elytra ( Fig. 4b, e ); usually found in lower elevation habitats, below 1,000 m ( Brazil )................................................... N. adrianoi Nearns and Monné , sp. nov. — Apical 1/3 of elytra with distinct punctation; mesosternal process medially flat; mesosternum and abdominal segments with similar coloration and striped pattern as elytra or not; found in a wide range of elevations....................................................... 2 2. Abdominal segments with mottled whitish-grey coloration, without striped pattern as in elytra ( Fig. 4c, f ); usually found in lower elevation habitats, below 1,000 m ( Bolivia ).................................................... N. pergeri Nearns and Monné , sp. nov. — Mesosternum and abdominal segments with similar coloration and striped pattern as elytra ( Fig. 4a, d ); usually found in high elevation Andean habitats, above 1,000 m ( Bolivia , Peru ).................................................... N. dilloniorum Tippmann, 1960