Division of the genera Sparna Thomson, 1864 and Carterica Pascoe, 1858 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Colobotheini) with description of six new genera and eight new species
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Author
Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Author
Mcclarin, Jim
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-09
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Key to species of
Piriana
1. Distance between lateral spines of the elytral apex distinctly greater than humeral width (
Figs 22–23
).
Colombia
.......................................................................................
P. migsominea
(
Gilmour, 1950
)
- Distance between spines of the elytral apex, at most, as wide as humeral width (
Fig. 28
)............................. 2
2(1). Elytra distinctly widened after middle (
Figs 18–19
).
Peru
...................................
P. bosqi
(
Gilmour, 1954
)
- Elytra not widened after middle (
e.g.
Fig. 32
)............................................................... 3
3(2). Pronotum with moderately wide lateral dark brown bands (in addition to wider, dark brown central band).
Bolivia
..........................................................................................
P. tricuspis
(
Belon, 1903
)
- Pronotum with lateral dark brown bands either very narrow or absent (in addition to wider, dark brown central band)....... 4
4(3). Scape asperate punctate (
Figs 40, 42
); prothorax with distinct lateral spine.
Brazil
(
Rio
Grande do Sul
)....
P. svachai
sp. nov
.
- Scape smooth, not asperate punctate; prothorax without lateral spine............................................ 5
5(4). Elytral apex distinctly oblique.
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Brazil
(
Amazonas
).....................
P. cincticornis
(
Bates, 1865
)
- Elytral apex not oblique................................................................................ 6
6(5). Elytra with 3 longitudinal dorsal carinae.
Brazil
(
Pará
)
...........................................
P. nearnsi
sp. nov
.
- Elytra with, 2 or less longitudinal dorsal carinae............................................................. 7
7(6). Body sub-parallel, slender, narrower appearing (
Fig. 32
)....................................................... 8
- Body slightly inflated laterally, wider appearing (
Fig. 28
)..................................................... 9
8(7). Metatibiae in male slender, without distinct bristly pubescence.
Bolivia
,
Peru
.....................
P. mima
(
Belon, 1903
)
- Metatibiae short, with distinct bristly pubescence in both sexes.
Ecuador
..........................
P. consimilis
sp. nov
.
9(7). Elytra with light colored area restricted to small narrow fascia laterally (along margins) on basal half.
Brazil
(
Pará
).................................................................................................
P. birai
sp. nov
.
- Light colored area much broader, extending past middle of elytra.
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
.
P. pygmaea
(
Bates, 1881
)