Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Lepturgantes Gilmour (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of a new species Author Monné, Miguel A. Author Monné, Marcela L. text Zootaxa 2008 1876 60 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274486 ee340249-e399-4f88-85ac-78a75192d790 1175-5326 274486 Key to the species of Lepturgantes Gilmour 1. Apical 2/3 or half of the lateral margins of the elytra with seriate short setae ............................................2 – Only the apical 1/3 of the lateral margins of the elytra with very sparse non-seriate short setae..............6 2. Elytral apices subtruncate or truncate, without spines.................................................................................3 – Elytral apices transversely or obliquely notched, with both angles acute and usually projected as a short spine.............................................................................................................................................................4 3. Elytra with yellowish-gray pubescence, partially organized in longitudinal fasciae. Brazil (Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia, São Paulo), Paraguay ( Fig. 3 ) ...................... L. flavovittatus ( Gilmour, 1959 ) – Elytra with rounded maculae of dark-brownish pubescence surrounded by gray pubescence. Mexico (Ver- acruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala , Costa Rica ( Fig. 4 ) ................................ L. pacificus Gilmour, 1960 4. Elytral pubescence mostly ochraceous and arranged into narrow longitudinal fasciae. Venezuela , French Guiana , Brazil (Rondônia, Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 7 ) ................................................ L. seriatus Monné, 1988 – Elytral pubescence otherwise colored and patterned...................................................................................5 5. Basal half of the elytra with mostly gray pubescence. Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso), Bolivia ( Fig. 1 ).. ............................................................................................................................ L. candicans ( Bates, 1863 ) – Basal half of the elytra with mostly dark-brownish pubescence. Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 2 ) ............................................................................................................................... L. dilectus ( Bates, 1863 ) 6. Metafemora subclavate; elytral length approximately 2.5 times (at most) as long as humeral width........7 – Metafemora linear; elytral length about 3 times as long as humeral width. Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia to Santa Catarina), Bolivia ( Fig. 5 ) .............................................. L. prolatus sp. nov. 7. Elytral pubescence dark brown, with whitish-gray stripes and jagged patches over entire surface. Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo) ( Fig. 6 ) ........................................ L. septemlineatus Gilmour, 1960 – Elytral pubescence dark brown, basal third with brownish patches, and apical half with whitish-gray stripes. Brazil (Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina), Paraguay ( Fig. 8 ) L. variegatus Gilmour, 1957