Synopsis of the genus Erythropterus Melzer, 1934 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Heteropsini)
Author
Napp, Dilma Solange
Author
Monné, Miguel A.
text
Zootaxa
2005
1088
55
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170517
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170517
Key to the species of
Erythropterus
1 Antennae of males longer than body, segment 3 shorter than 11. Prothorax somewhat rounded at sides, maximum width just behind middle. Meso and metafemora with slender clubs, peduncles without carina; punctation shallow, irregular and sparse, more so in mesofemora; hind femora of male exceeding elytral apex. (
Figs 1, 2
).
Brazil
(Rondônia) ..............................................................
E
.
cuissi
new species
Antennae in both sexes shorter than body, segment 3 longer than 11. Prothorax diverging posteriorly from apical margin, maximum width at posterior third. Meso and metafemora with well defined clubs, peduncles carinate; coarsely, densely, and strongly punctate; hind femora not exceeding elytral apex .................. 2
2(1) Prothorax entirely black, elytra reddish. Punctation of pronotum moderately deep. Urosternites clothed with very short, moderately dense pubescence not obscuring integument. (
Fig. 4
).
Brazil
(Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul),
Paraguay
,
Argentina
................................................................................
E
.
amabilis
Melzer
Prothorax entirely reddish, concolorous with elytra. Punctation of pronotum very shallow. Urosternites clothed with longer, dense pubescence, obscuring integument. (
Fig. 3
).
Venezuela
...............................................
E. urucuri
Martins and Galileo