Revision of the genus Pteroplatus Buquet, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) and taxonomic notes in Pteroplatini
Author
Botero, Juan Pablo
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
Author
Bezark, Larry G.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-21
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Key to species of
Pteroplatus
1. Posterior area of the elytra without small gibbosities......................................................... 2
- Posterior area of the elytra with small, subcircular gibbosities.................................................. 6
2(1). Elytra reticulated (
Figs. 10, 14, 15, 17
).
Bolivia
...........................................
P. anchora
Belon, 1903
- Elytra not reticulated.................................................................................. 3
3(2). Antennomeres III–V with long tufts of setae ventrally, and antennomere VI with a long tuft along entire ventral surface (
Figs. 18–30
).
Mexico
(
Veracruz
,
Tamaulipas
,
Chiapas
),
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
.......
P. quadriscopulatus
Bates, 1880
- Tuft of setae on ventral side of the antennomeres III–V moderately short, and antennomere VI with ventral tuft covering or not the entire ventral surface (
Figs. 31
,
40
,
68
,
86
).............................................................. 4
4(3). Antennomere VII slightly longer than IV (
Figs. 31–39
).
Colombia
(
Cesar
),
Ecuador
(
Loja
)...........
P. luculentus
sp. nov.
- Antennomere VII distinctly longer than IV (
Figs. 40
,
68
,
86
)................................................... 5
5(4). Elytra distinctly pubescent (
Figs. 40–42
).
Colombia
(
Magdalena
),
Venezuela
....................
P. variabilis
Sallé, 1850
- Elytra not pubescent, with decumbent setae very sparse (
Figs. 43–47
).
Peru
.........
P. pallidicolor
Martins & Galileo, 2013
6(1). Small gibbosities of the elytra covering entire posterior half and, usually, following laterally toward anterior third or quarter (
Figs. 48–70
).
Colombia
(
Boyacá
,
Cundinamarca
,
Norte de Santander
,
Putumayo
), and
Ecuador
(
Loja
,
Napo
)..............................................................................................
P. pulcher
Buquet, 1840
- Small gibbosities of the elytra covering, at most, the posterior third of the elytra (
Figs. 71–96
).
Colombia
(
Cundinamarca
,
Boyacá
,
Quindío
,
Santander
),
Peru
(
Junín
)...............................................
P. gracilis
Buquet, 1840