Key to South American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) without erect setae on elytra; synonymies, transferences, revalidation, and notes on genera with erect setae on elytra
Author
Monné, Miguel A.
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monne@uol.com.br
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
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Author
Monné, Marcela L.
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monne@uol.com.br
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-21
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journal article
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Neseuterpia
Villiers, 1980
(
Figs. 80–81
)
Neseuterpia
Villiers, 1980: 89
.
Type
species
—
Neseuterpia curvipes
Villiers, 1980
(original designation).
Diagnosis.
Prothorax narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly; sides with distinct tubercle at or slightly behind middle; males with femora pedunculate-clavate, profemora strongly dilated. Number of species currently included: 3.
Remarks.
According to Tavakilian (2001) on
N. couturieri
Tavakilian, 2001
(translated): “
Neseuterpia couturieri
differes from
N. curvipes
Villiers, 1980
by the shape of the last visible abdominal segment of the female. Not knowing, for the moment, the male of
curvipes
, we do not think it useful to create a new genus for our new species, especially since the main difference is manifested by the shape of the seventh sternite and tergite transformed into ovipositor at
curvipes
; the presence or not of the ovipositor in the
Acanthocinini
tribe has never justified the splitting of large genera such as the
Nyssodrysternum
,
Lagocheirus
, etc.”
Neseuterpia couturieri
(
Fig. 81
) evidently does not belong to this genus: the metatarsomere I is distinctly longer than in the two other species of the genus, and the profemora in male is not strongly dilated. It appears to be most similar to
Luteolepturges galbus
with the only reliable difference being the longer antennae in both sexes.