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. A combination of names Oscali and Iskay, plus the Latin suffix “us”. Dedicated by the first author to Otto Oscali and Ithan Iskay Pérez Valerio good children and friends, who are enthusiastic entomologists interested on the study of beetles. Masculine gender.
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, here designated.
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Body stout. Head not retractile. Eyes not divided, strongly emarginate, area of connection between upper and lower eye lobes very narrow; distance between upper eye lobes greater than three times width of one upper lobe; lower eye lobes about as long as genae. Antennae longer than body; scape without apical cicatrix, not pedunculate-clavate; antennomeres slender, lacking abundant erect setae ventrally; antennomeres III and IV with similar length; antennomere III distinctly longer than scape. Prothorax transverse, with large, conical tubercle on middle of each side. Mesoventral process moderately abruptly elevated anteriorly, longitudinally tuberculate (carinashaped). Metaventrite not shortened. Mesocoxal cavities closed laterally. Elytra not carinate dorsally, granulate basally, lacking erect setae and tufts of setae; humeri rounded, unarmed; outer apex not spiniform. Mesotibiae sulcate dorsally, somewhat notched on base of sulcus.
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<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03050FFF0FF54FC1DFEE66182" bold="true" box="[199,315,902,928]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182">Remarks.</emphasis>
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established the “
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Sous-Groupe. APOMECYNITAE”, which includes “
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Division. APOMECYNITAE VERAE” and “
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Division. PTEROPLIITAE.” These “divisions” were defined as follows (translated): “APOMECYNITAE VERAE” Body elongated. Frons short, convex.Antennae far apart, more or less elongated. Prothorax unarmed laterally. Hind legs close to each other, procoxal cavities entire, outwardly angled, tarsal claws divergent; “PTEROPLIITAE” “Antennae far apart. Protibiae hooked at apex; procoxal cavities entire, outwardly angled.” However, these definitions do not help to separate these two groups.
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However, a few years later
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included the
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genus of
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,
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Lacordaire, 1830
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, in “Desmiphoritae” (currently
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), as well as other genera currently allocated in
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. This classification appears to be very confused and artificial, since
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has the tarsal claws divergent, while they are divaricate in
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.
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separated
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from
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by the shape of the mesotibiae: dorsally sulcate in the former; not dorsally sulcate in the latter. However, the information about several morphological details
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Lacordaire is very questionable and, in some cases, entirely false, not only regarding these two tribes, but several other in
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. For example, in the same group of
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Pteropliini,
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included his “Ataxiides” (
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species
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Haldeman, 1847
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). According to
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,
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has “middle tibiae with an external sinus,” which may be interpreted as a sulcus or notch, but indicating that the middle tibia is not simple. In fact, the mesotibiae are somewhat variable in
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FF54FA5DFE5767C3" author="Breuning, S." box="[199,394,1478,1505]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="25 - 28" refId="ref6144" refString="Breuning, S. (1950) Considerations preliminaires sur la classification des lamiaires, pp. 25 - 28. In: Lepesme, P. (Ed.), Longicornia. Etudes et notes sur les longicornes. Volume I. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 603 pp." type="book chapter" year="1950">Breuning (1950)</bibRefCitation>
synonymized Niphonini Pascoe, 1864, Emphytoeciini
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FBB9FA5DFB2867C2" author="Lacordaire, J. T." box="[1066,1269,1478,1504]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="411 - 930" refId="ref6397" refString="Lacordaire, J. T. (1872) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coleopteres, ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vol. 9 (2). Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, pp. 411 - 930." type="book chapter" year="1872">Lacordaire, 1872</bibRefCitation>
, and
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Ataxiini
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FF04FA71FE8B6426" author="Lacordaire, J. T." box="[151,342,1514,1540]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="411 - 930" refId="ref6397" refString="Lacordaire, J. T. (1872) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coleopteres, ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vol. 9 (2). Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, pp. 411 - 930." type="book chapter" year="1872">Lacordaire, 1872</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
with
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, and defined the tribe as follows (translated): “Scape never very long and narrow. Metaventrite with normal length. Mesocoxal cavities open laterally. Mesotibiae lacking dorsal sulcus and lacking distinct middle tubercle. Tarsal claws divergent.”
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FD59F9A9FC22646F" author="Linsley, E. G. &amp; Chemsak, J. A." box="[714,1023,1586,1613]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="258" refId="ref6503" refString="Linsley, E. G. &amp; Chemsak, J. A. (1985) The Cerambycidae of North America. Part VII, No. 1. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Parmenini through Acanthoderini. University of California, Publications in Entomology, 102, xi + 258." type="journal article" year="1985">Linsley &amp; Chemsak (1985)</bibRefCitation>
disagreed: “
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FB1EF9A9FA96646F" author="Breuning, S." box="[1165,1355,1586,1613]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="25 - 28" refId="ref6144" refString="Breuning, S. (1950) Considerations preliminaires sur la classification des lamiaires, pp. 25 - 28. In: Lepesme, P. (Ed.), Longicornia. Etudes et notes sur les longicornes. Volume I. Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 603 pp." type="book chapter" year="1950">Breuning (1950)</bibRefCitation>
placed the tribe
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in synonymy with the
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on the basis of the divergent claws, straight metepisternum, and open middle coxal cavities. The coxal cavities are, by our definition, closed in both groups but other differences between the two tribes make the proposed synonymy unacceptable. The
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may be characterized by the usually longer antennae, prominent lateral and discal calluses of the pronotum, transversely impressed prosternum, arcuate mesosternal process, anteriorly broad metepisternum, and longer, more slender legs.” Currently,
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is considered a synonym of
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(e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FDFEF891FCDD6506" author="Monne, M. A." box="[621,768,1802,1828]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" refId="ref6559" refString="Monne, M. A. (2020) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Available from: https: // cerambycids. com / default. asp? action = show _ catalog (Last accessed 19 August 2020)" type="url" year="2020">Monné 2020</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="932936B23050FFF3FF54F8B5FF3462F7" blockId="1.[151,1437,434,2008]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1436,151,826]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="183" pageId="1" pageNumber="182">
According to
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FEF1F8B5FDC2656A" author="Breuning, S." box="[354,543,1838,1864]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="209 - 335" refId="ref6196" refString="Breuning, S. (1971) Revision des especes americaines de la tribue des Apomecynini Lac. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen aus dem Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde, 37 (3), 209 - 335." type="journal article" year="1971">Breuning (1971)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="54964D313050FFF0FDBAF8B5FD1C656A" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1860" box="[553,705,1838,1864]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Apomecynini">Apomecynini</taxonomicName>
is characterized as follows (translated): “More or less elongated. Scape rarely with apical cicatrix, very long or the coxal cavities closed [mesocoxal cavities]. Metaventrite sometimes shortened. Coxal cavities open or closed [mesocoxal cavities]. Mesotibia with dorsal sulcus more or less distinct. Tarsal claws divergent. Surface often with erect setae.”
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433050FFF0FC8CF801FB876597" author="Linsley, E. G. &amp; Chemsak, J. A." box="[799,1114,1946,1973]" pageId="1" pageNumber="182" pagination="258" refId="ref6503" refString="Linsley, E. G. &amp; Chemsak, J. A. (1985) The Cerambycidae of North America. Part VII, No. 1. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Parmenini through Acanthoderini. University of California, Publications in Entomology, 102, xi + 258." type="journal article" year="1985">Linsley &amp; Chemsak (1985)</bibRefCitation>
provided a redescription of
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, but they made clear that the description was only applicable to North American fauna species: “This tribe has been variously defined. The above description applies only to the single representative occurring in our fauna.”
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="932936B23053FFF3FF54FF44FEDA638F" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,826]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">
More recently,
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433053FFF3FEFEFF44FDE062DB" author="Souza, D. &amp; Marinoni, L &amp; Monne, M. L. &amp; Gomez-Zurita, J." box="[365,573,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" pagination="106736" refId="ref6612" refString="Souza, D., Marinoni, L, Monne, M. L. &amp; Gomez-Zurita, J. (2020) Molecular phylogenetic assessment of the tribal classification of Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambcycidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 145, 106736. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2020.106736" type="journal article" year="2020">
Souza
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FE24FF44FE3062DB" box="[439,493,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
</bibRefCitation>
reported that
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and
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FC0EFF44FBCE62DB" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[925,1043,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
were not retrieved as monophyletic in any of their analysis. Unfortunately, the
<typeStatus id="4C2D88103053FFF3FDF4FE98FD4A633F" box="[615,663,259,285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
genus of both tribes was not studied. Even so,
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FB03FE98FADB633F" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[1168,1286,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
was included in their “clade M” (based on two nonAmerican generaone of them
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FC39FEBCFB3B6363" authority="Newman, 1842" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1842" box="[938,1254,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Pterolophia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FC39FEBCFBF26363" box="[938,1071,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Pterolophia</emphasis>
Newman, 1842
</taxonomicName>
, apparently, is a mess of many genera considered as subgenera), while
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FD62FED0FC546347" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1860" box="[753,905,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Apomecynini">Apomecynini</taxonomicName>
(comprised by American species) was included in their “clade H.” Thus, the true morphological differences between American
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and
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FB41FEF4FA9563AB" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[1234,1352,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
remain unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="932936B23053FFF3FF54FE2CFAE2611B" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,826]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">
The general appearance of
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FE6AFE2CFDBC63F3" authority="Pérez-Flores &amp; Santos-Silva, 2021" authorityName="Pérez-Flores &amp; Santos-Silva" authorityYear="2021" box="[505,609,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Osckayia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FE6AFE2CFDBC63F3" box="[505,609,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Osckayia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BAD157DB3053FFF3FDFAFE2CFD0863F3" box="[617,725,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FDFAFE2CFD4E63F3" bold="true" box="[617,659,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">gen</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FD31FE2CFD1363F3" bold="true" box="[674,718,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is somewhat similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FBA7FE2CFAB063F3" authority="Thomson, 1864" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1864" box="[1076,1389,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Esthlogena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FBA7FE2CFB6F63F3" box="[1076,1202,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Esthlogena</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F7074B433053FFF3FB2AFE2CFAB063F3" author="Thomson, J." box="[1209,1389,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" refId="ref6722" refString="Thomson, J. (1864) Systema cerambycidarum ou expose de tous les genres compris dans la famille des cerambycides et familles limitrophes. H. Dessain, Liege, 352 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 48458" type="book" year="1864">Thomson, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, but differs by the elytra lacking long and erect setae (present in
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FCC3FE40FC1363D7" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1864" box="[848,974,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Esthlogena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FCC3FE40FC1363D7" box="[848,974,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Esthlogena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This would suggest that
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FA91FE40FAB763D7" authorityName="Pérez-Flores &amp; Santos-Silva" authorityYear="2021" box="[1282,1386,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Osckayia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FA91FE40FAB763D7" box="[1282,1386,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Osckayia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FF04FE64FECC603B" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[151,273,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
. However,
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FE19FE64FC55603B" authority="Audinet-Serville, 1835" authorityName="Audinet-Serville" authorityYear="1835" box="[394,904,510,537]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Pteroplius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminatus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FE19FE64FD5E603A" box="[394,643,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Pteroplius acuminatus</emphasis>
Audinet-Serville, 1835
</taxonomicName>
,
<typeStatus id="4C2D88103053FFF3FC03FE64FC1D603B" box="[912,960,511,537]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
species of the
<typeStatus id="4C2D88103053FFF3FBCFFE64FB51603B" box="[1116,1164,511,537]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
genus of
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FB61FE64FAB6603B" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[1266,1387,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FF04FDB8FDF8601F" authority="Mergele, 1802" authorityName="Mergele" authorityYear="1802" box="[151,549,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alboguttata">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FF04FDB8FEA6601F" box="[151,379,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Saperda alboguttata</emphasis>
Mergele, 1802
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FDDFFDB8FC8A601F" box="[588,855,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Apomecyna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alboguttata">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FDDFFDB8FC8A601F" box="[588,855,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Apomecyna alboguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; =
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FCEEFDB8FAD4601F" authority="histrio (Fabricius, 1793))" authorityName="histrio (Fabricius" authorityYear="1793" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1793" box="[893,1289,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Apomecyna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="histrio" subSpecies="histrio">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FCEEFDB8FBE8601F" box="[893,1077,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">A. histrio histrio</emphasis>
(Fabricius, 1793))
</taxonomicName>
,
<typeStatus id="4C2D88103053FFF3FA87FDB8FA99601F" box="[1300,1348,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
species of the
<typeStatus id="4C2D88103053FFF3FF72FDDCFECC6043" box="[225,273,583,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">type</typeStatus>
genus of
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FE12FDDCFDC16043" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1860" box="[385,540,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Apomecynini">Apomecynini</taxonomicName>
, have similar mesocoxal cavities: imperfectly closed laterally. The same seems to be true in other American genera currently included in
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FCB2FDF0FC4660A7" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[801,923,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
. The mesotibiae in
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FBE5FDF0FAAF60A6" authorityName="Audinet-Serville" authorityYear="1835" box="[1142,1394,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Pteroplius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminatus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FBE5FDF0FAAF60A6" box="[1142,1394,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Pteroplius acuminatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are not distinctly sulcate, as in some other genera of American
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FCBBFD14FC43608B" authorityName=", Lacordaire" authorityYear="1872" box="[808,926,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pteropliini">Pteropliini</taxonomicName>
examined by us. In
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FBECFD14FA41608B" authority="Dejean, 1821" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1821" box="[1151,1436,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Apomecyna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FBECFD14FADF608B" box="[1151,1282,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Apomecyna</emphasis>
Dejean, 1821
</taxonomicName>
the mesotibiae are distinctly sulcate. However, this feature is very variable in American genera of
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FB43FD28FAB160EF" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1860" box="[1232,1388,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Apomecynini">Apomecynini</taxonomicName>
. For example, they are not distinctly sulcate in
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FDF5FD4CFC8760D3" authority="Bates, 1885" authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1885" box="[614,858,726,753]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Euteleuta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FDF5FD4CFD0C60D3" box="[614,721,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Euteleuta</emphasis>
Bates, 1885
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="54964D313053FFF3FC1EFD4CFB0860D3" authority="Lacordaire, 1830" authorityName="Lacordaire" authorityYear="1830" box="[909,1237,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Ptericoptus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FC1EFD4CFBD360D2" box="[909,1038,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Ptericoptus</emphasis>
Lacordaire, 1830
</taxonomicName>
, and are distinctly sulcate in
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<emphasis id="A1E2EAA03053FFF3FE99FD60FE816137" box="[266,348,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="183">Bebelis</emphasis>
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. Accordingly, we prefer to include it in
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(
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was originally described as part of this tribe), while the eventual true differences between these two tribes are not known.
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