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Glyptoscapus Aurivillius 1899

Description

Key to the species of Glyptoscapus 1. Elytra with distal area whitish............................................................2 — Elytra without whitish distal area......................................................3

2(1). Body mostly very dark, almost black; anterior yellowish macula of elytra not reaching epipleura. Brazil (Minas Gerais)....................................................................................................... G.letiziae sp.nov.

— Body distinctly lighter dorsally and ventrally, with elytra at most partially brown on basal half; anterior yellowish macula of elytra reaching sides (often margin). Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Brazil (Pará, Rondônia, Goiás, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo,Rio de Janeiro,São Paulo,Paraná), Argentina (Misiones)...................................................................... G.pallidulus (White,1855)

3(1). Head darker than pronotum; elytra without dark area at apex (apex slightly lighter than basal area). Brazil (Minas Gerais).................................................................................... G.bivittatus Gounelle,1909

— Head lighter than most of pronotum; elytra with dark area at apex (darker than basal area). Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará).......................................................... G.flaveolus (Bates,1870)

Notes

Published as part of Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2018, New species and synonymies in Hexoplonini Martins, 2006 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with notes and new records on Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802, pp. 1-8 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 58 on page 7, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.36, http://zenodo.org/record/5298006

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Aurivillius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Glyptoscapus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Glyptoscapus Aurivillius, 1899 sec. Nascimento & Santos-Silva, 2018

References

  • White, A. 1855. Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum, London, 8: 175 - 412.
  • Gounelle, E. 1909. Liste des cerambycides de la region de Jatahy, Etat de Goyaz, Bresil. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 77: 587 - 688.
  • Bates, H. W. 1870. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1870: 243 - 335.