Erythropterus

Napp, Dilma Solange & Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Synopsis of the genus Erythropterus Melzer, 1934 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Heteropsini), Zootaxa 1088, pp. 55-59 : 57

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

Figures

FIGURES 1 ­ 4. Species of Erythropterus. 1, E. cuissi new species, male holotype; 2, Idem, female