Volxemia, Lameere, 1884

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2018, Synopsis of the genus Volxemia Lameere, 1884 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 4457 (3), pp. 491-494 : 491

Key for the species of Volxemia

1. Elytra unicolor; meso- and metafemora bispinose at apex, inner spine longer than outer spine ( Brazil, São Paulo) ( Fig. 1 )............ ........................................................................................................................................................................... L. solangeae sp. nov.

- Elytra bicolor; meso- and metafemora with only short inner spine .................................................................................................. 2

2. Elytra with developed eburneous callosities, each elytron with four eburneous callosities, two on base and two in middle; surface of elytra almost uniformly dark brown except for yellowish transverse basal band ( Brazil, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) ( Fig. 2 ) ................................................................................................................................................................... L. dianella Lameere, 1884

- Each elytron with two minute eburneous callosities at base, anterior half of elytra yellowish; distal half dark brownish ( Brazil, Espírito Santo) ( Fig. 3 ) .................................................................................................................................. L. seabrai Zajciw, 1968

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. 1, Volxemia solangeae sp. nov.; 2, Volxemia dianella Lameere, 1884; 3, Volxemia seabrai Zajciw, 1968.