Pteroplatus, Buquet, 1840

Botero, Juan Pablo, Santos-Silva, Antonio & Bezark, Larry G., 2019, Revision of the genus Pteroplatus Buquet, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) and taxonomic notes in Pteroplatini, Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 69-100 : 73

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.3

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scientific name

Pteroplatus
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Key to species of Pteroplatus View in CoL

1. Posterior area of the elytra without small gibbosities......................................................... 2

- Posterior area of the elytra with small, subcircular gibbosities.................................................. 6

2(1). Elytra reticulated ( Figs. 10, 14, 15, 17 View FIGURES 10–17 ). Bolivia........................................... P. anchora Belon, 1903 View in CoL

- Elytra not reticulated.................................................................................. 3

3(2). Antennomeres III–V with long tufts of setae ventrally, and antennomere VI with a long tuft along entire ventral surface ( Figs. 18–30 View FIGURES 18–23 View FIGURES 24–30 ). Mexico (Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua....... P. quadriscopulatus Bates, 1880 View in CoL

- Tuft of setae on ventral side of the antennomeres III–V moderately short, and antennomere VI with ventral tuft covering or not the entire ventral surface ( Figs. 31 View FIGURES 31–39 , 40 View FIGURES 40–42 , 68 View FIGURES 66–70 , 86 View FIGURES 79–90 ).............................................................. 4

4(3). Antennomere VII slightly longer than IV ( Figs. 31–39 View FIGURES 31–39 ). Colombia (Cesar), Ecuador (Loja)........... P. luculentus View in CoL sp. nov.

- Antennomere VII distinctly longer than IV ( Figs. 40 View FIGURES 40–42 , 68 View FIGURES 66–70 , 86 View FIGURES 79–90 )................................................... 5

5(4). Elytra distinctly pubescent ( Figs. 40–42 View FIGURES 40–42 ). Colombia (Magdalena), Venezuela.................... P. variabilis Sallé, 1850 View in CoL

- Elytra not pubescent, with decumbent setae very sparse ( Figs. 43–47 View FIGURES 43–47 ). Peru......... P. pallidicolor Martins & Galileo, 2013 View in CoL

6(1). Small gibbosities of the elytra covering entire posterior half and, usually, following laterally toward anterior third or quarter ( Figs. 48–70 View FIGURES 48–57 View FIGURES 58–65 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo), and Ecuador (Loja, Napo).............................................................................................. P. pulcher Buquet, 1840 View in CoL

- Small gibbosities of the elytra covering, at most, the posterior third of the elytra ( Figs. 71–96 View FIGURES 71–78 View FIGURES 79–90 View FIGURES 91–96 ). Colombia (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Quindío, Santander), Peru (Junín)............................................... P. gracilis Buquet, 1840 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Tribe

Pteroplatini

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