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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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

Bates, H. W. (1880) Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera. London, 5, 17 - 152.

Belon, P. M. (1903) Materiaux pour l'etude des longicornes de Bolivie. Revue d'Entomologie, 22, 47 - 76.

Buquet, J. B. L. (1840) Une notice sur un genre nouveau de longicornes, de la tribu des cerambycins, et designe sous le nom de Pteroplatus, dans la troisieme edition du catalogue de M. le Comte Dejean. Revue Zoologique, 1840, 287.

Martins, U. R. & Galileo, M. H. M. (2013) New species and records of Cerambycinae and Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa, 3683 (5), 571 - 580. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3683.5. 5

Salle, A. (1850) Coleopteres nouveaux de l'Amerique. 2 e partie. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 7 (2), 429 - 435.

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FIGURES 10–17. Pteroplatus anchora: 10) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 1; 11) Ventral habitus, male, specimen 1; 12) Lateral habitus, male, specimen 1; 13) Head, frontal view, male, specimen 1; 14) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 2; 15) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 3; 16) Holotype male, labels; 17) Dorsal habitus, holotype male.

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FIGURES 18–23. Pteroplatus quadriscopulatus: 18) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 1; 19) Ventral habitus, male, specimen 1; 20) Head, frontal view, male, specimen 1; 21) Head, frontal view, female, specimen 1; 22) Dorsal habitus, female, specimen 1; 23) Ventral habitus, female, specimen 1.

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FIGURES 24–30. Pteroplatus quadriscopulatus: 24) Lateral habitus, male, specimen 1; 25) Lateral habitus, female, specimen 1; 26) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 2; 27) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 3; 28) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 4; 29) Dorsal habitus, male, specimen 5; 30) Dorsal habitus, female, specimen 2.

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FIGURES 31–39. Pteroplatus luculentus, sp. nov. 31–34) holotype female: 31) Dorsal habitus; 32) Ventral habitus; 33) Lateral habitus; 34) Head, frontal view. 35) Dorsal habitus, paratype male. 36–39) Paratype female: 36) Head, frontal view; 37) Dorsal habitus; 38) Ventral habitus; 39) Lateral habitus.

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FIGURES 40–42. Pteroplatus variabilis, syntypes, dorsal habitus.

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FIGURES 66–70. Pteroplatus pulcher, dorsal habitus: 66) Female specimen 1; 67) Female, specimen 2; 68) Male, specimen 1; 69) Male, specimen 2; 70) Male, specimen 3.

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FIGURES 79–90. Pteroplatus gracilis. 79–80) holotype: 79) Dorsal habitus; 80) Labels. 81–82) P. rostainei (= P. gracilis), holotype: 81) Dorsal habitus; 82) Labels. 83–87) Dorsal habitus, females. 88–90) Dorsal habitus, males.

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FIGURES 43–47. Pteroplatus pallidicolor, holotype male: 43) Dorsal habitus; 44) Ventral habitus; 45) Lateral habitus; 46) Head and pronotum; 47) Head, frontal view.

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FIGURES 48–57. Pteroplatus pulcher. 48–49) P. fasciatus, syntype: 48) Dorsal habitus; 49) Labels. 50–51) P. elegans, syntypes, dorsal habitus. 52) P. transversalis, holotype, dorsal habitus and label. 53) P. dimidiatipennis, holotype, dorsal habitus and label. 54) P. nigriventris, holotype, dorsal habitus and label. 55–56) P. pulcher, holotype: 55) Labels; 56) Dorsal habitus. 57) P. atroviolaceus (= P. pulcher), holotype (Kirsch, 1889).

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FIGURES 58–65. Pteroplatus pulcher. 58–61) male: 58) Dorsal habitus; 59) Ventral habitus; 60) Lateral habitus; 61) Head, frontal view. 62–65) female: 62) Head, frontal view; 63) Dorsal habitus; 64) Ventral habitus; 65) Lateral habitus.

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FIGURES 71–78. Pteroplatus gracilis. 71–74) male: 71) Dorsal habitus; 72) Ventral habitus; 73) Lateral habitus; 74) Head, frontal view. 75–78) female: 75) Head, frontal view; 76) Dorsal habitus; 77) Ventral habitus; 78) Lateral habitus.

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FIGURES 91–96. Pteroplatus gracilis. 91) P. caudatus (= P. gracilis), holotype, dorsal habitus. 92–96) Males, dorsal habitus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Tribe

Pteroplatini