Neoeutrypanus Monné, 1977

Botero, Juan Pablo & Monné, Miguel A., 2015, Synopsis of the genus Neoeutrypanus Monné, 1977 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3974 (1), pp. 115-121 : 116

Key to species of the genus Neoeutrypanus Monné, 1977

1. Pronotum with an obtuse rounded prominence each side of the middle in the anterior half............................ 2

- Pronotum without prominences.......................................................................... 6

2(1). Pronotum with two lateral yellow fasciae with inner edge sinuous and a brown central fascia. Ecuador, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru, Bolivia (Beni). Figs. 1–2 .......................................... N. nobilis (Bates, 1864)

- Pronotum with other pattern of coloration.................................................................. 3

3(2). Each elytron with four irregular spots of black pubescence surrounded by white pubescence. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama. Figs. 3–4 ........................................................ N. decorus (Bates, 1881)

- Elytra with other pattern of coloration.....................................................................4

4(3) Prothorax with acute lateral tubercle; lateral elytral carinae clearly marked. French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará). Figs. 5–6 ........................................................................ N. inustus (Monné & Martins, 1976)

- Prothorax with rounded lateral tubercle; lateral elytral carinae feebly marked...................................... 5

5(4) Metatarsomere I covered with white pubescence, II with black pubescence. Males with long hairs in protibiae and protarsi; and posterior apex of the pro- and mesosternal process, median region of metasternum, coxae and first urosternite surface covered by dense yellow pubescence. Venezuela, French Guiana. Figs. 7–8 ........................... N. nitidus (White, 1855)

- Metatarsomere I-II covered with white pubescence. Males without long hairs in protibiae or protarsi; ventrally without dense pubescence. Brazil (Goiás, Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones). Figs. 9–10 ............................................................................................. N. glaucus (Melzer, 1931)

6(1) Tarsomere II covered with black pubescence................................................................7

- Tarsomere II covered with whitish-gray pubescence or with basal half grayish and apical half black....................8

7(6) Pronotum with a brown central longitudinal band and each side with a narrow yellow longitudinal stripe. Bolivia (Santa Cruz). Figs. 11–12 ........................................................... N. generosus (Monné & Martins, 1976)

- Pronotum without bands, covered with mottled pubescence (brown, whitish and yellow). Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay. Figs. 13–14 ......................................................................... N. mutilatus (Germar, 1824)

8(6) Lateral carina reaching the apical fourth of elytra. Brazil (Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina), Argentina (Misiones). Figs. 15–16 ............................................................................... N. sobrinus (Melzer, 1935)

- Lateral elytral carina not exceeding the basal half of elytra.....................................................9

9(8) Apical fifth of elytra predominantly covered with whitish-gray pubescence. Tarsomere II with basal half grayish and apical half black. Colombia (Meta). Figs. 17–18 .................................................... N. llanero sp. nov.

- Apical fifth of elytra predominantly covered with brown pubescence, whitish-gray pubescence restricted to minute spots and to distal extremity. Tarsomere II covered with whitish-gray pubescence...........................................10

10(9) Pronotum with three well-defined white longitudinal bands, the lateral ones not covering the lateral tubercles. Males without dense pubescence ventrally Brazil (Pará). Figs. 19–20 .................................... N. maculatus Monné, 1985 .

- Pronotum with two ill-defined longitudinal bands, covering laterally the prothorax and the lateral tubercles, a median band could be absent, incomplete or ill-defined. Males with anterior border of pro- and mesosternal process, median region of metasternum, coxae and base of first urosternite covered by dense pubescence.................................... 11

11(10) Lateral elytral carina clearly marked, apical fifth of elytra predominantly covered with brown pubescence; whitish-gray pubescence restricted to apical margin. Antennomeres IV-V of males without tooth on apex. Females with urosternite V exceeding elytral apices by more than half its length. Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará). Figs. 21–22 ........................................................................................ N. incertus (Bates, 1864)

- Lateral elytral carinae feebly marked, apical fifth of elytra with spots of whitish-gray pubescence. Antennomeres IV-V of males with a small tooth on inner face of apex. Females with urosternite V not exceeding elytral apices by more than half its length. Bolivia. Figs. 23–26 .............................................................. N. dentatus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 2, Neoeutrypanus nobilis, 1, male, 2, female; 3 – 4, Neoeutrypanus decorus, 3, male, 4, female; 5 – 6, Neoeutrypanus inustus, 5, holotype, male, 6, paratype, female; 7 – 8, Neoeutrypanus nitidus, 7, male, 8, female.

FIGURES 9 – 16. 9 – 10, Neoeutrypanus glaucus, 9, male, 10, female; 11 – 12, Neoeutrypanus generosus, 11, male, 12, paratype, female; 13 – 14, Neoeutrypanus mutilatus, 13, male, 14, female; 15 – 16, Neoeutrypanus sobrinus, 15, male, 16, female.

FIGURES 17 – 26. 17 – 18, Neoeutrypanus llanero sp. nov., holotype, female, 17, dorsal view, 18, ventral view; 19 – 20, Neoeutrypanus maculatus, 19, paratype, male, 20, paratype, female; 21 – 22, Neoeutrypanus incertus, 21, male, 22, female; 23 – 26, Neoeutrypanus dentatus sp. nov., 23 – 24, holotype, male, 23, dorsal view, 24, ventral view, 25 – 26, paratype, female, 25, dorsal view, 26, ventral view.