Centrocerum variatum (Newman, 1841)

Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2024, New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Zootaxa 5477 (5), pp. 587-599 : 595

Centrocerum variatum (Newman, 1841)

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Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina ( Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité , Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa , 16.III.2020, 04°12ʹ25.56ʹʹ S, 38°58ʹ15.3ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M.L. Monné leg., 1 female ( MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT7-47342 ) .

Collecting method. Manual collecting.

Species diagnosis. Tegument brownish; pronotum shining and densely, rugosely punctate with yellow pubescence; each elytron with two irregular yellowish maculae bordered by a darker color; elytral apex with the spine at the outer angle ( Lingafelter et al. 2017: 56; Martins 2005; Monné & Monné 2017).

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FIGURES 18–24. Dorsal view of Cerambycidae species. 18, Centrocerum variatum (Newman, 1841); 19, Sphaerion inerme White, 1853; 20, Anisopodus batesi Gilmour, 1965; 21, Lepturges (s. str.) zonula Monné, 1976; 22, Pseudophaula porosa (Bates, 1881); 23, Hesychotypa aeropa Dillon & Dillon, 1945; 24, Oncideres intermedia Dillon & Dillon, 1946.