Paroecus Bates, 1863

Monné, Miguel A., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Monné, Marcela L., 2020, Key to South American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) without erect setae on elytra; synonymies, transferences, revalidation, and notes on genera with erect setae on elytra, Zootaxa 4863 (1), pp. 1-65 : 54

Paroecus Bates, 1863

( Figs. 139–140 )

Paroecus Bates, 1863c: 379 .

Type species — Paroecus ellipticus Bates, 1863 (subsequent designation, Thomson, 1864: 322).

Hysterotarsus Thomson, 1864: 26 .

Type-species— Hysterotarsus batesii Thomson, 1864 (original designation).

Lepturguncus (Chaeturguncus) Gilmour, 1961: 350 . Syn. nov.

Type species— Lepturguncus (Chaeturguncus) vittulatus Gilmour, 1961 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Antennae of males with internal projection at apex of antennomere V and/or VI; lateral tubercles of the prothorax coincident with the lateroposterior angle or placed near it; elytra without centrobasal crest or carinae; erect setae present only at margins. Number of species currently included: 7.

Remarks. Paroecus can be included in the alternative of couplet “2” from Monné et al. (2020):

2(1). Antennae 11-segmented................................................................................. 2’ – Antennae 12-segmented............................................................... Lepturgantes Gilmour, 1957

2’(2). Antennomeres V and/or VI in males with internal projections.................................. .. Paroecus Bates, 1863 – Antennomeres without projections in either sex.................................... Lepturges (Chaeturges) Gilmour, 1959

Figures

FIGURES 134–149. 134–138) Ozineus elongatus: 134) Holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure); 135) Holotype, elytral detail (by Jesus Santiago Moure); 136) Female, dorsal habitus; 137) Female, lateral habitus; 138) Female, elytral detail. 139) Paroecus celebensis, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 140) Paroecus rigidus, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 141) Oxathridia roraimae, holotype female, dorsal habitus. 142–143) Pseudosparna antonkozlovi, holotype male (from Santos-Silva et al. 2019): 142) Dorsal habitus; 143) Ventral habitus. 144) Pseudosparna luteolineata, paratype male, dorsal habitus (by Larry G. Bezark). 145–146) Pseudosparna flaviceps, male (from Santos-Silva et al. 2018): 145) Dorsal habitus; 146) Ventral habitus. 147–148) Probatiomimus schwarzeri, lectotype: 147) Dorsal habitus; 148) Ventral habitus. 149) Calolamia bicordifera, holotype female, dorsal habitus (from Lingafelter et al. 2020).