Hesychotypa Thomson, 1868

Nearns, Eugenio H. & Nascimento, Francisco E. de. L., 2019, A new genus and seven new species of Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Central and South America, Insecta Mundi 688, pp. 1-16 : 2

Hesychotypa Thomson, 1868

Type species. Hesychotypa miniata Thomson, 1868 .

Diagnosis and remarks. Hesychotypa has 24 described species widely distributed in the Neotropical region ( Monné 2018; Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2018). According to Dillon and Dillon (1945): “The chief distinguishing characteristics of the genus are as follows: the elytra simply punctate, not granulate at base; antennae with third segment much longer than scape, moderately sinuate, scape short, robust, clavate; mesosternal process angulate each side, apex emarginated; humeri only slightly prominent, anterior margin strongly arcuate; head and pronotum always with alternate dark and pale vittae.”