Pronoplon rubriceps (Gounelle, 1909)

Valle, Néstor G., Monné, Marcela L., Damborsky, Miryam P. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, New records and geographic distribution of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Humid Chaco District, Argentina, Zootaxa 5254 (4), pp. 556-566 : 560

Pronoplon rubriceps (Gounelle, 1909)

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Distribution. Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Cordillera).

New record. ARGENTINA: Chaco: Los Chaguares, Department Primero de Mayo, 27°19′59′′S, 58°57′57′′W, 55 masl, 13.XI.2015, Riparian forest , Direct observation, 1 male, N. G. Valle leg. (CARTROUNNE 9568) .

Species diagnosis. Head and scape reddish; prothorax black or brownish; elytra reddish brown except yellowish apex, with a yellowish macula, of variable size, located laterally on the anterior half, and another small yellowish oblique band on middle of the dorsal surface; femora yellowish-brown, sometimes darkened apically; tibiae dark brown or blackish ( Martins 1967: 318, fig. 1; Martins 2006: 199, fig. 218).

Remark. First record of the genus in Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES2–9.NewrecordsofCerambycinae inChacoprovince,Argentina:(2)Coleoxestiapubicornis, female;(3)Eburodacrys truncata, female; (4) Ectenessidia nigriventris, male; (5) Amethysphaerion guarani, male; (6) Apyrauna annulicornis, female; (7) Pronoplon rubriceps, male; (8) Gorybia apatheia, female; (9) Hemilissa sulcicollis, female. Scale bar: 1 mm.