Leptocometes Bates, 1881

Monné, Miguel A., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Monné, Marcela L., 2020, Key to Mexican and Central American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) with erect setae on elytral surface, excluding the Caribbean Islands, Zootaxa 4885 (1), pp. 1-26 : 11

Leptocometes Bates, 1881

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Leptocometes Bates, 1881: 161 .

Type species — Leptocometes hispidus Bates, 1881 (monotypy).

Tithonus Thomson, 1864: 24 .

Type species — Tithonus umbrosus Thomson, 1864 (original designation).

Lophopoedes Gilmour, 1957: 11 .

Type species — Lophopoeum virescens Melzer, 1931 (original designation).

Lathrozineus Gilmour, 1959b: 23 .

Type species — Lathrozineus volcanensis Gilmour, 1959 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Prothorax with prominent lateral tubercle placed centrally or a little beyond; pronotum with tubercles; mesoventral process at most as wide as half of width of a mesocoxa; elytra without centrobasal crest or lateral carina. Number of species currently included: 16; in Mexico and Central America : 4.

Figures

FIGURES 1–16. 1–2) Alcidion humerale (Perty, 1832), male, Brazil (S„o Paulo) (from Monné et al. 2020): 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus. 3) Amniscus praemorsus (Fabricius, 1793), lectotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 4) Antecrurisa apicalis (Bates, 1864), holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 5) Baryssinus penicillatus Bates, 1864, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 6) Baryssinus bicirrifer Bates, 1872, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 7) Canidia canescens (Dillon, 1955), paratype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 8) Carphina occulta Monné, 1990, paratype male, dorsal habitus (from Monné et al. 2020). 9) Cosmotoma adjuncta (Thomson, 1860), male, dorsal habitus, Brazil (Pará) (from Monné et al. 2020). 10) Dectes texanus LeConte, 1862, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 11) Eutrichillus comus (Bates, 1881), holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 12) Glaucotes yuccivorous (Fall, 1907), syntype, dorsal habitus (from Bezark 2020). 13) Granastyochus elegantissimus (Tippmann, 1953), female, dorsal habitus, Peru (from Monné et al. 2020). 14) Graphisurus eucharis (Bates, 1885), holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 15) Graphisurus vexillaris (Bates, 1872), lectotype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 16) Leptocometes hispidus Bates, 1881, male, dorsal habitus, Mexico (Chiapas) (from Monné et al. 2020).