Phrissolaus 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 : 19

Phrissolaus Bates, 1881

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Phrissolaus Bates, 1881: 172 .

Type species — Phrissolaus inspersus Bates, 1881 (monotypy).

Diagnosis. Antennae twice the length of the body, with rigid setae; prothorax with acute tubercle placed at the posterior third; elytra with the external apical angle produced; basal metatarsomere two times length of the two following together; ovipositor projected beyond the elytral apex. Number of species currently included: 1 (Central America ).

Figures

FIGURES 33–47. 33) Pentheochaetes mystica Melzer, 1932, syntype male, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), dorsal habitus (from Monné et al. 2020). 34) Phrissolaus inspersus Bates, 1881, lectotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 35) Pseudocobelura prolixa (Bates, 1864), male, dorsal habitus, Brazil (Pará) (from Monné et al. 2020). 36) Tenthras obliteratus Thomson, 1864, female, dorsal habitus, Brazil (Goiás) (from Monné et al. 2020). 37) Trichalphus pilosus Bates, 1881, lectotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 38) Trichastylopsis albidus (LeConte, 1852), holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 39) Trichocanonura linearis (Skinner, 1905), dorsal habitus (from Bezark 2020). 40–42) Trichotithonus curvatus (Bates, 1885), holotype male of Pentheochaetes nitidus Monné & Martins, 1976 (= Trichotithonus curvatus), Brazil (Santa Catarina) (from Monné et al. 2020): 40) Dorsal habitus; 41) Ventral habitus; 42) Lateral habitus. 43) Tuberastyochus tenebrosus (Bates, 1881), holotype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 44) Valenus inornatus Casey, 1891, holotype, dorsal habitus (from Lingafelter et al. 2020). 45–46) Catharesthes elegans Bates, 1881, holotype (by Jesus Santiago Moure): 45) Dorsal habitus; 46) Elytra, detail of posterior half. 47) Pentheochaetes apicalis Melzer, 1934, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure).