Zikanita

Machado, Vanessa S. & Monné, Marcela L., 2011, Synopsis of Zikanita Lane (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Zootaxa 2795, pp. 65-68 : 67

Key to species of Zikanita

1. Intercoxal process of mesosternum tuberculate.............................................................. 2

- Intercoxal process of mesosternum planar.................................................................. 3

2(1). Elytra slightly elevated at base, without cristae, lacking setae, apices sinuous and not spinose; integument dark brown. Brazil (Mato Grosso and Goiás) ( Fig. 1 )......................................................... Z. plumbea sp. nov.

- Elytra with a prominent basal cristae, with setae, apices sinuous and spinose; integument reddish brown. Brazil (Minas Gerais to São Paulo) ( Fig. 2 ).............................................................. Z. perpulchra Lane, 1943

3(1). Apical 1/4 of elytra with whitish pubescence and a rounded dark brown spot; basal cristae prominent, with sparse setae. Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador ( Fig. 3 )....................................................... Z. biocellata ( Tippmann, 1960)

- Apical 1/4 of elytra with predominantly whitish pubescence; basal cristae shallow, with a tuft of setae. Brazil, Peru ( Fig. 4 )................................................................... Zikanita argenteofasciata ( Tippmann, 1960)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. 1, Zikanita plumbea, female holotype; 2, Zikanita perpulchra, male; 3, Zikanita biocellata, female; 4, Zikanita argenteofasciata, female; 5, Psapharochrus nigricans, female.