Phymatodes aereus (Newman)

Swift, Ian P. & Ray, Ann M., 2010, Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 2448, pp. 35-52 : 36-41

Phymatodes aereus (Newman)

(Fig. 2)

Callidium aereum Newman, 1838:393 . Type locality: North America . BMNH Phymatodes aereus, LeConte, 1850:33

Callidium pallipes Haldeman, 1847:37 . Type locality: Pennsylvania, USA. MCZC PLATE 1. 1) Phymatodes aeneus , male; 2) P. aereus , female; 3) P. amoenus , female; 4) P. amoenus , female ventral; 5) P. ater , female; 6) P. ater , female; 7) P. blandus , male; 8) P. concolor , male; 9) P. decussatus , male.

PLATE 2. 10) Phymatodes dimidiatus , male; 11) P. dimidiatus , male; 12) P. fulgidus , paratype female; 13) P. grandis , male; 14) P. hirtellus , male; 15) P. hirtellus , female; 16) P. hirtellus , female; 17) P. infuscatus , male; 18) P. lengi , female.

PLATE 3. 19) Phymatodes lengi , female ventral; 20) P. lividus , male; 21) P. maculicollis , male; 22) P. nigerriumus , male; 23) P. nigrescens , male; 24) P. nigrescens , male; 25) P. nitidus , male; 26) P. obliquus , male; 27) P. obliquus , male.

PLATE 4. 28) Phymatodes rainieri , holotype female; 29) P. shareeae , paratype male; 30) P. testaceus , female; 31) P. tysoni , paratype female; 32) P. varius , male; 33) P. varius , female; 34) P. vilitatis , male; 35) P. vulneratus , male; 36) Scanning electron micrograph of P. decussatus , male prothorax and head; 37) P. decussatus , female prothorax and head.

This species occurs in the eastern US, where it is distinctive within its range. Among all North American species, it is most similar to P. aeneus which occurs along the west coast. See the discussion of P. aeneus . Specimens examined: 156