Cotycicuiara

Galileo, Maria Helena M. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2016, New American Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 220-230 : 223-224

Key to species of Cotycicuiara (based on Martins & Galileo 2010)

1 Elytra with distinct, unbroken, longitudinal bands of white pubescence.......................................... 2

- Elytra without longitudinal bands of whitish pubescence, or with broken whitish lines on part of elytra................. 8

2(1) Elytra with white pubescence bands restricted to apical 2/3 or to apical half....................................... 3

- Elytra with continuous longitudinal bands of white pubescence from the base to the apex............................. 4

3(2) Pronotum punctate; four bands of white pubescence on apical half of elytra; band of whitish pubescence along the metepisternal margin. French Guiana , Brazil (Pará, Santa Catarina)....................... C. alternata Galileo and Martins, 2008

- Pronotum smooth, except for a row of punctures on basal constriction; nine bands of white pubescence on apical half of elytra; whitish pubescence on metasternum sides. Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana ......... C. oicepe Martins & Galileo, 2010

4(2) Distance between upper eye lobes equal to four or more rows of ommatidia; elytra with twelve longitudinal fine bands of compact whitish pubescence. Brazil (Piauí, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais)................................................................................................ C. multifasciata Galileo and Martins, 2008

- Distance between upper ocular lobes equal to three rows of ommatidia; less than twelve bands of compact whitish pubescence on elytra............................................................................................ 5

5(4) Pronotum deeply punctate between pubescence............................................................. 6

- Pronotum with fine punctures covered by pubescence, a row of deep punctures next to posterior margin and some punctures in the anterior constriction; (longitudinal bands of pubescence on sides of metasternum).............................. 7

6(5) Pronotum covered by predominantly whitish pubescence; elytra with seven wide bands intercalated with fine bands of compact white pubescence. Venezuela..................................... C. venezuelensis Galileo and Martins, 2008

- Pronotum covered by yellowish pubescence; elytra with nine fine bands of compact whitish pubescence. Bolivia............................................................................... C. boliviana Galileo and Martins, 2008

7(5) Pronotum with three longitudinal bands of yellowish pubescence, one in the center and one in each side; elytra with six longitudinal bands of yellowish pubescence; ventral surface with longitudinal bands of yellowish pubescence on each sides from the head to urosternites. Bolivia.............................................. C. latifascia Galileo and Martins, 2008

- Pronotum without bands of pubescence; elytra with ten longitudinal bands of whitish pubescence; ventral surface with longitudinal bands of whitish compact pubescence on mesepimera, next to the external margin of metepisterna and on each sides of the metasternum. Brazil (Bahia)........................................... C. bahiensis Galileo and Martins, 2008

8(1) Pronotum impunctate, except for a row of punctures along basal constriction; (elytral band of white pubescence transverse and wide, with large and deep punctures). Brazil (Minas Gerais)...................... C. multicava Martins & Galileo, 2010

- Pronotum at least with sparse punctures throughout.......................................................... 9

9(8) Elytral apex acuminate. Panama............................................ C. acuminata Galileo & Martins, 2012

- Elytral apex rounded.................................................................................. 10

10(9) Pubescence on base of elytra not contrasting with pubescence on remaining basal half.............................. 11

- Pubescence on base of elytra contrasting with pubescence on remaining basal half................................. 13

11(10) Elytral pubescence similar from base to apex. Bolivia................................. C. wappesi Galileo et al., 2015

- Elytral pubescence denser on basal half................................................................... 12

12(11) Pronotum with wide central-longitudinal band of yellowish pubescence and sides with white pubescence; anterior half of elytra covered by white pubescence, except on contrasting punctures; posterior half with several spots of white pubescence. Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo).................................... C. nivaria Martins & Galileo, 2010

- Pronotum completely covered by white pubescence; elytra with a narrow white basal area, bordered posteriorly by a transverse less pubescent area and, with irregular white spots on the remaining surface. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).................................................................................. C. chionea Martins & Galileo, 2010

13(10) Distance between upper eye lobes distinctly smaller than half of one lobe. French Guiana , Brazil (Amazonas)................................................................................... C. magnifica Galileo & Martins, 2011

- Distance between upper eye lobes at least as wide as half of one lobe........................................... 14

14(13) Elytra with two, well separated, transverse bands with whitish pubescence. French Guiana ................................................................................................. C. durantoni Tavakilian & Néouze, 2013

- Elytral pubescence not forming two well separated bands..................................................... 15

15(14) Punctures on pronotum and elytra notably coarse; white pubescence on basal half of elytra forming V-shaped drawing. Brazil (Bahia)............................................................................... C. v-alba sp. nov.

- Punctures on pronotum and elytra not notably coarse; white pubescence on basal half of elytra not forming V-shaped drawing.................................................................................................. 16

16(15) Dorsal pubescence mostly brownish-yellow. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina)..... C. pertusa Martins & Galileo, 2010

- Dorsal pubescence mostly from whitish to grayish......................................................... 17

17(16). Subrounded spot with dark-brown pubescence on dorsal distal half of elytra small (diameter equal to about one-fourth of length of distal half). Brazil (Piauí)........................................ C. caracolensis Martins & Galileo, 2013

- Subrounded spot with dark-brown pubescence on dorsal distal half of elytra large (diameter larger than one-third of length of distal half). French Guiana ................................................... C. guiana Galileo & Martins, 2013