Lasiodera undetermined

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XII. Taxonomic Revision of the South American Genus Lasiodera Gray, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (1), pp. 45-61 : 47

KEY TO THE ADULTS OF LASIODERA SPECIES

Specimens of Lasiodera may be distinguished from other peloniines by the following combination of character states: Ommatidia finely facetted; funicular antennomeres filiform; and elytral disc devoid of asetiferous punctures.

1. Elytron with large orange spot near elytral apex; elytral disc not transversely fasciated. Fig. 41 ................ Lasiodera kirbyi (Gray)

1 ʹ. Elytra without orange spot; elytral disc multifasciated ........................................... 2

2. Forebody reddish or yellowish. Fig. 45 ....... …..……...... Lasiodera ruficollis (Gorham)

2 ʹ. Forebody black .................................... 3

3. Legs black; pronotal disc minutely punctate. Fig. 47 ............... Lasiodera trifasciata (Laporte)

3 ʹ. Legs red; pronotal disc coarsely punctate. Fig. 46 ..................... Lasiodera rufipes (Klug)

Figures

Figs. 41–44. Possible Batesian mimicry. 41) Lasiodera kirbyi; 42) Enoclerus obliquevittis; 43) Haplomutilla spinosa (Mutillidae); 44) Ameris dufresnii (Curculionidae).

Figs. 45–47. Lasiodera species, habitus. 45) L. ruficollis; 46) L. rufipes; 47) L. trifasciata.