Eucharitolus Bates, 1885

R, Juan Pablo Botero & Monné, Miguel A., 2012, Revision of the genus Eucharitolus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Zootaxa 3438, pp. 43-53 : 43-44

Eucharitolus Bates, 1885

Eucharitolus Bates, 1885: 408 ; Monné, 2005: 38.

Type-species. Eucharitolus pulcher Bates, 1885 (monotypy) Redescription. Superior eye lobes well separated, the distance between them at least twice the width of upper lobe. Antennal tubercles not elevated, antennae filiform. Prothorax transverse, armed with a prominent lateral tubercle situated in posterior third, directed backwards. Pronotum without prominences. Prosternal process flattened. Metasternal suture not reaching anterior margin.

Elytra at least in anterior subparallel; without setae, centro-basal crista and lateral or dorsal carinae. Femora subclavate. First metatarsomere longer than the two followings combined.

Remarks. Bates (1885) considered Eucharitolus similar to Lepturges Bates, 1863 , distinguishing them by the width of the pro- and mesoternum, which in Eucharitolus is wide and in Lepturges very narrow.

Eucharitolus belongs to the group of genera with the following characters: elytra without setae, centro-basal crista or carinae; antennae filiform; prothorax with lateral tubercles positioned at basal third, basal metatarsomere longer than the two following together. The genus shares several characters with Lepturges and Lepturgantes Gilmour, 1957 . In addition to the characters previously mentioned by Bates (op. cit.) Eucharitolus differs from Lepturges by the lateral tubercle of the prothorax not coincident with the posterior angles. It differs from Lepturgantes by the antennae with eleven antennomeres, in Lepturgantes there are twelve, and differs from both genera by the pronotum very finely and uniformly punctured, in Lepturges and Lepturgantes the punctures are restricted to a single row along the posterior border.