Exepimelitta, Clarke & Flora & Fauna & Casilla & de & Sierra & Bolivia, 2016

Clarke, Robin O. S., Flora, Hotel, Fauna, Casilla, de, Santa Cruz, Sierra & Bolivia, 2016, Provisional revision of the genus Epimelitta Bates, 1870 and associated genera, with a brief synopsis of the genus Acorethra Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (504), pp. 1-43 : 14

Key to the species of Exepimelitta

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Rostrum at least three times wider than long (length/width 3.0-3.7). Antennal scape: subpyriform (when viewed laterally). Mesocoxal cavity: about as wide as base of mesosternal process. Profemur: 1.15-1.21 longer than protibia. Mexico and Central America ( Fig. 7-12 ) .............. 2

Rostrum less than three times wider than long (length/width 2.5-2.9). Antennal scape: almost cylindrical (when viewed laterally). Mesocoxal cavity: 1.3-1.6 wider than base of mesosternal process. Profemur: 1.00-1.07 longer than protibia. South America ( Fig. 13-20 ) .................... 3

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Metatibial brush predominantly black or sepia. Mexico (Veracruz), Costa Rica ( Fig. 7-10 ) ........ ...................................................................................................... E. nigerrima ( Bates, 1892)

Metatibial brush predominantly white or fulvous. Costa Rica ( Fig. 11, 12 ) ................................. ................................................................................................ E. consobrina ( Melzer, 1931)

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Apex of elytra rufous. Hind leg entirely black, or nearly so. In male metatibial brush entirely yellow or sepia. Antennomere III about 1.5 length of IV. Urosternites II, or II and III, with tufts of stiff hairs ................................................................................................................................. 4

Apex of elytra black. Hind leg black and rufous. In male metatibial brush a mix of sepia and fulvous. Antennomere III about twice length of IV. Urosternites II-IV with tufts of stiff setae. Brazil (RJ, SC) ( Fig. 13-16 ) ............................................................. E. mimica ( Bates, 1873)

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Figures

Figures 7-12. Exepimelitta gen. nov. Fig. 7-10. Exepimelitta nigerrima (Bates, 1892): 7) male dorsal aspect; 8) male ventral aspect; 9) female holotype dorsal aspect; 10) Exepimelitta nigerrima var. flavipubescens (Fisher, 1947), female dorsal aspect. Fig. 11-12. Exepimelitta consobrina (Melzer, 1931), male paratype: 11) dorsal aspect; 12) ventral aspect.

Figures 13-18. Exepimelitta gen. nov. Fig. 13-16. Exepimelitta mimica (Bates, 1873): 13) male dorsal aspect; 14) male ventralaspect; 15) female dorsal aspect; 16) female ventral aspect.Fig. 17-18. Exepimelitta lestradei (Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003), dorsal aspect: 17) male holotype; 18) female paratype.

Figures 19-24.Exepimelitta gen. nov.and genusCharisia revalidated. Fig. 19-20. Exepimelittawindsori sp. nov., dorsal aspect: 19) male holotype; 20) female paratype. Fig. 21-22. Charisia durantoni (Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003), dorsal aspect: 21) male; 22) female. Fig. 23-24. Charisia euphrosyne (Newman, 1840), female: 23) dorsal aspect; 24) ventral aspect.