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03CB8789146BFF96FF11FF5E83FE6AEF.text	03CB8789146BFF96FF11FF5E83FE6AEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ptycholaemus Chevrolat 1858	<div><p>Ptycholaemus Chevrolat, 1858</p><p>Figs 1–5</p><p>= Striatoptycholaemus Lepesme &amp; Breuning, 1956 n. syn.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Ptycholaemus maculipes Thomson, 1858: 2 ♀♀, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, coll. A. Kuntgen, MNHNL138234–1238235.</p><p>Ptycholaemus signaticollis (Hope, 1843): 4♂♂, 9♀♀, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, Ptycholaemus simplicicollis Thoms. det. E. Hintz, 3336a–g, MNHNL138251–138263; 1♂, ditto, Ptycholaemus maculipes Thoms. det. E. Hintz, 3337a, MNHNL138264; 1♂, Cameroun, Centre, Nyong e So, Obout, II.2014. B. Evouna leg., CFV.</p><p>Striatoptycholaemus striaticollis (Boppe, 1912): 1♂, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, 3337b, MNHNL138236; 2♀♀, ditto, Ptycholaemus Troberti Chevr. det. E. Hintz, 3338c,f, MNHNL138237–138238; 1♀, Congo belge, Ituri, Princesse Hilda de Schwarzenberg, [don.] 1934, MNHNL138239.</p><p>Striatoptycholaemus longicollis (Schwarzer, 1931): 8♂♂, 3♀♀, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, Ptycholaemus Troberti Chevr. det. E. Hintz, 3338a,d,e,g, MNHNL138240–138250; 1♂, Cameroun, Centre, Méfou-et-Akono, Akok Bikoé, VI.2011, CFV.</p><p>Striatoptycholaemus bouakensis Lepesme &amp; Breuning, 1956: 1 ♀, Côte-d'Ivoire, Lagunes, Agnéby-Tiassa, Tiassalé, 1988, CFV.</p><p>Remarks. Lepesme &amp; Breuning (1956) established the genus Striatoptycholaemus based on Ptycholaemus striaticollis Boppe, 1912, based on the transversally wrinkled pronotum of this species. Adlbauer (2006a) remarked that, in contrast to the genus Ptycholaemus, the pronotum is not completely smooth, especially the sides are more or less wavy, and the surface is generally less shiny than in this genus.</p><p>Considering that the pronotum is completely wrinkled in Striatoptycholaemus striaticollis (Fig. 1), is indistinctly wrinkled in S. bouakensis (Fig. 3), shows only 2–3 basal wrinkles in S. longicollis (Fig. 2), is often completely smooth in S. variecollis (Schwarzer, 1931) and it is sometimes wrinkled even in Ptycholaemus maculipes (Fig. 4), this character constitutes a gradation without forming a clear separation with Ptycholaemus, where the pronotum is uniformly smooth (Fig. 5).</p><p>The brightness of the integuments is a subjective character ( P. murinus Boppe, 1912 is not shiny), which cannot be considered at the genus level. The pronotal shape is unrelated to the current taxonomy, since P. signaticollis (Fig. 5) is more similar to S. bouakensis (Fig. 3) and S. striaticollis (Fig. 1) than to P. maculipes (Fig. 4). In addition, these taxa often show the same coloration, and no other morphological characters can be found to separate them. Consequently, Striatoptycholaemus is considered here as a junior synonym of Ptycholaemus and the following taxonomy is proposed:</p><p>Ptycholaemus bouakensis (Lepesme &amp; Breuning, 1956) n. comb.</p><p>Ptycholaemus longicollis Schwarzer, 1931 rest. comb.</p><p>Ptycholaemus striaticollis Boppe, 1912 rest. comb.</p><p>Ptycholaemus variecollis Schwarzer, 1931 rest. comb.</p><p>Adlbauer (2006a) correctly remarked that Ptycholaemus and Striatoptycholaemus form an aberrant lateral line with many similarities with the genus Derolus and that their characters (finely faceted eyes, shiny surface with golden-yellow longitudinal bands) are typical of diurnal species. It can be added that analogue characters are also present in the Philippine genus Lachnopterus Thomson, 1864, which shows shining orange elytra.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB8789146BFF96FF11FF5E83FE6AEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vitali, Francesco	Vitali, Francesco (2025): Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 5620 (1): 20-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
03CB8789146BFF95FF11F8AF869C6A91.text	03CB8789146BFF95FF11F8AF869C6A91.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Margites aspericollis (Fairmaire 1887) Vitali 2025	<div><p>Margites aspericollis (Fairmaire, 1887) n. comb.</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Pachydissus aspericollis Fairmaire, 1887: 335 or. comb.</p><p>= Margites lineatus Gahan, 1898: 41 .</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Pachydissus aspericollis Fairmaire, 1887: 1♂, 1♀, Moçambique, Maputo, 16–30.XI.1996, G. Curletti leg., CFV .</p><p>Remarks. Gahan (1891) created the genus Margites as a subgenus of Pachydissus for those species characterized by “ antennae (♂) longer than the body, with the third and fourth joints more or less thickened, the third scarcely longer than the fourth. Elytra rounded or subtruncate, and unarmed at the apex. Femora without carinae. Prosternum simple, not very strongly arched. Head without a distinct transverse groove underneath. ” Afterwards, (Gahan, 1898) described Margites lineatus, a species that Adlbauer (2001) recognized as a junior synonym of P. aspericollis .</p><p>However, all characters of this species, especially the rounded prosternum (Fig. 6), which instead is posteriorly truncate in Pachydissus, perfectly fit the genus Margites, where the species is herein transferred.</p><p>Margites aspericollis (Fairmaire, 1887) n. comb. becomes the third African species for this genus (Adlbauer, 2006b; Vitali, 2023).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB8789146BFF95FF11F8AF869C6A91	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vitali, Francesco	Vitali, Francesco (2025): Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 5620 (1): 20-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
03CB87891468FF94FF11F97285656AAA.text	03CB87891468FF94FF11F97285656AAA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trichoderolus Vitali 2025	<div><p>Trichoderolus n. gen.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Type-species. Tapinolachnus gyllenhalii Fåhraeus, 1872 (monobasic).</p><p>Material examined. 1♂, D[eutsche] Ost Afrika, Lindi, [19]03, Kormawachamus Gyllenhali Fåhr. det. E. Hintz (3816a), E. Hintz don. 1923, MNHNL115655 ; 1♂ [Tanzania,] Lukuledi, Kormawachamus Gyllenhali Fåhr. det. E. Hintz 1916 (3816b), E. Hintz don. 1923, MNHNL115656 ; 1♂, 1♀, Nord Mozambico, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.33&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.49" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.33/lat -14.49)">Cuamba</a>, 14,49 S, 36,33 E, 10–20.IX.[19]99, G. Curletti leg., CFV ; 3♂♂, 1♀, Zimbabwe, Matabeleland South, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.441385&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.5048" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.441385/lat -20.5048)">Matobo N. P., Big Cave Camp</a>, 20.504801 S / 28.441385 E, 1275 m, 24–25.XI.2016, H. Sulak, A. Prozorov &amp; R. Yakovlev leg., CFV .</p><p>Diagnosis. Body flattened, elongated. Head with gently depressed interantennal space, followed by a short fovea between the upper eye lobes; these small and well separated between them; intergenal furrow straight. Antennae long, twice as long as body in male, ectoapically toothed from antennomere V and endoapically covered with long raised pubescence; scape slightly convex externally, covered with short, raised pubescence. Pronotum elongated, without lateral spines, dorsally almost flat, smooth on the centre of the disc, crossed with a V-shaped furrow, in turn crossed by almost regular transversal wrinkles. Elytra parallel-sided in both sexes, rounded at apex; elytral pubescence dense, giving changing pattern. Procoxal cavities rounded; tibiae not ridged ventrally; femora longitudinally ridged ventrally.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Trichoderolus n. gen. belongs to the genera characterized by ventral side of femora longitudinally ridged, differing in the antennae covered with raised pubescence.</p><p>Fåhraeus (1872) originally described the type-species in the genus Tapinolachnus Thomson, 1865 . Some years later, Olliff (1889) described another species, afterward considered as a junior synonym of T. gyllenhalii, in the genus Tapinolachnus as well. This Asian genus shows in fact similar characters: antennae long, covered with raised pubescence; pronotum elongated, without lateral spines, dorsally almost flat, elytra almost parallel-sided in both sexes, tibiae not ridged and femora ridged ventrally. However, in Tapinolachnus, the pronotum does not show a V-shaped furrow but two longitudinal furrows delimiting a smooth field as in many Australasian Cerambycini; the head is nearly smooth between the eyes; the mouthparts are more elongated and the neck much shorter; the antennae are ectoapically toothed from antennomere IV; the elytral apex is toothed at both sides and the tibiae do not show longitudinal ridges.</p><p>Gahan (1891) transferred T. gyllenhalii to Derolus Gahan, 1891, which he considered as a subgenus of Pachydissus Newman, 1838 . Aurivillius (1908) considered Derolus as a true genus and T. gyllenhalii has been classified as such until now. However, beside the pubescent antennae, Trichoderolus n. gen. differs from Derolus in the tibiae without ridges and in the longer antennae in male (at most, one-third longer than body in Derolus males).</p><p>Concerning the only African genera with ridged femora (Adlbauer, 2006a, 2006b, 2009), Trichoderolus n. gen. differs from Diorthus Gahan, 1891 in the scape without apical cicatrix; from Ptycholaemus Chevrolat, 1958 in the tibiae without ridges, the coarsely faceted eyes, the open mesocoxal cavities and from Spiniderolus Lepesme &amp; Breuning, 1958 in the longer, unarmed antennae in males. From those genera showing small body-size and antennae as long as or shorter than body in males, it differs from Sudreana Adlbauer, 2006, Dissaporus Aurivillius, 1906 and Microderolus Aurivillius, 1925 in the pronotal V-shaped furrow, from Graciliderolus Lepesme &amp; Breuning, 1958 in the fusiform femora and from Djabiria Duvivier, 1891 in the slender habitus and the matte integument.</p><p>Finally, the pubescent antennae of Trichoderolus gyllenhalii (Fåhraeus, 1872) n. comb. are reminiscent of many species in the Asian genus Dialeges Pascoe, 1856, which principally differ in the tibiae not ridged ventrally, the pronotal disc with a pair of longitudinal furrows and the shorter antennae.</p><p>Derivatio nominis. From the Old Greek “ Trichos ” (hair) and the genus Derolus in reference to the pubescent antennae. Gender masculine.</p><p>Remarks. Interestingly, Eugene Hintz identified both males belonging to the MNHNL as “ Kormawachamus Gyllenhali ” in 1916. Thus, this German entomologist did not agree with the taxonomy in use and had planned to separate this species in a new genus dedicated to “Kormawa,” a family name widespread in Tropical Africa. Unfortunately, the arrival of WWI and the subsequent end of his entomological activity (Juhel &amp; Vitali, 2011) did not allow him to complete this publication.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87891468FF94FF11F97285656AAA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vitali, Francesco	Vitali, Francesco (2025): Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 5620 (1): 20-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
03CB87891469FF93FF11F96387FC6AD2.text	03CB87891469FF93FF11F96387FC6AD2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Adlbaueria Vitali 2025	<div><p>Adlbaueria n. gen.</p><p>Fig. 8.</p><p>Type-species. Pachydissus samai Adlbauer, 2000 (monobasic).</p><p>Material examined. 1♂, 3♀♀, Togo, Plateux Region, Misahohe Forest Reserve, XI.2016, loc. coll., ex coll. D. Potanin, CFV .</p><p>Diagnosis. Body flattened, elongated. Head with an interantennal ridge extending to the anterior margin of the upper lobes and a deep longitudinal furrow prolonged on the neck; upper eye lobes close to each other; intergenal furrow straight. Antennal supports simple and flattened; antennae long, twice as long as body in male, ectoapically toothed and endoapically spined from antennomere V; scape slightly convex externally, imperceptibly wrinkled and sparsely punctured. Pronotum as long as wide, without lateral spines, dorsally convex and covered with irregular wrinkles. Elytra parallel-sided in both sexes, obtusely toothed at the marginal apex; elytral pubescence recumbent, extremely fine and uniform, tending to becoming evanescent. Procoxal cavities rounded; tibiae and femora without ventral ridges and mutic at apex.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. As Adlbauer (2002) himself remarked, the characters of P. samai (antennal spines, pronotum irregularly wrinkled and body uniformly pubescent) cannot be compared with other congeners. Actually, it cannot be compared with other genera of African Cerambycini as well. The shape of the head, in particular the interantennal ridge and the large upper eye lobes (Fig. 8b) imply that this species is not related to Pachydissus Newman, 1838 and allied genera but to Neoplocaederus Sama, 1991 and related genera ( Prosphilus Thomson, 1864; Teraschema Thomson, 1860), most of which are widespread in Australasia, i.e., Trirachys Hope, 1843; Aeolesthes Gahan, 1890; Pseudopachydissus Pic, 1933; Pseudaeolesthes Plavilstshikov, 1931; Carinolesthes Vitali et al., 2017; Furcaeolesthes Vitali, 2022; Calocerambyx Heller, 1905 .</p><p>Adlbaueria n. gen. is easily distinguishable from the above-mentioned African genera by the unarmed pronotum and the spined antennae (Fig. 8a), while it looks more related to the Australasian genera, some of which show just such characters.</p><p>Reduced pubescence, rounded pronotum and antennal spines are present in Hoplocerambyx Thomson, 1864, which shows elongate head and a simple interantennal furrow. Reduced pubescence and rounded pronotum are reminiscent of Pseudopachydissus,which does not show antennal spines, while the pronotal wrinkles are symmetrical, quite regular, and the femora are always red (Vitali et al., 2015).</p><p>Amazingly, nearly all characters of Adlbaueria samai (Adlbauer, 2000) n. comb. align with those of the genus Trirachys, in particular to T. inhirsutus (Mutsushita, 1932), a species endemic to Micronesia. Aside from minor differences (body more flattened, elytra rounded at apex, intergenal furrow straight, limbs thinner), which should be considered as species-specific since they are present in other congeners like T. sinensis (Gahan, 1890), the only apparent generic character is the scape, which is simply punctured, whereas it is strongly and irregularly wrinkled in Trirachys . However, this character is also present in Trirachys subgenus Parolesthes Vitali et al., 2017, which does not include species with the kind of pubescence found in the new genus (Vitali et al., 2017a; 2017b; Vitali, 2022).</p><p>The peculiar characters that justify the definition of this new genus are primarily the interantennal ridge (Fig. 8b) and the structure of the antennal supports. The interantennal ridge extends to the anterior margin of the eyes in Adlbaueria n. gen., whereas it nearly reaches the posterior margin in Trirachys . The antennal supports are simple and flattened in Adlbaueria n. gen., while they are grooved, creating a pronounced ridge between the antennal supports and the interantennal ridge in Trirachys . In addition, the lateral lobes of the tegmen (Fig. 8c) are also shorter and more rounded in Adlbaueria n. gen. compared to those in Trirachys . However, these differences are not particularly pronounced, highlighting the close relationship between Adlbaueria n. gen. and Trirachys .</p><p>Derivatio nominis. I am proud to dedicate this new genus to Dr. Karl Adlbauer, eminent specialist of African Cerambycids, descriptor of the type-species and my dear friend, in recognition of his numerous, multifarious, richly illustrated and excellent works on the African and Palaearctic Cerambycoidea. Gender feminine.</p><p>Remarks. Several genera of Cerambycini closely related to Neoplocaederus are widespread across South America (Martins, 2002), suggesting that Adlbaueria n. gen. belongs to an archaic lineage of Cerambycini that originated before the Jurassic breakup of Gondwana. The distribution in Western Africa makes problematic its relations with the aforementioned Australasian congeners; however, a similar biogeographical pattern is observed in the Australasian genus Batocera Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, which also exhibits a disjunct distribution, with two species— B. wyliei Chevrolat, 1858 and B. granulipennis Rigout, 1988 —widespread in Western Africa (Rigout, 1988).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87891469FF93FF11F96387FC6AD2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vitali, Francesco	Vitali, Francesco (2025): Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 5620 (1): 20-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
03CB8789146EFF90FF11F8B384D66DC6.text	03CB8789146EFF90FF11F8B384D66DC6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrodissus Vitali 2025	<div><p>Afrodissus n. gen.</p><p>Fig. 9.</p><p>Type-species. Pachydissus congolensis Hintz, 1911 .</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Pachydissus adlbaueri Bouyer, 2018: PARATYPE, 1♂, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, Pachydissus camerunicus Auriv. det. E. Hintz, 3311p, MNHNL83529; PARATYPE, 1♀, ditto, 3311q, MNHNL138296.</p><p>Pachydissus aquilus (Olliff, 1889): 1♀, Zambia, Central, Mfwanta, 18.XI.2007, N. Delahaye leg., CFV.</p><p>Pachydissus aspericollis Fairmaire, 1887: 1 ♂, 1♀, Moçambique, Maputo, 16–30.XI.1996, G. Curletti leg., CFV.</p><p>Pachydissus camerunicus Aurivillius, 1906: 10 ♂♂, 9♀♀ Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, Pachydissus camerunicus Auriv. det. E. Hintz, 3311a–o, MNHNL138265–138283; 2♂♂, Togo Plateaux Region, Konda, Kuoma, X.2014, CFV; 3♂♂, 2♀♀, ditto, III.2015, CFV; 1♀, ditto, Konda, 23.III.2011, CFV.</p><p>Pachydissus congolensis Hintz, 1911: LECTOTYPE, ♂, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, Pachydissus congolensis m[ihi] det. E. Hintz, Type, 3310a, MNHNL83530; PARALECTOTYPE ♀, ditto, Pachydissus congolensis m[ihi] det. E. Hintz, Type, 3310b, MNHNL138297; 8♂♂, 3♀♀, ditto, 3310a–k, MNHNL138284–138294.</p><p>Pachydissus regius Aurivillius, 1906, 1♂, Congo belge, Kondué, E. Luja [lgt.], E. Luja don. 1907, MNHNL138295.</p><p>Pachydissus natalensis (White, 1853): 1♂, Zambia, Western, Namushakende, 1.IV.2010, N. Delahaye leg., CFV.</p><p>Pachydissus intermedius Gahan, 1891: 1 ♀, Australia, A.T.C., Canberra, 5–10.I.1999, F. Strumia leg., CFV.</p><p>Diagnosis. Body convex, elongated. Head with interantennal furrow prolonged on the neck; upper eye lobes more or less separated between them; intergenal furrow straight. Antennae very long (from one-third to more than twice longer than body in male), ectoapically toothed from antennomere V; scape slightly convex externally, imperceptibly punctured; basal antennomeres conical in male, antennomere III at least twice as long as IV. Pronotum as long as wide, without lateral spines, dorsally convex, covered with transverse wrinkles and often two longitudinal furrows delimiting a more or less smooth field. Elytra parallel-sided in both sexes, truncated, obtusely toothed or shortly spined at the marginal apex; elytral pubescence recumbent, dense, giving changing pattern. Procoxal cavities rounded; tibiae and femora without ventral ridges and mutic at apex.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. The Australian Pachydissus (Type-species: P. sericus Newman, 1838, Fig. 10) differs from Afrodissus n.gen. in the body being smaller (22.5–43 vs. 22–79 mm), dorsally flattened; the antennae moderately long (from as long as to one-third longer than body in male), with antennomeres III–IV more or less inflated in males and antennomere III less than twice as long as IV; the pronotum less globose and more finely sculptured, sometimes subangulate at the sides; the elytra shorter, less parallel, somewhat convex laterally in females, longly spined at both apices (except for one species) and covered with fine, quite uniform, silky pubescence.</p><p>Derivatio nominis. From the word “ Afro ” (African) and the suffix – dissus (duplex), reminiscent of the genus name Pachydissus, in reference to its geographical distribution. Gender masculine.</p><p>Remarks. The differential characters provided for Pachydissus concern only P. papuanus Gressitt 1959 and the Australian species, to which the type-species belongs.</p><p>Cerambyx mulsanti Montrouzier, 1855, described from Woodlark, does not belong to Pachydissus . The type was lost long ago (Drumont, pers. comm.) and Gemminger &amp; Harold (1872) transferred it to Pachydissus without justification since the author had compared this species to Cerambyx scriptus Fabricius, 1798, a junior synonym of Glaucytes interrupta (Olivier, 1792) .</p><p>Some Australian Pachydissus can still show one archaic character: P. magnus McKeown, 1940 shows a simple outer elytral apex and P. probatus Gahan, 1893 shows normal basal antennomeres (but it is probably a female, despite its description). However, all other characters fit the diagnosis of the genus.</p><p>Notably, the Wallace Line largely separates African and Asian Pachydissus from the Australian ones, as this genus is absent from the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and West Papua. Thus, Afrodissus n. gen. is also well supported from a biogeographical point of view. Correspondingly, the Asian species (see Miroshnikov, 2017) do not correspond at first glance to Pachydissus but possibly to Afrodissus n. gen., potentially forming a single genus, as occurs in Neoplocaederus and Batocera . However, due to limited available material, a definitive conclusion cannot yet be made.</p><p>Genus composition. All African species until now classified as Pachydissus (Adlbauer, 2002; Haller &amp; Vitali, 2010; Bouyer, 2018), except for P. samai and P. aspericollis, are transferred to the new genus. Consequently, the following new combinations are introduced: Afrodissus adlbaueri (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; Afrodissus aquilus (Olliff, 1889) n. comb.; Afrodissus aurivillianus (Distant, 1904) n. comb.; Afrodissus camerunicus (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb.; Afrodissus congolensis (Hintz, 1911) n. comb.; Afrodissus curvivittatus (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; Afrodissus drumonti Bouyer, 2018 n. comb.; Afrodissus evounai (Haller &amp; Vitali, 2010) n. comb.; Afrodissus furcifer Jordan, 1894 n. comb.; Afrodissus furvus (Fåhraeus, 1872) n. comb.; Afrodissus garnieri (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; Afrodissus hector (Kolbe, 1893) n. comb.; Afrodissus leonardi (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; Afrodissus morettoi (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; Afrodissus natalensis (White, 1853) n. comb.; Afrodissus philemon (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; Afrodissus regius (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb.; Afrodissus schoenigi Hintz, 1910 n. comb.; Afrodissus subauratus (Gahan, 1890) n. comb.; Afrodissus titan (Aurivillius, 1916) n. comb.; Afrodissus vicarius (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb. and Afrodissus vicinus (Corinta-Ferreira, 1957) n. comb.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB8789146EFF90FF11F8B384D66DC6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vitali, Francesco	Vitali, Francesco (2025): Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 5620 (1): 20-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
