Erythropterus Melzer, 1934

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2007, New Species Of Rhinotragini And Heteropsini And A Note On Trachelissa Maculicollis (Trachyderini) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47 (11), pp. 153-158 : 158

Key to the species of Erythropterus Melzer, 1934

1. Pronotum black........................................................ 2

Pronotum crimson, sometimes suffused dusky.. 3

2. Prothorax widest near middle, sides regularly rounded. Apical 1/4 of elytra black. Brazil (Rondônia).......... E. cuissi Napp & Monné, 2005

Prothorax widest within basal third, sides only rounded behind middle. Apical 1/10 of elytra black. S and SE Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina....... ........................................... E. amablis Melzer, 1934

3. Elytra only slightly flattened, entirely covering abdomen and metepisterna. Apical third of elytra black. Bolivia ( Figs. 3, 4 )...... E. boliviensis sp. nov.

Elytra distinctly flattened, not entirely covering abdomen nor metepisterna. Only apices of elytra black or dusky ................................................. 4

4. Centre of prosternum black. Bolivia ( Figs. 5, 6 ) ........................................................ E. kochi sp. nov.

Prosternum crimson. Venezuela.............................. ........................ E. urucuri Martins & Galileo, 2004

Figures

FIGURAS 1-8: 1-2. Neoregostoma giesberti sp. nov., paratypes, 1. male, 2. female; 3-4. Erythropterus boliviensis sp. nov., paratypes, 3. male, 4. female; 5-6. Erythropterus kochi sp. nov., paratypes, 5. male, 6. female, 7-8. Trachelissa maculicollis (Audinet-Serville, 1834), 7. normal form, 8. melanic form.