Heteropsini

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 : 155

Heteropsini

TheNeotropicalgenus Erythropterus Melzer,1934 contains three species: E. urucuri Martins & Galileo, 2004 from Venezuela, E. cuissi Napp & Monné, 2005 from north-western Brazil (Rondônia), and E. amabilis Melzer, 1934 from southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Napp & Monné (2005) provide a redescription of the genus and a key to the species. The author examined paratypes of E. amabilis and E. urucuri held at the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. The adequate description of E. cuissi given by Napp & Monné it was possible to verify the status of the two new species described here.

The new species of Erythropterus were netted when flying to, or feeding on, the flowers of vines and trees: Erythropterus boliviensis sp. nov. from“Bejuco Hoja Lanuda”, Gouania mollis Reissek ( RHAMNACEAE ) from Chiquitano Forest; and from Tropical Humid Forest, Erythropterus kochi sp. nov. from “Barbasquillo” vines, Serjania lethalis St. Hilaire , and the trees: “Sama Blanca Chica”, Matayba guianensis Aublet , “Sama Blanca”, Cupania cinerea Poeppig & Endl. (these three plants SAPINDACEAE ), and “Turere”, Rhamnidium elaeocarpum Reissek ( RHAMNACEAE ).