Brachylophora, a new brachypterous genus of Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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01/06/2011
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Brachylophora, a new brachypterous genus of Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Brachylophora auricollis (Bruch, 1918) comb. nov. = Pasiphyle auricollis Bruch, 1918, originally described from Argentina (Salta), is redescribed and illustrated. Although with reduced elytra, the genus is transferred from Rhinotragini to Rhopalophorini based on the following characters: eyes well separated in both sexes, frons between eyes depressed and lacking frontal suture; pro-, meso-, and metasternum planar; mesothorax parallel-sided, not at all declivous before mesosternal process; metasternum large, together with mesosternum twice length of prosternum, metepisternum very wide, entire suture separating it from metasternum clearly visible when viewed from below; female ovipositor shortened with short cylindrical styles; and, more generally, structural features of hind legs, and surface ornamentation. Habitus similar to Coremia group. Bolivian specimens were netted as they visited flowers of Croton sp. (Euphorbiaceae). |
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262011000200002 |
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en |
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Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia |
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Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.55 n.2 2011 |
Palavras-Chave | #Brachypterous Rhopalophorini #Cerambycinae #host flower #Neotropical |
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journal article |