Parandra (Parandra)

Cardona-Duque, Juliana, Santos-Silva, Antonio & Wolff, Marta, 2007, A new species of Parandrinae from the Central Andes of Colombia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 1661, pp. 39-45 : 43-44

Key to the American species of Parandra (Parandra) ( Santos-Silva, 2002 modified)

NOTE: Parandra cubaecola Chevrolat, 1862 is not included because the taxonomical validity of the species needs to be revised; apparently it is a synonym, but this must to be confirmed or not with the detailed study of specimens from Cuba.

1. Ventral sensorial area of antennomere XI divided by an incomplete carina (generally, from the mid region to the apex). Puerto Rico........................................................ Parandra (P.) tavakiliani Santos-Silva, 2002

- Ventral sensorial area of antennomere XI divided by a complete carina (from the base to the apex)......... 2

2(1).Elytral punctures small and shallow........................................................................................................... 3

- Elytral punctures large and deep.................................................................................................................. 4

3(2).Prothorax conspicuously transverse (width more than 1.5 times the length) and with wide lateral margin in both sexes; anterior angles of prothorax almost right and scarcely projected; apex of mandible of the males with three teeth in dorsal view (tooth of the internal margin located joined to the apical ones). México................................................................................................................. Parandra (P.) lata Bates, 1884

- Prothorax not clearly transverse (width less than 1.5 times the length) and with slightly protruding lateral margin in both sexes; anterior angles of prothorax at an acute angle and usually evidently projected; apex of mandible of the males with two teeth in dorsal view. Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica............................. .............................................................................................................. Parandra (P.) laevis Latreille, 1804

4(2).Punctuation of the dorsal face of the head and pronotum (Figs. 9 e 10) copious and concentrated .......... 5

- Punctuation of the dorsal face of the head and pronotum (Figs. 11 e 12) more sparse .............................. 6

5(4).Sensorial area of antennomeres III–IV not divided by a carina. Dominica and Martinica.......................... ........................................................................................................... Parandra (P.) pinchoni Villiers, 1979

- Sensorial area of antennomeres III–IV divided by a carina. Colombia......................................................... ........................................................................................................ Parandra (P.) antioquensis new species

6(4).Sensorial area of antennomeres III–X (Fig. 14) clearly narrow and long (some specimens could not present such character in all the mentioned antennomeres). Cuba.. Parandra (P.) cribrata Thomson, 1861

- Sensorial area of antennomeres III–X (Fig. 15) not clearly narrow and long. Mexico to Panama............... ......................................................................................................... Parandra (P.) angulicollis Bates, 1879