Pseudosparna Mermudes & Monné, 2009

Nearns, Eugenio H., Swift, Ian P. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, Three new species of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with notes on additional taxa, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 137-156 : 140

Pseudosparna Mermudes & Monné, 2009

Pseudosparna Mermudes & Monné, 2009: 64 .

Remarks. In males of P. flaviceps (Bates, 1863) and P. dimitrisi sp. nov., the wide central area of the prosternal process is laminiform ( Fig. 9 ), while in the females it is narrow but distinctly not laminiform ( Fig. 20 ). Additionally, the mesoventral process in males of P. flaviceps and P. dimitrisi is acute apically ( Fig. 12 ), while it is narrowly truncate in females of these species ( Fig. 20 ). However, since this character is not acute in some species (e.g. P. antonkozlovi ( Fig. 14 ), P. marilenae ( Fig. 45 )) it cannot be considered as a generic feature in males. Nevertheless, it is probable that males and females of the other species of the genus have the prosternal process and the apex of the mesoventral process somewhat different.

Figures

FIGURES 8–15. Pseudosparna spp. 8–13) Pseudosparna dimitrisi sp. nov., holotype male: 8) Dorsal habitus; 9) Ventral habitus; 10) Lateral habitus; 11) Head, frontal view; 12) Mesoventral process; 13) Metatibia. 14–15) Pseudosparna antonkozlovi Santos-Silva & Nascimento, 2019, holotype male: 14) Mesoventral process; 15) Metatibia.

FIGURES 16–20. Pseudosparna dimitrisi sp. nov., allotype female: 16) Dorsal habitus; 17) Ventral habitus; 18) Lateral habitus; 19) Head, frontal view; 20) Prosternal and mesoventral processes.

FIGURES 42–45. Pseudosparna marilenae sp. nov., paratype female: 42) Dorsal habitus; 43) Lateral habitus; 44) Head, frontal view; 45) Close-up of pro legs.