Neseuterpia Villiers, 1980

Monné, Miguel A., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Monné, Marcela L., 2020, Key to South American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) without erect setae on elytra; synonymies, transferences, revalidation, and notes on genera with erect setae on elytra, Zootaxa 4863 (1), pp. 1-65 : 36-37

Neseuterpia Villiers, 1980

( Figs. 80–81 )

Neseuterpia Villiers, 1980: 89 . Type species — Neseuterpia curvipes Villiers, 1980 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Prothorax narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly; sides with distinct tubercle at or slightly behind middle; males with femora pedunculate-clavate, profemora strongly dilated. Number of species currently included: 3.

Remarks. According to Tavakilian (2001) on N. couturieri Tavakilian, 2001 (translated): “ Neseuterpia couturieri differes from N. curvipes Villiers, 1980 by the shape of the last visible abdominal segment of the female. Not knowing, for the moment, the male of curvipes , we do not think it useful to create a new genus for our new species, especially since the main difference is manifested by the shape of the seventh sternite and tergite transformed into ovipositor at curvipes ; the presence or not of the ovipositor in the Acanthocinini tribe has never justified the splitting of large genera such as the Nyssodrysternum , Lagocheirus , etc.” Neseuterpia couturieri ( Fig. 81 ) evidently does not belong to this genus: the metatarsomere I is distinctly longer than in the two other species of the genus, and the profemora in male is not strongly dilated. It appears to be most similar to Luteolepturges galbus with the only reliable difference being the longer antennae in both sexes.

Figures

FIGURES 67–81. 67) Cobelura peruviana, cotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure); 68) Cobelura clavigera, lectotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 69) Colobeutrypanus ornatus, holotype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 70) Toronaeus figuratus, syntype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 71) Toronaeus magnificus, holotype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 72) Stenolis veracruzi, holotype, oblique view (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 73) Nyssosternus duidaensis, holotype female, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 74) Pattalinus charis, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 75) Pattalinus mirificus, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 76–77) Lepturges (L.) brechlini, holotype male (from Santos-Silva et al. 2019): 76) Dorsal habitus; 77) Ventral habitus. 78) Longilepturges xantholineatus, holotype male, dorsal habitus (from Monné & Monné 2011). 79) Tomrogersia acanthofemorata, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Steven W. Lingafelter). 80) Neseuterpia curvipes, holotype female, dorsal habitus (from Villiers 1980). 81) Neseuterpia couturieri, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Gérard L. Tavakilian).