Paraphygopoda viridimicans ( Fisher, 1952 ), 2014

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2014, Bolivian Rhinotragini VIII: new genera and species related to Pseudophygopoda Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2007 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 54 (24), pp. 341-362 : 351-353

Paraphygopoda viridimicans ( Fisher, 1952)

Figs. 4A, 4B , 13

Epimelitta (?) viridimicans Fisher, 1952: 2 .

Epimelitta viridimicans ; Monné, 2005: 463 (cat.).

Specimens analysed: BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Linhares , 1 male and 1 female, IX.1972, P.C. Elias col. ( MZUSP) .

Colour: body almost entirely black with blue reflection; in female abdomen with brassy reflection. Basal antennal segments black, becoming more chestnut towards apex. Elytra black with testaceous-brown translucent panels; somewhat reduced in size and clouded with dusky in female. Legs generally dark chestnut; base of mesofemoral peduncle yellow; metatarsi creamy-white, in female slightly suffused with brown.

Figures

FIGURES 3‑5: 3, Paraphygopoda albitarsis (Klug, 1825): A, male; B, female. 4, Paraphygopoda viridimicans (Fisher, 1952): A, male; B, female. 5, Paraphygopoda nappae sp. nov.: A, male holotype; B, male ventral aspect.

FIGURES 8‑14: 8, Phygomelitta triangularis (Fuchs, 1961): A, male; B, male ventral aspect; C, female. 9, Paraphygopoda longipennis (Zajciw, 1963) male holotype. Figs. 10-14: Genitalia, tegmen of the aedaegus (dorsal aspect): 10, Pseudophygopoda subvestita (White, 1855). 11, Paraphygopoda albitarsis (Klug, 1825). 12, Phygomelitta triangularis (Fuchs, 1961). 13, Paraphygopoda viridimicans (Fisher, 1952). 14, Paramelitta aglaia (Newman, 1840).