Ozineus albidus ( Monné, 2009 ) Monné & Monné & Souza, 2019

Monné, Marcela L., Monné, Miguel A. & Souza, Diego De Santana, 2019, The genus Ozineus Bates, 1863 in South America (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4695 (6), pp. 593-600 : 595

Ozineus albidus ( Monné, 2009) comb. nov.

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Tropidozineus albidus Monné, M.A., 2009: 324 , fig. 8; Monné & Monné, 2012: 60; Wappes & Arias, 2016: 9 (holotype).

The absence of a longitudinal carinae on the elytra in this species justifies its transference to Ozineus .

Material examined. BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, Buena Vista , near Hotel Flora & Fauna, 350 m, female, 21.XI.2003, Nearns, Morris & Wappes ( USNM) .

Remarks. In addition to the characters mentioned in the key, the general appearance of the elytra of Ozineus albidus ( Monné, 2009) also resembles that of O. alienus Melzer, 1932 ( Fig. 4 ), but differs as follows: scape covered with brown pubescence; pronotum with brown pubescence with two anteromedian spots covered with dark-brown pubescence; pro-, meso- and metatarsi I with grayish-white pubescence. In O. alienus , the scape is bicolored, covered with whitish and dark-brown pubescence; the pronotum is covered with yellowish pubescence except for the whitish posterior margin; and the tarsi are covered with dark-brown pubescence.

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FIGURES 1–4. 1–2, Ozineus zikani Melzer, 1935 comb. nov. (holotype); 3, Ozineus albidus comb. nov. (Monné, 2009); 4, Ozineus alienus Melzer, 1932 (holotype).