Ozineus Bates, 1863

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 : 53

Ozineus Bates, 1863

( Figs. 134–138 )

Ozineus Bates, 1863b: 278 .

Type species — Ozineus elongatus Bates, 1863 (subsequent designation, Thomson, 1864: 322).

Diagnosis. Lateral tubercles of the prothorax distinct, placed at posterior third; elytra with centrobasal crest, with erect setae on top; femora clavate; ovipositor moderately projected beyond the elytral apex. Number of species currently included: 1.

Remarks. As seen above, the other species of this genus were transferred to Sternacutus , only the type species remaining in Ozineus . The genus can be included in the alternative of couplet “25” from Monné et al. (2020):

25(23). Pronotum with tubercles............................................................ Leptocometes Bates, 1881 – Pronotum without tubercles.................................................................................25’

25’(25). Femora pedunculate-clavate....................................................... Onalcidion Thomson, 1864 – Femora clavate............................................................................ Ozineus Bates, 1863

Note: The discovery of the presence of erect setae on the elytra of Ozineus makes the validity of Onalcidion as a distinct genus very questionable. This is because, apparently, there are no differences securely separating these two genera. However, a full revision of these genera will be necessary to confirm or not the synonymy.

Figures

FIGURES 134–149. 134–138) Ozineus elongatus: 134) Holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure); 135) Holotype, elytral detail (by Jesus Santiago Moure); 136) Female, dorsal habitus; 137) Female, lateral habitus; 138) Female, elytral detail. 139) Paroecus celebensis, holotype, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 140) Paroecus rigidus, holotype male, dorsal habitus (by Jesus Santiago Moure). 141) Oxathridia roraimae, holotype female, dorsal habitus. 142–143) Pseudosparna antonkozlovi, holotype male (from Santos-Silva et al. 2019): 142) Dorsal habitus; 143) Ventral habitus. 144) Pseudosparna luteolineata, paratype male, dorsal habitus (by Larry G. Bezark). 145–146) Pseudosparna flaviceps, male (from Santos-Silva et al. 2018): 145) Dorsal habitus; 146) Ventral habitus. 147–148) Probatiomimus schwarzeri, lectotype: 147) Dorsal habitus; 148) Ventral habitus. 149) Calolamia bicordifera, holotype female, dorsal habitus (from Lingafelter et al. 2020).