Probatiomimus Melzer, 1926

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 : 57-58

Probatiomimus Melzer, 1926

( Figs. 147–148 )

Probatiomimus Melzer, 1926: 12 .

Type species — Probatiomimus schwarzeri Melzer, 1926 (monotypy).

Diagnosis. Scape expanded at apical third; sides of the prothorax parallel from anterolateral angles to apex of tubercles; elytra elongate, more than three times the humeral width. Number of species currently included: 5.

Remarks. Probatiomimus can be included in the alternative of couplet “45” from Monné et al. (2020):

45’(44). Scape clavate................................................................. Probatiomimus Melzer, 1926 – Scape not clavate......................................................................................... 45

45(45’). Antennae with abundant long setae; prosternal and mesoventral processes, respectively, as wide as one procoxa and meso- coxa............................................................................... Trichonius Bates, 1864

– Antennae with sparse long setae restricted to the distal antennomeres; prosternal and mesoventral processes, respectively, as wide as half the width of procoxae and mesocoxae............................................ Piezochaerus Melzer, 1932

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).