Paracriodion Fragoso

Monné, Miguel A., 2014, Paracriodion Fragoso (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae): redefinition, with description of a new species from Bolivia, Zootaxa 3847 (1), pp. 139-144 : 140

Key to the species of Paracriodion Fragoso

1. Pubescence of head and pronotum with long dense hairs or very short sparse hairs; elytra with sparse pubescence, with or without scattered long hairs; surface chestnut or brownish black.................................................... 2

- Head, pronotum and elytra glabrous, surface black and shining. Bolivia. ( Figs 3–5 ).................... P. morrisi sp. nov.

2. Pubescence of head and pronotum with long dense hairs that obscure the surface; elytra with short sparse pubescence with a few long hairs intermixed. Brazil, Bahia to Santa Catarina ( Fig. 1 )........................ .. P. modestum ( Buquet, 1852)

- Dorsal pubescence restricted to diminitive hairs on the pronotum and elytra with short semi-recumbent hairs emerging from shallow punctures. Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 2 )................................................................................................... .. P. romani ( Aurivillius, 1926)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, Paracriodion modestum (Buquet); 2, P. romani (Aurivillius); 3, P. morrisi sp. nov. holotype male; 4, paratype female.