Physopleurus, Lacordaire, 1869

Santos-Silva, Antonio & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2016, Description Of A New Species Of Physopleurus Lacordaire, 1869 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) From Colombia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (4), pp. 797-800 : 800

KEY TO FEMALES OF PHYSOPLEURUS

WITH PROTIBIAL SPINES (adapted from Jeniš and Santos-Silva 2010)

1. Elytral punctation coarse and well-marked (with rugose appearance).............................2

1 ′. Elytral punctation fine or slightly coarse (without rugose appearance)........................4

2. Width of upper eye lobes almost equal to length of scape ( Fig. 1 ); prosternum coarsely anastomosed punctate ( Fig. 2 ). Colombia (Antioquia) ...... P. antonkozlovi Santos-Silva and Botero , new species

2 ′. Width of upper eye lobes distinctly shorter than length of scape ( Figs. 6, 8 ); prosternum finely, sparsely punctate ( Figs. 7, 9 )...........3

3. Scape, usually, distinctly reaching posterior ocular edge; membranous wings light. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Cochabamba) ...................... ........................ P. longiscapus Lameere, 1912

3 ′. Scape not reaching posterior ocular edge; membranous wings darkened. French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará) .................... ............................... P. rugosus (Gahan, 1894)

4. Mandibles distinctly longer than head; elytral carinae distinct. French Guiana, Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Maranhão).................... ......................... P. tritomicros Lameere, 1912

4 ′. Mandibles, at most, as long as head; elytral carinae not or slightly distinct.....................5

5. Pronotal disc without shiny plate. Colombia..... ........ P. erikae Santos-Silva and Martins, 2009

5 ′. Pronotal disc with shiny plate......................6

6. Elytral punctation fine and moderately sparse, or almost absent. Venezuela............................ ........................... P. dohrnii Lacordaire, 1868

6 ′. Elytral punctation moderately fine, but abundant and distinct...........................................7

7. Distance between upper eye lobes about equal to length of the scape. Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) ............................. ........................... P. crassidens (Bates, 1869)

7 ′. Distance between upper eye lobes distinctly smaller than length of the scape..................8

8. Lateral margins of pronotum crenulate from lateral tubercle to anterolateral angle. Brazil (Amazonas) ........ P. rafaeli Santos-Silva, 2006

8 ′. Lateral margins of pronotum denticulatecrenulate from lateral tubercle to anterolateral angle. French Guiana.................. P. ubirajarai Delahaye and Tavakilian, 2015

Figures

Figs. 1–9. Physopleurus antonkozlovi, holotype female: 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Lateral habitus; 4) Membranous wing. Physopleurus rugosus, female: 5) Membranous wing; 6) Head and prothorax, dorsal view; 7) Head and prothorax, ventral view. Physopleurus longiscapus, female: 8) Head and prothorax, dorsal view; 9) Head and prothorax, ventral view.