Jupoata Martins & Monné, 2002

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de Lima & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2018, Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Jupoata Martins & Monné, 2002 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-4 : 1-2

Jupoata Martins & Monné, 2002

Jupoata Martins & Monné, 2002: 195 ; Monné, 2005: 54 (cat.); Monné, 2012:11 (cat.); Esteban- Durán & Martins, 2012: 51 (key spp.); Monné,

2017: 45 (cat.).

Type species: Brasilianus costalimai Zajciw, 1966 (original designation).

Redescription: Frons short, transverse. Antennal tubercles variable,usually acuminate at apex.Frontoclypeal suture deep with lateral fovea very deep. Eyes without setae between ommatidia; upper lobes of eyes with variable width; lower lobes well-developed. Antennae filiform, with variable length,in males from surpassing apex of elytra at antennomere VIII to twice length of body; in females from as long as body to slightly longer. Antennomere III with long straight apical spine, transverse to antennal axis, longer than antennomere IV; antennomere IV with apical spine from transverse to antennal axis to oblique with apex directed to apex of antennae; antennomere V with apical spine slightly shorter than IV, transverse or slightly directed to apex of antennae; antennomeres VI-X projected at apex; antennomere XI appendiculate.

Prothorax transverse, with two lateral projections, an antemedian tubercle, that can be slightly distinct or very projected, and another spine medially. Pronotum with transverse wrinkles, generally deep; procoxal cavities closed behind. Prosternal process truncate, with or without tubercle at apex. Mesoventral process lacking tubercle.

Elytra pubescent, parallel-sided, without costae; apices with both margins spined. Apices of meso- and metafemora spined or slightly projected.

Remarks: Among the genera of the subtribe Cerambycina (Cerambycini) with a rugose pronotum, Jupoata is the only one that has the antennomere III with an apical spine perpendicular to the antennal axis.