Oreodera omissa Melzer, 1932

Ferreira, Gabriel S., Corrêa, Caio C. D., Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2024, New species of the wasp-mimic Parahephaestion Melzer, 1930 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with new records, Zootaxa 5418 (3), pp. 291-300 : 298

Oreodera omissa Melzer, 1932

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Distribution. BRAZIL (Goiás, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S„o Paulo, and Santa Catarina). We added a new state record from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, RPPN Sanctuary of Caraça, Casa da Ponte , 20°5’55.10”S 43°29’24.83”W, 1287 m, pano branco com luz, 1 male ( MNRJ-ENT7-47249 ), 2 females ( MNRJ-ENT7-47248 , MNRJ-ENT7-47250), 21.xi.2022, Monné, M.L. leg.

Diagnosis. This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: elytra with grayish pubescence, irregular, large, oblique (wave) dark macula laterocentrally, and large dark macula on sides of the apical third; elytra with sparse and fine punctures, denser basally; humeri with lateral tubercle; metatibiae covered with black pubescence except whitish large median band.

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FIGURE 3A–H. New records in Cerambycidae. Dorsal habitus. A—Sphalloeme costipennis Melzer, 1928; B—Thalusia atrata (Melzer, 1918); C—Trachelissa pustulata (Audinet-Serville, 1834); D—Ateralphus dejeani (Lane, 1973); E—Oreodera omissa Melzer, 1932; F—Phacellocera plumicornis (Klug, 1825); G—Oncideres impluviata (Germar, 1823); H—Psyllotoxus griseocinctus Thomson, 1868.