Charisia durantoni ( Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003 ) Clarke & Flora & Fauna & Casilla & de & Sierra & Bolivia, 2016

Clarke, Robin O. S., Flora, Hotel, Fauna, Casilla, de, Santa Cruz, Sierra & Bolivia, 2016, Provisional revision of the genus Epimelitta Bates, 1870 and associated genera, with a brief synopsis of the genus Acorethra Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (504), pp. 1-43 : 22

Charisia durantoni ( Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 21, 22 )

Epimelitta durantoni Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003:206 . Monné, 2016:811 (cat.).

Measurements (mm), 1 female: total length, 11.60; length of pronotum, 2.05; width of pronotum, 2.55; length of elytra, 3.00; width at humeri, 2.45.

Specimen analyzed: BRAZIL, Pará, Serra Norte, Caldeirão, female, 2.VII.1985, Armadilha, 1.6 m, Suspensa, J. Dias col. (MZSP).

Comment. This is the second new record for the Brazilian fauna, the other being Exepimelitta lestradei ; both collected in the same way (by flight trap), and at the same place by J. Dias.

Figures

Figures 19-24.Exepimelitta gen. nov.and genusCharisia revalidated. Fig. 19-20. Exepimelittawindsori sp. nov., dorsal aspect: 19) male holotype; 20) female paratype. Fig. 21-22. Charisia durantoni (Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003), dorsal aspect: 21) male; 22) female. Fig. 23-24. Charisia euphrosyne (Newman, 1840), female: 23) dorsal aspect; 24) ventral aspect.