Exepimelitta nigerrima ( Bates, 1892 ) 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 : 18

Exepimelitta nigerrima ( Bates, 1892) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 7-10 )

Charisia nigerrima Bates, 1892:160 .

Epimelitta nigerrima ; Aurivillius, 1912:284 (cat.); Monné 2016:812 (cat.).

Measurements (mm) 3 males / 2 females: total length, 8.30-9.90/12.10-12.60; length of pronotum, 1.55- 2.15/1.80-1.90; width of pronotum, 1.85-2.30/2.45-2.60; length of elytra, 2.55-2.9/3.25-3.35; width at humeri, 2.10-2.45/2.80-2.85.

Specimens analyzed: COSTA RICA, La Caja , bei San José, male, X.1930 ( MZSP) ; San José, female, V- VI.1925. I. Schmidt col. ( CMNH)

Specimens examined: COSTA RICA, San José, female, VI.1925. I. Schmidt col. ( CMNH) ; La Caja , bei San José, male, 20.X.1928, male, XII.1929, H. Schmidt leg. Nevermann collection ( USNM) .

Figures

Figures 7-12. Exepimelitta gen. nov. Fig. 7-10. Exepimelitta nigerrima (Bates, 1892): 7) male dorsal aspect; 8) male ventral aspect; 9) female holotype dorsal aspect; 10) Exepimelitta nigerrima var. flavipubescens (Fisher, 1947), female dorsal aspect. Fig. 11-12. Exepimelitta consobrina (Melzer, 1931), male paratype: 11) dorsal aspect; 12) ventral aspect.