Exepimelitta consobrina ( Melzer, 1931 ) 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 : 17

Exepimelitta consobrina ( Melzer, 1931) , comb. nov.

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Epimelitta consobrina Melzer, 1931:1 ; Monné 2016:810 (cat.).

Epimelitta nigerrima var. flavipubescens Fisher, 1947:56 . Syn. nov.

Measurements (mm) 1 male / 1 female: total length, 8.10/13.10; length of pronotum, 1.40/2.15; width of pronotum, 1.85/2.85; length of elytra, 2.70/3.75; width at humeri, 2.20/3.00.

Specimen analyzed: HONDURAS, Tela, female, 25.IV.1923, S.C. Bruner col. (USNM).

Specimen examined (by Santos-Silva): labeled “Cotypus” COSTA RICA: Farm La Caja perto de [near to] São José (MZSP).

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.