Acyphoderes aurulenta ( Kirby, 1818 )

Clarke, Robin O. S., 2015, Revision of the genus Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833, with a brief synopsis of the genus Bromiades Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (401), pp. 1-92 : 20-21

Acyphoderes aurulenta ( Kirby, 1818)

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Necydalis aurulenta Kirby, 1818: 443 .

Acyphoderes aurulenta ; Monné 2005: 454 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on many specimens in the MZSP collection (identified by Melzer, Martins, and others); these compared to a photograph of the holotype of Acyphoderes sericinus White, 1855 available on Bezark (2010).

Measurements (mm). 4 males / 4 females, total length, 16.2-22.9/21.6-23.0; length of prothorax, 3.50- 4.50/4.05-4.20; width of prothorax, 3.30-3.65/4.05-4.40; length of elytra, 7.70-10.00/8.65-10.30; width at humeri, 3.60-4.80/4.40-5.00.

Material analyzed. BRAZIL, Espirito Santo, Santa Teresa , 1 female, XI.1964, col. C. T. Elias, ( MZUSP) ; São Paulo, São Paulo, 1 male, IV.1927, S. Bernardo, R. Spitz col. ( MZUSP) .

Material examined. BRAZIL, Espirito Santo, Corrego, Ità , 1 male and 1 female, XI.1956, W. Zikan col. ( MZUSP) ; Goiás, Viannopolis , 1 male, III.1930, R. Spitz col. ( MZUSP) ; Rio de Janeiro, Guaratiba , 1 female, 8.VII.1934, Aristoteles Silva col. ( MZUSP) . PUERTO RICO, San Juan, Mayaguez, 1 male, 14. III.1933, on Mango blossom, A. G. Harley col., #3819, ( USNM) ; Rio Piedras , 1 female, 23.IV.1940, in flight, D. de Leon col., HOPKUS 23100-A-6 ( USNM) .

Comment. The Wappes, et al. (2006) record for this species in Bolivia is set aside by the author as it seems to be doubtful.

Figures

Figures 7–12. Species habitus in the genera Acyphoderes and Bromiades. Figures 7–8. Acyphoderes aurulenta (Kirby, 1818). 7) male. 8) female. Figures 9–10. Acyphoderes abdominalis (Olivier, 1795). 9) male. 10) female. Figures 11–12. Bromiades brachyptera (Chevrolat in Guérin-Meneville, 1838). 11) male. 12) female.