Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833

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 : 17

Key to the Species-groups of Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833 based on males

(Males of A. auricapilla and A. rubrohirsutotibialis not seen.)

1. Metatibiae with brush on apical half, or apical two-thirds; rostrum either very short (width/ length 2.8-3.2), or long (width/length 1.7-1.8); length antennomere III either short (lengths III/ scape 0.73-0.82), or long (lengths III/scape 1.40-1.67); apex of elytra reaching urosternite III ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

— Metatibiae simply setose; rostrum short (width/length 2.4-2.5); length antennomere III moderately short (lengths III/scape 1.14-1.19); apex of elytra reaching urosternite III or IV .... Group 3

2(1). Rostrum width/length 2.8-3.2; length antennomere III short (lengths III/scape 0.73-0.82); prosternum with large rounded tubercle at centre; base of prosternal process about half (0.46- 0.54) width of coxal cavity; lengths of elytra/forebody 0.85; elytra subtype 3A, shorter (length/ width of humeri 1.98-2.00), apex reaching urosternite II; apical urosternites without tubercles or spines; hind leg subtype 1A, apex of metafemora reaching urosternite IV; apical half of metatibia with brush; metatarsomere I/II+III 0.63 ..................................................... Group 1

— Rostrum width/length 1.7-1.8; lengths antennomere III/scape 1.40-1.67; prosternum flat, or tumid at centre (but without tubercle); base of prosternal process less than one third (0.18-0.28) width of coxal cavity; lengths of elytra/forebody 1.03-1.06; elytra subtype 3C, longer (length/ width of humeri 2.64-2.70), apex reaching urosternite IV; apical urosternites with or without tubercles or spines; hind leg subtypes 2A, 3B, apex of metafemora reaching urosternite V; apical two-thirds of metatibia with brush; metatarsomere I/II+III 1.00-1.17 ............ Group 2