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 : 18

Key to the Group 1 species of Acyphoderes based on males and females

1. General body color brownish, including, abdomen, front and middle legs; in male rostrum rather narrow (width/length 2.47), in female rather wide (width/length 2.78); in both sexes abdomen short (lengths forebody/abdomen 1.16-1.17); in female apex of metafemora reaching apex urosternite IV; lengths metafemoral clave/peduncle 1.30-1.52. Male 19.8 mm. ( Fig. 7 ). Female 23.0 mm. ( Fig. 8 ). SE Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay.................. A. aurulenta (Kirby, 1918)

— General body color black, including abdomen, front and middle legs; in male rostrum rather wide (width/length 2.76), in female rather narrow (width/length 2.50); in both sexes abdomen longer (lengths forebody/abdomen 0.95-1.00); in female apex of metafemora reaching apex urosternite III; lengths metafemoral clave/peduncle 1.55-1.80. Male 23.7 mm. ( Fig. 9 ). Female 22.6 mm. ( Fig. 10 ). Central and South America ................................ A. abdominalis ( Olivier, 1795)

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.