Ameriphoderes acutipennis ( Thomson, 1860 ) Clarke, 2015

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 : 46

Ameriphoderes acutipennis ( Thomson, 1860) comb. nov.

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Acyphoderes acutipennis Thomson, 1860: 179 ; Monné 2005: 454 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on Tippmann material in the USNM collection, and compared with the holotype picture of Bezark (2010).

Measurements (mm). 1 male / 1 female, total length, 15.9/22.1; length of prothorax, 2.45/3.55; width of prothorax, 2.10/3.10; length of elytra, 6.10/9.15; width at humeri, 2.45/3.75.

Material analyzed. MEXICO, Verebélyi , 1 male, Tippmann coll. ’57 #213112 ( USNM) ; 1 female (Tippmann det A. suavis ), C. Müller collection, Tippmann coll. ‘57, Wien col. (#213112, USNM) .

Comment. A specimen in the USNM collection ( MEXICO, Colima, Vulkan Colima, 1 female, 10.III.1918, Joh. Laue col., Tippmann coll. ’57, (#213112), incorrectly identified as A. acutipennis , appears to be an unknown species between A. acutipennis and A. velutina . The specimen, a female, has a very characteristic abdomen with very wide apical segments; a search for a male specimen from Vulkan Colima might clarify its status.

Figures

Figures 31–36. Species habitus in the genus Ameriphoderes. gen. nov. Figures 31–32. Ameriphoderes acutipennis (Thomson, 1860). 31) male. 32) female. Figures 33–34. Ameriphoderes ayalai (Chemsak and Linsley, 1988). 33) male. 34) female. Figures 35–36. Ameriphoderes parva (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979). 35) male. 36) female.