Brachyphoderes, 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 : 56

Key to the species of Brachyphoderes new genus based on males

(Female B. longicollis not seen. Chemsak and Noguera (1993) state that the pronotum of the females, and some males, are reddish. The metafemora of one of two female paratypes of B. dehiscens has rufous clave.)

1. Rostrum width/length 2.36; width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 5.33; lengths antennomere III/scape 1.24; prothorax length/width 1.19; length of elytra/width at humeri 2.20; widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 2.80; abdominal process moderately inclined to abdomen (30°); lengths of metafemoral clave/peduncle 0.81. Male 14.3 mm. ( Fig. 29 ). El Salvador................................................ B. dehiscens (Chemsak, 1997) comb. nov.

— Rostrum width/length 2.50; width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 6.40; lengths antennomere III/scape 1.31; prothorax length/width 1.27; length of elytra/width at humeri 1.74; widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 3.00; abdominal process almost planar with abdomen; lengths of metafemoral clave/peduncle 0.96. Male 15.2 mm. ( Fig. 28 ).W Mexico (Jalisco) ....................... B. longicollis ( Chemsak and Noguera, 1993) comb. nov .

Figures

Figure 25–30. Species habitus in the genera Anomaloderes. gen. nov., Acyphoderes. gen. nov. and Brachyphoderes. gen. nov. 25) Anomaloderes itaiuba (Martins and Galileo, 2004), male paratype. Figures 26–27. Acutiphoderes odyneroides (White, 1855). 26) male. 27) male ventral. 28) Brachyphoderes longicollis (Chemsak and Noguera, 1993). male paratype. Figures 29–30. Brachyphoderes dehiscens (Chemsak, 1997). 29) male paratype. 30) female paratype.