Amerispheca delicata ( Horn, 1894 ) 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 : 52-53

Amerispheca delicata ( Horn, 1894) comb. nov.

( Fig. 53, 54 )

Acyphoderes delicatus Horn, 1894: 400 .

Acyphoderes delicata ; Linsley 1942: 54; Monné 2005: 455 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on material in the EMEC collection, and comparison with the holotype picture of Bezark (2010).

Measurements (mm). 2 males, total length, 17.6-19.4; length of prothorax, 2.90-3.10; width of prothorax, 3.00-3.10; length of elytra, 9.70-10.35; width at humeri, 3.00-3.00.

Material analyzed. MEXICO, Baja California Sur, Sa. Victoria, trail La Burrera-La Laguna ridge, 1200-1350 m, 1 male, 28.VIII.1977, R. L. Westcott col. ( EMEC 202,795).

Material examined. As above, 1 male, 2.IX.1977 ( EMEC 202,796).

Figures

Figures 49–54. Species habitus in the genera Ameriphoderes. gen. nov. and Amerispheca. gen. nov. Figures 49–50. Ameriphoderes magna (Giesbert, 1991). 49) male paratype. 50) female paratype. Figures 51–52. Ameriphoderes prolixa (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979). 51) male paratype. 52) female paratype. Figures 53–54. Amerispheca delicata (Horn, 1894). 53) male. 54) male ventral.