Ameriphoderes yucateca ( Bates, 1892 ) 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 : 49-50

Ameriphoderes yucateca ( Bates, 1892) comb. nov.

( Fig. 41, 42 )

Odontocera yucateca Bates, 1892: 159 , pl. 6, fig. 7; Monné 2005: 457 (cat.).

Species Concept. Based on the comparison of material in the ACMT collection with the lectotype picture of Bezark (2010).

Measurements (mm). 1 male / 1 female, total length, 15.7/18.4; length of prothorax, 2.75/3.00; width of prothorax, 2.40/2.85; length of elytra, 5.45/6.40; width at humeri, 2.50/3.00.

Material analyzed. MEXICO, Chiapas, Aguacero Park , 1 female, 16.X.1988, J. Wappes col. ( ACMT) ; Quintana Roo, 20 km N. Carillo Pto., 1 male, 12-14.VI.1983, J. Wappes col. ( ACMT) .

Comment. Chemsak and Linsley (1979) included Chiapas in the distribution of this species; but the female from Chiapas examined by the author has a rather different habitus to that of the Quintana Roo male (pronotum less trapezoidal, weak pronotal calli, mesofemora much less tumid, and other less notable differences), and may not be conspecific. Examination of a Chiapas male’s genitalia might resolve any doubt.

Figures

Figures 37–42. Species habitus in the genus Ameriphoderes. gen. nov. Figures 37–38. Ameriphoderes suavis (Bates, 1885). 37) male. 38) female. Figures 39–40. Ameriphoderes velutina (Bates, 1885). 39) male. 40) female. Figures 41–42. Ameriphoderes yucateca (Bates, 1892). 41) male. 42) female.