Socorroita Bechyné, 1956

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Genus Socorroita Bechyné, 1956

Socorroita Bechyné, 1956a: 286 (type species Monocesta carinipennis Bowditch, 1923 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus includes only two described species, both from Colombia. See Figs 16–17 , 183–184 , and 218–219 for illustrations. In some aspects, such as the narrow epipleura, it is similar to Neophaestus . Even so, the type species of the two genera are very different from each other, based on various other characteristics. However, we are aware of ten apparently undescribed species that seem to be closely related to these genera ( Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador; all in the Brigham Young University collection). Some of the undescribed species are intermediate between the two genera. We do not suggest that the two genera are synonymous. Rather, new genera should probably be erected to accommodate the intermediate species.

Figures

Figs 10–18.Dorsal views. 10. Dircema?nigripenne (Fabricius, 1792).11. Neophaestussp.12. Derospidea brevicollis (LeConte, 1865). 13. Dicoelotrachelus sp. 14. Megarhabda sp. 15. Trirhabda nitidicollis LeConte, 1865. 16. Socorroita carinipennis (Bowditch, 1923). 17. Socorroita elvira Bechyné, 1956. 18. Miraces aeneipennis Jacoby, 1888.

Figs 183–188. Pronotal shapes, dorsal views. 183. Socorroita carinipennis (Bowditch, 1923). 184. Socorroita elvira Bechyné, 1956. 185. Masurius sp. 186. Dircema?nigripenne (Fabricius, 1792). 187. Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879). 188. Ophraea rugosa Jacoby, 1886.