Coleoxestia nitida ( Bates, 1872 )

Bezark, Larry G., 2025, A new species of Tenthras from Central America and new records of Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Belize, Zootaxa 5723 (4), pp. 489-513 : 493-494

Coleoxestia nitida ( Bates, 1872)

Xestia nitida Bates, 1872: 172

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Remarks.—This widespread species was described by Bates in the genus Xestia Audinet-Serville, 1834 (junior homonyny), and is known from Mexico ( Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo), Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná).

Material examined.— BELIZE ( new country record), Stann Creek District, 3 specimens, Toucan Ridge Ecology & Education Society field station ( TREES), Middlesex, 37 km W of Dangriga , 20 June—1 July, 2016, L.G. Bezark, collector, mv/blacklight ( LGBC) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–26. 9) Amphelictus hovorei Eya & Chemsak; 10) Xestia nitida Bates; 11) Poeciloxestia lanceolata Fragoso; 12) Jupoata rufipennis (Gory); 13) Megacyllene angulata (Fabricius); 14) Neoclytus acteon (Chevrolat); 15) Pirangoclytus latithorax (Martins & Galileo); 16 Pirangoclytus mundus (Chevrolat); 17) Unaiuba vitellina (Martins & Galileo); 18) Ornithia mexicana (Sturm); 19) Beraba piriana Martins; 20) Eburia aegrota Bates; 21) Eburia cubae Fisher; 22) Eburia hovorei Noguera; 23) Eburia stigma (Olivier); 24) Eburodacrys asperula Bates; 25) Eburia triocellata Stål; 26) Pantomallus fuligineus Bates.