Ornithia mexicana ( Sturm, 1843 )

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 : 497

Ornithia mexicana ( Sturm, 1843)

Ozodes mexicanus Sturm, 1843: 354 .

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Remarks.—This beautiful species was described in the genus Ozodes Audinet-Serville, 1834 , and is known to occur in the United States (southern Texas), Mexico ( Morelos, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luíz Potosi, Colima, Tamaulipas, Yucatán, Jalisco and Veracruz), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Material examined.— BELIZE ( new country record), Cayo District, 1 specimen, Las Cuevas Research Station , 15 km E Caracol, 16.733°N, 88°32.985’W, 570’, 29 June–3 July, 2019, blacklight, L. G. Bezark collector ( LGBC) .

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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.