Euderces velutinus ( Fisher, 1931 )

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 : 508

Euderces velutinus ( Fisher, 1931)

Eplophorus velutinus Fisher, 1931: 100 .

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Remarks.—Described from two males and two females from Colon, Honduras and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, this distinctive ant-mimicking species is known only from Guatemala and Honduras.

Material examined.— BELIZE (new country recor d), Stann Creek District, 1 male, Bocawina / Mayflower National Park , 16 km W of Dangriga, picked off vertical tree trunk, 13–17 August, 2017, L. G. Bezark, collector ( LGBC) .

Figures

FIGURES 46–60. 46) Atenizus laticeps Bates; 47) Atenizus simplex Bates; 48) Bromiades brachyptera (Chevrolat); 49) Forficuladeres sexualis (Linsley); 50) Dihammaphora dispar Chevrolat; 51) Euderces velutinus (Fisher); 52) Tetranodus reticeps (Bates); 53) Gigantotrichoderes flabellicornis (Zajciw); 54) Engyum virgulatum (Bates); 55) Heterachthes wappesi Martins & Napp; 56) Neocompsa alacris (Bates); 57) Neocompsa mexicana (Thomson); 58) Neocompsa thelgema Martins; 59) Compsibidion vanum (Thomson); 60) Diasporidion duplicatum (Gounelle).