Corresponding author: Mariana Alejandra Cherman (
Academic editor: A. Frolov
Cherman
According to the latest review (
History of
The present study redefines
Approximately 2000 specimens of
Mouthparts and male genitalia, when available, were dissected and examined for all species. For describing species and identification keys, the taxonomic characters and terms used are those proposed by
Main characters of
In the species’ descriptions and redescriptions, each species name is followed by author(s), publication year and figure(s) number. In cataloging lists, the following abbreviations are used:
Labels of the type material are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, where the data for each label are within double quotes (“ ”), a slash (/) separates the rows and “,” separates labels. Information between brackets ([]) provides additional details written on the labels. Biological notes are based on specimen labels or extracted from the literature.
The geographical distribution is based on previously published records and specimens examined. The abbreviations used in this work for states/departments from each country are as follows:
ARGENTINA:
BOLIVIA:
BRAZIL:
PARAGUAY:
New geographical distribution records are in bold type.
Species descriptions and redescriptions are presented following Ratcliffe's, (2013) recommendations. The author of all the new species contained in this manuscript is the first author of this work, Mariana Cherman, who was responsible for coining the name and for satisfying all other availability criteria.
Shapefiles from the Biogeographical regionalization of the Neotropical region (
An online interactive key was produced using the software LUCID 3.3, and the characters codified in the Lucid matrix were based on adult morphology. Interactive keys have some advantages in comparison with dichotomous keys, most notably being easier to update, as they are available online (
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Length 6.5–16.3 mm; width: 3.5–8.3 mm. Body sub-parallel, sometimes wider in the posterior half; elytra and body may be unicolored or with different colors, which vary from yellowish, brownish, reddish-brown, purplish-
Clypeus.
The name
The Neotropical
The genera most closely related to
Parameres, dorsal view.
Of the 34 species of
Parameres, lateral view.
Although
Species with labeled data about sampling method (type of trap/manual).
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BRAZIL.
Body yellowish brown; elongate; elytra testaceous, lighter in color than pronotum; clypeal emargination wide and rounded; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; lateral margin convex and slightly produced; distance between clypeal lateral projection and anterior tooth equal to basal width of anterior tooth, distance between clypeal lateral projection and anterior margin of eye shorter than one eye, obtuse angle between outer side of anterior teeth and clypeal lateral projection; mesotibia quadrate in cross section; pygidium convex, bristled throughout, reticulated punctures; in males, inner margins of parameres convergent; subapical projections on outer margins; parameres strongly narrowed between subapical projections and apex; apex spatula-like, sharp edges, curved outwards, not reaching the level of the parameres outer margin (Fig.
Length: 8.0–9.0 mm; width 3.7–4.2 mm. Yellowish to testaceous.
BRAZIL, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body, pronotum and elytra purplish brown to dark brown, elongate; distance between eyes more than twice the width of one eye; clypeal emargination rounded or sub-angled, shallow and wide; lateral margin convex, slightly produced; pronotal posterior corners sharp, obtuse or almost right-angled; prothorax scaly posteriorly; pro-, meso- and metasternum, pro- and metacoxae with white scales; mesotibia cylindrical in cross section; protarsal claws symmetrical; metatarsomere I nearly one-half the size of tarsomere II, equal in width or slightly wider; pygidium flat, sometimes slightly convex; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; male genitalia, total length of parameres more than five times the length of their apex; inner margins convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle projecting straight downward (Fig.
Length: 12.0–13.0 mm; width: 5.7–6.2. Purplish brown.
BRAZIL. São Paulo, Ipanema [Iperó].
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra light brown, lighter in color than pronotum; clypeal emargination rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; lateral margin convex, rounded; mesotibia cylindrical to sub-quadrate in cross section; pygidium flat, bristled throughout. In males, inner margins of parameres convergent; subapical projections on outer margins; strongly narrowed before the apex; apex spatula-like, edges sharp, curved outwards, reaching the level of the parameral outer margin (Fig.
Length: 8.5–10.7 mm; width: 4.1–5.2 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body reddish brown; elongate, wider in the posterior third; elytra brownish, pronotum darker; clypeal emargination deep, narrow and rounded; outer sides of anterior teeth concave, following the lateral margin of clypeus; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; meso- and metatibia quadrate or sub-quadrate in cross section, metafemur with thick and erect bristles on posterior margin; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; pygidial disc scaly throughout; female pygidium wider than in males. Male genitalia, parameres slightly asymmetrical; basal region narrower than the parameres together at its maximum width; apex rounded (Fig.
Length: 10.5–12.0 mm; width: 5.7–6.5 mm. Reddish brown.
BRAZIL. Minas Gerais, Buritis (Primeira Cachoeira Rio Urucuia).
BRAZIL (
There is one specimen in
BRAZIL.
Body and pronotum dark purplish
Length: 10.0–11.0 mm; width: 5.9–6.4 mm. Purplish
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL:
Body and elytra yellowish; elongate; pronotum and scutellum reddish yellow; clypeal emargination deep, sharp and narrow; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex, with a sharp tooth-like projection, obtuse angle between outer side of anterior teeth and clypeal lateral projection; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; anterior margin of pronotum straight, flanged throughout; pronotal posterior corners obsolete (Fig.
Length: 7.0–8.0 mm; width: 3.7–4.2 mm. Yellowish.
BRAZIL.Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL:
Body reddish brown; elongate, sides almost parallel in males; elytra brownish, pronotum slightly darker; clypeal emargination deep, rounded and narrow; outer sides of anterior teeth concave, follow the lateral margin of clypeus; meso- and metatibia quadrate or sub-quadrate in cross section, metafemur with thick and erect bristles on posterior margin; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; bristles only at apex. In males, apex of pygidium more rounded; parameres; more than five times the length of their apex; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle projecting straight downward (Fig.
Length: 8.8–9.5 mm; width: 4.7–5.5 mm. Reddish brown.
BRAZIL (
PARAGUAY.
Body, pronotum and elytra brownish to dark brown, very shiny; elongate; clypeal emargination shallow, rounded and very wide; outer sides of anterior teeth follow the lateral margin of clypeus; clypeal lateral margin straight; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; pronotal, lateral margins barely convex; pronotal posterior corners sharp, almost right-angled; mesotibia sub-quadrate in cross section; pygidium wide, convex in males, pygidial midline sulcated in females; pygidial disc wrinkled, coarsely punctured; almost glabrous, bristled only on apex; parameres widened ventrally at the transverse midline and narrowed towards the fusiform apex; inner margins convergent (Fig.
Length: 12.7–13.5 mm; width: 6.8–7.1 mm. Brownish to dark brown.
PARAGUAY. “Estancia Postillón, Puerto
Body, pronotum and elytra purplish brown or dark brown; elongate; distance between eyes slightly more than twice the width of one eye; frons slightly longer than clypeus; clypeal lateral margin convex, with a projection that varies from rounded to sharp; pronotal convexity at sides distinct (Fig.
Length: 12.4–14.0 mm; width: 6.5–7.6 mm. Purplish brown.
BRAZIL (
Body and elytra reddish brown; elongate, widest at posterior third; pronotum darker; clypeal emargination shallow, rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex, with a rounded projection, obtuse angle between outer side of anterior teeth and clypeal lateral projection; antenna 9-articulated; pronotal disc punctures very sparse; pronotal posterior corners sub-angled, obtuse; mesotibia quadrate in cross section; metafemur with thick and erect bristles on posterior margin; pygidium convex; in males, parameres widened from the midline towards the apex, maximum width subapically; apex rounded; inner margins convergent (Fig.
Length: 9.8 mm; width: 5.5 mm. Reddish brown.
BRAZIL. São Paulo.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL. Without locality and date, 1 ex. (
Body and elytra testaceous, elongate, sides almost parallel; pronotum reddish brown; clypeal emargination shallow, rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin with a sharp tooth-like projection, forming a deep right angle between this projection and the anterior teeth; pronotal posterior corners apparently rounded, weakly obtuse; mesepisternum, sides of metasternum, metacoxae and ventrites scaly; mesotibia quadrate in cross section; male metafemur medially produced on posterior margin; pygidium flat; sub-quadrate; pygidial disc with abundant erect bristles throughout; punctures reticulated; parameres widened on apex, apex rounded; inner margins convergent.
Length: 9.8–10.8 mm; width: 4.6–5.0 mm. Testaceous.
BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL. Without locality, date and collector, 4 ex. (
Body, pronotum and elytra purplish brown or dark brown; elongate; distance between eyes more than twice the width of one eye; frons longer than clypeus; clypeal emargination sub-angled, shallow and narrow; clypeal lateral margin convex; pronotal posterior corners sharp, obtuse-angled; prothorax scaly posteriorly; pro-, meso- and metasternum, pro- and metacoxae scaly abundantly; male mesotibia sub-quadrate in cross section; protarsal claws symmetrical; basal metatarsomere shorter than tarsomere II and slightly wider; pygidium flat or convex and wide, pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; total length of parameres more than five times the length of their apex, narrowed subapically; inner margins convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle curved projecting almost perpendicular to parameres (Fig.
Length: 11.0–13.0 mm; width: 6.1–7.2 mm. Purplish brown.
BRAZIL. “Capit.e des Mines” [today Minas Gerais state].
BRAZIL (
Body yellowish brown; elongate; elytra testaceous, pronotum darker; clypeus quadridentate due to the tooth-like projection laterally; clypeal emargination sub-angled and narrow; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; distance between clypeal lateral and anterior tooth equal to basal width of anterior tooth, distance between clypeal lateral tooth and anterior margin of eye longer than one eye, right angle between clypeal lateral and anterior tooth; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; mesotibia cylindrical in cross section; metacoxa punctured and bristled; pygidium convex, apex rounded; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; pygidial disc bristled on apex; male genitalia, total length of parameres less than three times the length of their apex; inner margins convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle projecting straight downward (Fig.
Length: 8.0–9.0 mm; width: 4.4 mm. Yellowish brown.
BRAZIL. “Capit.e des Mines” [Minas Gerais state].
The type-locality mentioned by
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous to brownish, pronotum darker, reddish brown in males and dark brown in females; clypeal emargination sub-angled and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; clypeal lateral margin straight; mesotibia quadrate in cross section in males, sub-quadrate to cylindrical in females; posterior margin of male metafemur medially produced on posterior margin; metatibial inner margin abruptly sub-basally or medially produced; pygidium varies from flat to convex, as wide as it is long, pygidial disc bristled only on apex; in males, total length of parameres near five times the length of their apex; inner margins convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle curved projecting almost perpendicular to parameres (Fig.
Length: 14.0–16.0 mm; width: 6.9–7.9 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL (
In
without locality and date, Kraatz, 1 ex. (
Body, elytra and pronotum brown; elongate; clypeus weakly emarginate; clypeus and frons almost coplanar; outer sides of anterior teeth follow the lateral margin of clypeus; clypeal lateral margin straight; pronotal posterior corners rounded; mesotibia cylindrical in cross section; pygidium flat and wide; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; pygidial disc bristled only on apex, punctures very sparse; pygidial apex quadrate; males genitalia, basal region of parameres wider than the parameres together at its maximum width; apex ornamented and emarginate laterally forming two projections at each side (Fig.
Length: 8.0-9.0 mm; width: 4.1-4.2 mm. Brown.
PARAGUAY.
BRAZIL; PARAGUAY.
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate, sides almost parallel; elytra testaceous to brownish, pronotum slightly darker; clypeal emargination very deep, sub-angled and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; meso- and metatibia quadrate in cross section, metatibia not transversally carinated and metatibial spurs equal in length; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium, pygidial disc entirely bristled throughout. In males, pygidium covered with erect bristles, apex with angled corners. Male genitalia with a groove across the parameral basal region, elevated flange along the inner margin, apex widened and rounded (Fig.
Length: 9.5–10.3 mm; width: 4.4–5.2 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body yellowish; elongate; elytra and pronotum uniform yellow; clypeal emargination rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; clypeal lateral projection barely noticeable, rounded; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; labium not transversely carinated, longer than wide, labial sides swollen; sensorial area not reaching the midline of the palpomere and not forming a fovea; antenna 9-articulated; basal apophysis of metacoxa not produced; metafemur with thick and erect bristles on posterior margin; inner margin of male metatibia not carinated and not produced on apex, metatibial inner face glabrous; tarsi opaque, male protarsomeres enlarged as wide as the mesotarsomeres, more than twice as wide as metatarsi; pygidial disc glabrous; flat in lateral view; male genitalia, parameral width almost equal throughout their entire length; inner margins straight or slightly divergent, apex of parameres truncated and curved downwards (Fig.
Length: 9.8-10.1 mm; width: 5.1-5.2 mm. Yellowish.
BRAZIL.
BRAZIL (
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous, pronotum purplish brown, clypeal emargination sharp and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex, with a tooth-like projection; right angle between outer side of anterior teeth and clypeal lateral projection; mesotibia quadrate in cross section; inner margin of metatibia abruptly sub-basally produced towards apex; ventrites IV and V produced medially (Fig.
Length: 12.5 mm; width: 6.1 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL. Bahia.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body brownish, elongate; elytra dull yellow, pruinose, opaque; pronotum reddish brown, shiny; clypeal emargination shallow, rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth follow the lateral margin of clypeus, sub-parallel in females; lateral margin straight, slightly convex in females; pronotal posterior corners sharp, obtuse-angled; meso- and metepisternum, sides of metasternum and metacoxae scaly; mesotibia sub-quadrate in cross section; pygidium flat, pygidial disc bristled throughout, coarsely punctured; in males total length of parameres near five times the length of their apex; inner margins straight, slightly divergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle curved projecting almost perpendicular to parameres (Fig.
Length: 13.5–15.0 mm; width: 6.7–7.6 mm. Reddish brown and elytra dull yellow.
BRAZIL. Minas Gerais.
BRAZIL (
ARGENTINA.
Body brownish; elongate, sides almost parallel; elytra with non-uniform brown, base, inner and outer margins darker, as are the head and pronotum (Fig.
Length 10.0–10.5 mm; width: 5.2–5.4 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous to brownish, pronotum darker, reddish brown in males and dark brown in females; clypeal emargination rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex in males, straight in females; male mesotibia quadrate in cross section, sub-quadrate to cylindrical in females; pygidium varies from flat to convex, as wide as it is long; pygidial disc bristled only on apex. In males, metafemur medially produced on posterior margin; inner margin of metatibia medially produced and ventrite IV medially produced; parameres of genitalia near three times the length of their apex; inner margins straight; apex harpoon-like, lateral angle curved projecting almost perpendicular to parameres (Fig.
Length: 13.0–13.8 mm; width: 6.3–6.7 mm. Testaceous to brownish.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous to brownish, pronotum darker, reddish brown in males and dark brown in females; clypeal emargination sub-angled and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; clypeal lateral margin slightly convex in males and straight in females; male mesotibia quadrate in cross section, sub-quadrate to cylindrical in females; male metafemur medially produced on posterior margin; inner margin of male metatibia medially produced towards apex; pygidium varies from flat to convex, as wide as it is long; pygidial disc bristled only on apex; male ventrites slightly elevated along the midline from ventrite I to V; genitalia, parameral split on third portion; total length of parameres near three times the length of their apex; inner margins straight or slightly convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle projecting straight downward (Fig.
Length: 13.5–14.5 mm; width: 6.4–7.3 mm. Brownish.
BRAZIL. Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro.
BRAZIL (
BRAZIL.
Body reddish brown; elongate, slightly wider on the posterior third; elytra uniform reddish brown as the pronotum; frons swollen, longer than clypeus; clypeus weakly emarginate; outer sides of anterior teeth follow the lateral margin of clypeus; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; sensorial area not forming a fovea; pronotal maximum length equal to tarsomeres I, II and III together; anterior margin of pronotum apparently concave, pronotal anterior corners bent frontwards; basal apophysis of metacoxa not produced; inner margin of metatibia not carinated; in males pro- and mesotarsomeres I to IV weakly enlarged; pygidium convex, glabrous; parameres narrowed at the transverse midline and subapically; divergent; apex truncated and strongly curved downwards (Fig.
Length: 9.0–9.4 mm; width 5.0–5.1 mm. Reddish brown.
BRAZIL. “Capit.e des Mines” [Minas Gerais state].
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white printed] “Coleção/ M. Alvarenga”, [White, outlined, printed] “Mangabeira [Manjeiro]/MOCAJUBA PARA/BRASIL VII-1953/Orlando Rego”, [
Holotype and two paratypes deposited at
Body brown; elongate; elytra yellowish brown, pronotum reddish brown; frons surface irregular, excavated medially; clypeal emargination deep, rounded and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; pronotal posterior corners obsolete; mesotibia cylindrical in cross section; inner margin of metatibia not carinated on apex and inner surface glabrous; pygidium convex, sub-trapezoidal; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; in males pro- and mesotarsi weakly enlarged; male genitalia, basal region wider than the parameres together at its maximum width, parameral split at the third portion; parameral apex fusiform (Fig.
Adjective in the nominative singular. New Latin; from
BRAZIL, Pará: Mocajuba, Mangabeira [Manjeiro] [
BRAZIL (
Holotype female, pinned. Original label: [white, outlined black] “[handwritten] PIRAPORA/[printed]Minas Gerais BRASIL/[handwritten]1954”, [
Body brown; elongate; elytra light brown, pronotum reddish brown; clypeus quadridentate due to the tooth-like projection of the lateral margin; clypeal emargination deep and angled; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; anterior margin of pronotum depressed throughout; pronotal posterior corners rounded; mesotibia sub-quadrate in cross section; inner margin of metatibia not carinated on apex and inner surface glabrous; pygidium slightly convex, sub-trapezoidal; glabrous, bristled only at the apical margin. No males known until now for this species
Noun in the nominative singular. From Latin
BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Pirapora [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [White, outlined, printed] “TERESINA/PIAUI BRASIL/[handwritten]1. 1953/[printed]A. K. OLIVEIRA”, [
Body brown; elongate; elytra brownish, pronotum slightly darker; clypeus quadridentate due to the tooth-like projection of the lateral margin; clypeal emargination deep, rounded; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex; anterior margin of pronotum depressed throughout; pronotal posterior corners sub-angled, obtuse (Fig.
Adjective in the nominative singular. Piauí (Brazilian State) + Latin suffix -
BRAZIL, Piauí: Teresina [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white printed] “BRASIL:
Body brown; elongate, sides parallel; elytra brown, pronotum darker; clypeus quadridentate due to the tooth-like projection of the lateral margin; clypeal emargination deep and rounded; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeal lateral margin convex; pronotal anterior margin depressed throughout; pronotal posterior corners obsolete; mesotibia sub-quadrate in cross section; metacoxal disc predominantly smooth, few punctures and bristles near the base of the femur; pygidium convex, wide; pygidial width exceeding distance between spiracles of propygidium; male genitalia, total length of parameres near five times the length of their apex; strongly narrowed medially; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle projecting straight downward (Fig.
Adjective in the nominative singular. New Latin; from
BRAZIL, Piauí: Canto do Buriti [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white printed] “5”, [White handwritten] “
Body light brown; elongate; elytra yellowish, pronotum reddish; clypeus quadridentate due to the tooth-like projection of the lateral margin; clypeal emargination deep, rounded and narrow; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; clypeus bristled anteriorly; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; pronotal anterior margin strongly depressed throughout; pronotal posterior corners rounded; pronotum and scutellum with inconspicuous bristles (50× magnification); mesotibia cylindrical in cross section; metacoxa scaly and smooth; male metafemur slightly produced medially on posterior margin; pygidium flat, sub-trapezoidal; pygidial disc bristled throughout, with both short and long erect bristles, punctured only on the sides; parameres, basal region very short; parameres narrowed subapically, apex spatula-like, slightly curved outwards, up to the level of the parameral basal margin (Fig.
This species is dedicated to Georg Frey, as a reward for his enormous contribution to the knowledge of
ARGENTINA, Santiago del Estero: Bords du Rio Salado, Env. [environs] D’Icaño, Chaco de Santiago del Estero [Today nearby Añatuya,
ARGENTINA (
All these four
Holotype male, pinned, genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white handwritten]“Me 27 (Det.)/Rio Verde, M. Grosso/10.64 [verse]
Body brownish, elytra testaceous, pronotum darker; sides parallel; clypeal emargination sub-angled, deep and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth parallel; meso- and metatibia quadrate in cross section. In males, pygidial disc scaly throughout, erect-scaled; pygidial apex rounded; parameres deeply grooved across the basal region, inner margins forming an elevated flange, apex widened and rounded (Fig.
Male paratype. Length: 10.7 mm; width 5.2 mm. The paratype does not differ significantly from the holotype, except in the elytral outer ridge less conspicuous and the elytra shiny, not pruinose, on posterior margins.
Noun in the genitive case. Prefix from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). The species name is due to the morphological similarity with
BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul: Rio Verde de Mato Grosso [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white printed] “BRASIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous, pronotum purplish
Noun in the genitive case. The species is dedicated to its collector, Dr Paschoal Coelho Grossi, great
BRAZIL, Bahia: Encruzilhada [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, with genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white, outlined, printed] “Morro da Garça/
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous, pronotum purplish
Adjective in the nominative singular. Prefix from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”); compound noun from Latin
BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Morro da Garça [
BRAZIL (
Holotype male, pinned, wih genitalia mounted. Original labels: [white printed]“Coleção/A.M.BELLO”, [white printed] “Nova Friburgo/
BRAZIL.
Body brownish; elongate; elytra testaceous to brownish, pronotum reddish or dark brown; clypeal emargination rounded, shallow and wide; outer sides of anterior teeth sub-parallel; canthus exceeding the outer margin of the eye; male mesotibia quadrate in cross section; male metafemur strongly produced medially on posterior margin; metatibia slightly bent outwards; inner margin of male metatibia medially produced towards apex; claw bifid, symmetrical, superior tooth as long as and narrower than the inferior; male ventrites I, II and III sulcated medially, IV slightly elevated; pygidium convex or flat, as wide as it is long, pygidial disc bristled only on apex; male genitalia, width of basal region equal to the parameres together at its transverse midline; total length of parameres more than five times the length of their apex; inner margins convergent; apex harpoon-like with lateral angle curved projecting perpendicularly to parameres (Fig.
Male paratypes 14.6–14.8 mm; width: 7.2 mm. As the holotype except in the pygidium, convex or flat; female paratypes as the former.
Adjective in the nominative singular. From Latin
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo [
BRAZIL (
Geographical distribution of
Distribution records of eight species of
Distribution records of seven species of
Distribution records of six species of
Distribution records of three species of
Distribution records of seven species of
This contribution is dedicated to the memory of one of the authors, Dr. Miguel Ángel Morón, who devoted most of his life to the study of
We thank Drs. Lee H. Herman (
Builder Lucid 3.3 key to New World
species data