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038D8782873A4D30208EA4E8FE87FE5E.text	038D8782873A4D30208EA4E8FE87FE5E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dihammaphora meridensis Ferreira & Cazorla & Alarcón & Mermudes 2025	<div><p>Dihammaphora meridensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1A–E)</p><p>Description. Holotype male. Coloration. Integument black, except maxillary palpomere IV and labial palpomere III dark brown, antennomeres X–XI reddish brown, protibiae and metatibiae brown. Head. Vertex microsculptured and alveolate; glabrous. Frons microsculptured; with dense, silver pubescence. Upper eye lobes with seven rows of ommatidia; upper eye lobes well separated, distance between them about 8x width of one upper lobe Antennal tubercle not elevated. Antennae with 11 antennomeres, extending to about middle of elytra. Scape robust, with alveoli; slightly longer than antennomere III; III–V subcylindrical with subequal length; VI–X gradually expanded apically and decreasing in length; antennomere XI elongated. Antennae with sparse, short, and decumbent silver pubescence. Antennal formula (ratio) based on length of antennomere III: scape= 1.22; pedicel= 0.49; IV= 1.09; V= 1.45; VI= 1.71; VII= 1.60; VIII= 1.55; IX= 1.67; X= 1.52; XI=1.42.</p><p>Thorax. Prothorax subcylindrical. Pronotum microsculptured, alveolated, glabrous. Prosternum with long, decumbent, and dense silver pubescence. Prosternal process narrowed centrally, expanded apically; narrowest point less than half procoxal cavity; apex truncate; with short, decumbent silver pubescence.Mesoventrite, mesanepisterna, and mesepimera with dense silver pubescence. Mesoventral process wider than mesocoxal cavity. Metaventrite, metanepisterna, and metepimera with dense silver pubescence.</p><p>Elytra. Sides subparallel sided basally, slightly convergent toward posterior third, then toward apex. With dorsal costae between elytral suture and epipleura, from anterior margin to near apex, parallel and slightly convergent on posterior third toward near apex. With thick, shallow punctures irregularly arranged between suture and dorsal costae; between dorsal costae and epipleura with a single row of punctation. Apex rounded. With sparse silver pubescence, not covering surface.</p><p>Legs. Femoral peduncles distinctly sulcate; profemoral peduncle and club with subequal length; mesofemoral peduncle about 0.6x of club; metafemoral peduncle about 0.4x of club. Metafemora surpassing elytral apex at middle of club. Protibiae and profemora with subequal length; mesotibiae slightly longer than mesofemora; metatibiae shorter than metafemora. Metatarsomere I longer than II+III together. Legs with sparse silver pubescence, not obscuring surface.</p><p>Abdomen. Ventrites with dense silver pubescence. Apex of ventrite 5 rounded.</p><p>Measurements, mm. Holotype male. Total length: 9.1; prothorax length: 2.2; width prothorax: 1.6; elytral length: 6.4; humeral width: 2.0. Paratypes. Total length: 6.8–7.3; prothorax length: 1.5–1.6; width prothorax: 1.1– 1.2; elytral length: 5.0; humeral width: 1.5–1.6.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet “ meridensis ” is derived from the name of the state of Mérida in Venezuela, the locality where the type material was collected.</p><p>Type material. Holotype male, Venezuela, Mérida, Hacienda El alto Manzano Alto, 1600 m (Cloud Forest), 10.vii.1991, L. Stange &amp; C. Porter leg. (FSCA 00130022). Paratype male, Venezuela, Mérida, Hacienda El alto Manzano Alto, 1600 m (Cloud Forest), 08–20.vii.1991, malaise trap, L. Stange &amp; C. Porter leg. (FSCA 00130023); Paratype male, Venezuela, Edo. Mérida <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-71.19778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.569722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -71.19778/lat 8.569722)">Parroquia Osuna Rodríguez</a> 8°34’11”N, 71°11’52”O ± 1323 m, colecta manual, en bosque húmedo tropical, 24.i.2022, Maritza Alarcón leg. (CLEIULA CUPAR1) .</p><p>Remarks. Among the species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres, Dihammaphora meridensis sp. nov. is similar to Dihammaphora erecta Bezark &amp; Santos-Silva, 2023 (from Ecuador) and Dihammaphora falsa Napp &amp; Mermudes, 2010 (from Brazil and Paraguay) by the integument entirely black. However, Dihammaphora meridensis differs from D. erecta by the elytra with sparse, short, decumbent silver pubescence, without erect setae (rather than minute or slightly longer whitish setae and long, erect, thick yellowish setae in D. erecta) and abdominal ventrites with dense silver pubescence covering most of the integument (rather than abundant, long, erect pale-yellow setae, not covered the integument in D. erecta) (Fig. 1). The new species also differs from D. falsa by the anterior margin of the prosternum without a small median projection (with projection in D. falsa) and the inner side of each procoxa without a small unciform projection (with projection in D. falsa) (Fig. 1). Dihammaphora meridensis sp. nov. is recorded only for the type-locality, in the state of Merida, Venezuelan Andes region. Dihammaphora erecta occurs only in Ecuador (Manabí) and D. falsa is recorded in Brazil (São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina), and Paraguay (Alto Parana).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8782873A4D30208EA4E8FE87FE5E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ferreira, Gabriel S.;Cazorla, Dalmiro;Alarcón, Maritza;Mermudes, José Ricardo M.	Ferreira, Gabriel S., Cazorla, Dalmiro, Alarcón, Maritza, Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2025): First record of Dihammaphora (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Rhopalophorini) for Venezuela: description of a new species and updated key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 440-444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10
038D878287394D31208EA3FAFA2DF8A1.text	038D878287394D31208EA3FAFA2DF8A1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dihammaphora Chevrolat 1859	<div><p>Key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennal segments</p><p>(modified from Napp &amp; Mermudes (2010))</p><p>1. Inner side of each procoxa with a small unciform projection with apex turned down and inwards.Anterior margin of prosternum with a small median projection........................................................................... 2</p><p>- Procoxae without such projection. Anterior margin of prosternum not projected.................................... 3</p><p>2. Entirely black. Brazil (São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana)....... D. falsa Napp &amp; Mermudes, 2010</p><p>- Prothorax reddish. Pronotum with a black area enlarged from apex to base where it almost reaches the sides of the prothorax. Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo)............................................ D. uncinata Napp &amp; Mermudes, 2010</p><p>3. Pronotum bicolorous.................................................................................. 4</p><p>- Pronotum unicolorous................................................................................. 5</p><p>4. Pronotum reddish with a transverse black band posteriorly. Brazil (Goiás).................... D. scutata Gounelle, 1911</p><p>- Pronotum with ill-defined, transverse rufous patch adjacent to the broad black fascia occupying middle third of the disc. Bolivia (Tarija)..................................................................... D. pilcomayoensis Clarke, 2015</p><p>5. Pronotum entirely black................................................................................ 6</p><p>- Pronotum entirely orangish or reddish..................................................................... 7</p><p>6. Elytra with sparse silver pubescence. Abdominal ventrites with dense silver pubescence covering most of the integument. Venezuela (Merida).................................................................. D. meridensis sp. nov.</p><p>- Elytra with than minute or slightly longer whitish setae and long, erect, thick yellowish setae. Abdominal ventrites with abundant, long, erect pale-yellow setae, not obscuring the integument. Ecuador (Manabí).................................................................................................. D. erecta Bezark &amp; Santos-Silva, 2023</p><p>7. Prothorax with yellowish pubescence..................................................................... 8</p><p>- Prothorax glabrous or silky............................................................................. 9</p><p>8. Elytra not or barely impressed posteriorly, without dorsal costae; dark brown with sparse whitish pubescence. Pronotum with sparse yellowish pubescence evenly distributed. Brazil (Minas Gerais), Bolivia ............. D. gracicollis Chevrolat, 1859</p><p>- Elytra conspicuously depressed posteriorly; dorsal costae prominent from base almost to apex; from brown to almost orangish with dense silky, whitish to yellowish pubescence obscuring integument. Pronotum with silky, yellowish pubescent band on each side. Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo), Paraguay ................. D. brasileira Napp &amp; Mermudes, 2010</p><p>9. Frons dark brown, vertex and ventral margin of the head orangish, forelegs sepia black. Prothorax orangish. Bolivia (Santa Cruz)........................................................................ D. dilmanappae Clarke, 2015</p><p>- Head totally black or with occiput yellowish and forelegs black or dark brown. Prothorax reddish.................... 10</p><p>10. Dorsal costae of elytra attaining, at most, the middle........................................................ 11</p><p>- Dorsal costae of elytra prominent from base almost to apex................................................... 13</p><p>11. Elytra with whitish pubescence, not obscuring integument. Metatibiae sinuate. Brazil (Pará, Rondônia), Bolivia .......................................................................................... D. perforata (Klug, 1825)</p><p>- Elytra glabrous or almost glabrous. Metatibiae straight....................................................... 12</p><p>12. Clypeal suture missing. Antennomeres III– V subserrate. Femoral peduncles barely sulcate. Panama, Colombia (Atlántico, Cundinamarca, Bolivar, Magdalena)............................................... D. ibirajarai Mermudes, 1998</p><p>- Clypeal suture rather weak. Antennomeres III– V almost filiform. Femoral peduncles distinctly sulcate. Bolivia (Santa Cruz)............................................................................ D. paraperforata Clarke, 2015</p><p>13. Elytra glabrous; margins not crenulate posteriorly. Brazil (Amazonas, Pernambuco, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro)....................................................................................... D. nitidicollis Bates, 1870</p><p>- Elytra pubescent; margins crenulate posteriorly............................................................ 14</p><p>14. Elytra with very short whitish pubescence not obscuring surface. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).................................................................................................. D. ruficollis Chevrolat, 1859</p><p>- Elytra densely pubescent, pubescence partially or totally obscuring punctures.................................... 15</p><p>15. Elytra with silky, olivaceous pubescence. Ventral body surface, except prosternum, with silky, olivaceous pubescence totally obscuring the integument. Prothorax rounded at sides, widest centrally. Femoral peduncles conspicuously sulcate and carinate. Brazil (Minas Gerais)...................................................... D. mineira Napp &amp; Mermudes, 2010</p><p>- Elytra with whitish pubescence. Ventral body surface, except prosternum, with whitish pubescence not obscuring the integument. Prothorax subparallel-sided. Femoral peduncles shallowly, slightly conspicuously sulcate. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá ................................................................................. D. chontalensis Bates, 1872</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D878287394D31208EA3FAFA2DF8A1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ferreira, Gabriel S.;Cazorla, Dalmiro;Alarcón, Maritza;Mermudes, José Ricardo M.	Ferreira, Gabriel S., Cazorla, Dalmiro, Alarcón, Maritza, Mermudes, José Ricardo M. (2025): First record of Dihammaphora (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Rhopalophorini) for Venezuela: description of a new species and updated key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres. Zootaxa 5661 (3): 440-444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10
