Galissus

Monné, Marcela L. & Monné, Miguel A., 2013, Synonymical and nomenclatural notes on Trachyderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae), Zootaxa 3686 (3), pp. 356-362 : 358

Key to the species of Galissus

1. Ventral habitus of abdomen dark brown to black............................................................. 2

- Ventral habitus of abdomen red or orange red............................................................... 3

2(1) Prothorax shining black; metatíbiae densely covered with erect hairs ( Figs.2, 6 ). Ecuador, French Guiana,. Brazil, (Amapá and Pará)........................................................................ G. cyanopterus Dupont, 1840

- Prothorax shining red; metatibiae with sparse hairs (Figs 4,8). Ecuador..................... G. nigriventris ( Lane, 1965)

3(1) Prothorax mostly red, two anterior thirds of the pronotum with a large rounded black mark ( Figs 3, 7 ). Ecuador, Bolivia (Santa Cruz).................................................................. G. cyaneipennis ( Waterhouse, 1880)

- Prothorax shining black................................................................................ 4

4(3) Thoracic sterna red.. Brazil (Mato Grosso).( Figs 1, 5 .)............................. G. azureus Monné & Martins, 1981

- Thoracic sterna black. Costa Rica............................ G. nigrescens, Martins, Galileo & Ramirez Campos, 2012

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1, Galissus azureus Monné & Martins, dorsal view; 2, G. cyanopterus Dupont, dorsal view; 3, G. cyaneipennis (Waterhouse), dorsal view; 4. G. nigriventris (Lane), dorsal view; 5, G. a z u re u s Monné & Martins, lateral view; 6, G. cyanopterus Dupont, lateral view; 7, G. cyaneipennis (Waterhouse), lateral view; 8. G. nigriventris (Lane), lateral view.