Sporetus Bates, 1864

Monné, Miguel A., Santos-Silva, Antonio & Monné, Marcela L., 2020, Key to South American genera of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae Lamiinae) with erect setae on elytral surface, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 523-553 : 547

Sporetus Bates, 1864

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Sporetus Bates, 1864: 54 .

Type species — Sporetus seminalis Bates, 1864 (subsequent designation, Monné, 2012: 74).

Sporetus (Chaetissus) Bates, 1864: 54 ; Thomson, 1864: 323 (syn.).

Type species — Sporetus porcinus Bates, 1864 (monotypy).

Diagnosis. Antennae in males much longer than the body; prothorax without lateral tubercles or with tubercles reduced to an obtuse protuberance, the sides subparallel; pronotum without tubercles; elytra without centrobasal crest or longitudinal carina; mesoventral process as wide as three-fourths of a mesocoxa. Number of species currently included: 14.

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. 1) Lepturges (Chaeturges) inscriptus Bates (1863), dorsal view, female, Brazil (Espírito Santo). 2–3) Vitacinis luziae Monné et al., 2019, holotype male, Colombia: 2) Dorsal view; 3) Ventral view. 4–5) Pseudocobelura prolixa (Bates, 1864), male, Brazil (Pará): 4) Dorsal view; 5) Ventral view. 6–7) Callipero formosa Monné, 1998, paratype female, Brazil (Pará): 6) Dorsal view; 7) Ventral view. 8–9) Sporetus seminalis Bates, 1864, male, Bolivia: 8) Dorsal view; 9) Ventral view. 10) Lasiolepturges zikani Melzer, 1928, dorsal view, lectotype, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 11–13) Microplia agilis Audinet-Serville, 1835, female, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro): 11) Dorsal view; 12) Lateral view; 13) Ventral view. 14–15) Pertyia sericea (Perty, 1832), Brazil (Espírito Santo): 14) Dorsal view; 15) Lateral view.