Leptocometes Bates, 1881

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 : 537

Leptocometes Bates, 1881

( Figs. 45–46 )

Leptocometes Bates, 1881: 161 ; Özdikmen, 2008: 662 (reval.).

Type species — Leptocometes hispidus Bates, 1881 (monotypy).

Tithonus Thomson, 1864: 24 ; Özdikmen, 2008: 62 (preoccupied by Tithonus Germar, 1823 , Coleoptera , Curculionidae ).

Type species — Tithonus umbrosus Thomson, 1864 (original designation).

Lophopoedes Gilmour, 1957: 11 .

Type species — Lophopoeum virescens Melzer, 1931 (original designation).

Lathrozineus Gilmour, 1959c: 23 .

Type species — Lathrozineus volcanensis Gilmour, 1959 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Prothorax with prominent lateral tubercle placed centrally or a little behind; pronotum with tubercles; mesoventral process at most as wide as half of width of a mesocoxa; elytra without centrobasal crest or lateral carina. See comment in introduction. Number of species currently included: 15.

Figures

FIGURES 33–51. 33–35) Neobaryssinus marianae (Martins & Monné, 1974), paratype female, Brazil (Pará): 33) Dorsal view; 34) Ventral view; 35) Lateral view. 36–38) Oedopeza cryptica Monné, 1990, paratype female, Brazil (Goiás): 36) Dorsal view; 37) Lateral view; 38) Ventral view. 39) Baryssiniella hieroglyphica Berkov & Monné, 2010, holotype male, dorsal view, Peru. 40–41) Chaetacosta vittithorax Gilmour, 1961, Brazil (Espírito Santo): 40) Dorsal view; 41) Lateral view. 42–44) Trichillurges maculatus Martins & Monné, 1974, holotype male, Brazil (Paraná): 42) Dorsal view; 43) Ventral view; 44) Lateral view. 45–46) Leptocometes hispidus Bates, 1881, male, México (Chiapas): 45) Dorsal view; 46) Ventral view. 47–48) Onalcidion fibrosum Monné & Martins, 1976, holotype female, Venezuela: 47) Dorsal view; 48) Lateral view. 49–50) Neoeutrypanus nitidus (White, 1855), male, Venezuela: 49) Dorsal view; 50) Ventral view. 51) Carphina occulta Monné, 1990, paratype male, dorsal view, Brazil (Espírito Santo).