Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008

Nearns, Eugenio & Miller, Kelly, 2009, A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman from Central America and description of the female of Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Plectromerini), ZooKeys 24 (24), pp. 55-62 : 59

Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008

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Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008 was described from a single male specimen ( Fig. 2a ) collected by Dr. Henry Stockwell in Nicaragua, Jinotega Department, Cerro Chimborazo, 1400 m elevation, 13°02´N, 85°56´W, beating dead branches, 20 November 1971. Th e holotype is deposited in the EMEC. Two additional specimens collected by Dr. Stockwell, both female, with exactly the same label data are in the STRI. Th e following description supplements the description of this species using the methods indicated in Nearns and Branham (2008).

Description. Female. Length 8.0– 9.5 mm; width 1.8–2.1 mm (measured across humeri). Similar to male except pronotal sides without coarse punctures and prosternum without one irregular patch of coarse, deep punctures in front of each procoxa. Legs similar to males except metafemoral teeth with posterior edge strongly, deeply serrate, with about 11 serration “peaks” of uneven height and distribution. Abdomen with terminal sternite broadly rounded, slightly longer than preceding sternite.

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Figure 2. Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, dorsal habitus a holotype male b female.