Lepturgantes Gilmour

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2008, Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Lepturgantes Gilmour (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 1876, pp. 60-68 : 62

Key to the species of Lepturgantes Gilmour

1. Apical 2/3 or half of the lateral margins of the elytra with seriate short setae ............................................2

– Only the apical 1/3 of the lateral margins of the elytra with very sparse non-seriate short setae..............6

2. Elytral apices subtruncate or truncate, without spines.................................................................................3

– Elytral apices transversely or obliquely notched, with both angles acute and usually projected as a short spine.............................................................................................................................................................4

3. Elytra with yellowish-gray pubescence, partially organized in longitudinal fasciae. Brazil (Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia, São Paulo), Paraguay ( Fig. 3 ) ...................... L. flavovittatus ( Gilmour, 1959)

– Elytra with rounded maculae of dark-brownish pubescence surrounded by gray pubescence. Mexico (Ver- acruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala, Costa Rica ( Fig. 4 ) ................................ L. pacificus Gilmour, 1960

4. Elytral pubescence mostly ochraceous and arranged into narrow longitudinal fasciae. Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil (Rondônia, Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 7 ) ................................................ L. seriatus Monné, 1988

– Elytral pubescence otherwise colored and patterned...................................................................................5

5. Basal half of the elytra with mostly gray pubescence. Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso), Bolivia ( Fig. 1 ).. ............................................................................................................................ L. candicans ( Bates, 1863)

– Basal half of the elytra with mostly dark-brownish pubescence. Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 2 ) ............................................................................................................................... L. dilectus ( Bates, 1863)

6. Metafemora subclavate; elytral length approximately 2.5 times (at most) as long as humeral width........7

– Metafemora linear; elytral length about 3 times as long as humeral width. Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia to Santa Catarina), Bolivia ( Fig. 5 ) .............................................. L. prolatus sp. nov.

7. Elytral pubescence dark brown, with whitish-gray stripes and jagged patches over entire surface. Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo) ( Fig. 6 ) ........................................ L. septemlineatus Gilmour, 1960

– Elytral pubescence dark brown, basal third with brownish patches, and apical half with whitish-gray stripes. Brazil (Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina), Paraguay ( Fig. 8 ) L. variegatus Gilmour, 1957

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, Lepturgantes candicans (Bates); 2, L. dilectus (Bates); 3, L. flavovittatus (Gilmour); 4, L. pacificus Gilmour.

FIGURES 5 – 8. 5, Lepturgantes prolatus Monné & Monné sp. nov.; 6, L. septemlineatus Gilmour; 7, L. seriatus Monné; 8, L. variegatus Gilmour.