Psyrassa xestioides ( Bates, 1872 )

Heffern, Daniel & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, Description of a new Brazilian species of Acanthoderini, new records in American Cerambycinae and Lamiinae, and a replacement name for a genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 5318 (4), pp. 555-562 : 556

Psyrassa xestioides ( Bates, 1872)

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Nephalius xestioides Bates, 1872: 177 .

Remarks. This species was described based on a single specimen from Nicaragua. Currently it is known from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia ( Monné 2023a). Maes et al. (1994) reported the species from Mexico, and Maes et al. (2010) reported “? Mexico ” ( Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2022). Here we are confirming the presence of the species in Mexico and providing detailed localities.

Material examined. MEXICO, Oaxaca (new state record): Metates , 800 m, 1 female, 12–13.III.1992, G. Nogueira leg. ( DHCO); Sierra de Juárez , 2355 m, 1 male, 8.VIII.2010, G. Nogueira leg. ( DHCO) .

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FIGURES 1–5. 1) Susuacanga rotundipennis (Bates, 1884), female from Mexico (Jalisco), dorsal habitus.2) Psyrassa xestioides (Bates, 1872), male from Mexico (Oaxaca), dorsal habitus. 3) Anisopodus dispar Bates, 1885, female from Nicaragua, dorsal habitus; 4) Lasiolepturges zikani Melzer, 1928, male from Brazil (Pará), dorsal habitus; 5) Urgleptes navarretei Santos-Silva, Nascimento, Botero & McClarin, 2021, male from Ecuador, dorsal habitus.