Sangaris Dalman, 1823

Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2009, Synopsis of the genus Sangaris Dalman in South America (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with description of two new species and new combinations, Zootaxa 2230, pp. 29-41 : 30-31

Sangaris Dalman, 1823

Sangaris Dalman, 1823: 71 ; Monné, 2005: 353 (cat.). Type-species: Sangaris concinna Dalman, 1823 (monotypy). Synchyzopus Thomson, 1864: 29 .

Type-species: Colobothea histrio Perty, 1832 (original designation).

Zajciw (1962a) and Hovore (1998) carefully redescribed Sangaris . The present tribal placement of Sangaris within the Colobotheini is based primarily on the presence of short lateral elytral carinae behind the humerus ( Hovore, 1998).

The genus Sangaris is currently represented in middle America by five species ( Hovore, 1998): S. geometrica (Bates, 1872) , from Nicaragua and Costa Rica; S. giesberti Hovore, 1998 from Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz), Honduras, and Costa Rica; S. lezamai Hovore, 1998 from Costa Rica; S. multimaculata Hovore, 1998 from Honduras and Costa Rica; and S. penrosei Hovore, 1998 from Panama.

Zajciw (1962a), in his revision of the Brazilian species of Sangaris , gave a key for the identification of nine species, and described S. seabrai from Rio de Janeiro. Monné (1993), reviewing the South American species of Sangaris , recognized three distinct subgroups based upon pronotal characters and the presence or absence of erect dorsal setae: a) " viridipennis " elytra without dorsal setae; prothorax with acute lateral tubercles in the posterior fifth: S. viridipennis Melzer, 1931 ; b) " condei " elytra with dorsal setae; prothorax with conical lateral tubercles, slightly post-median or in the beginning of the posterior third: S. condei Melzer, 1931 , S. zikani Melzer, 1931 , S. invida Melzer, 1932 , S. seabrai Zajciw, 1962 , S. albida Monné, 1993 , and S. obtusicarinata (Zajciw, 1962) , transferred from Colobothea ; and c) " concinna " elytra with dorsal setae; prothorax without tubercles or with an obtuse callus, the sides rounded or subparallel: S. concinna Dalman, 1823 , S. optata ( Pascoe, 1866) , S. cancellata ( Bates, 1881) , S. duplex ( Bates, 1881) , S. laeta ( Bates, 1881) , S. polystigma ( Bates, 1881) , S. octomaculata Aurivillius, 1902 , S. trifasciata Melzer, 1928 , S. inornata Monné, 1993 , and S. sexmaculata Monné, 1993 . The two species described herein, S. luteonotata Monné & Monné sp. nov. and S. ordinale Monné & Monné sp. nov.; as well as S. luctuosa ( Pascoe, 1859) , transferred from Colobothea , belong to the last group.

Several species are known only from the type material: Sangaris cancellata ( Bates, 1881) from Bolivia, Yungas of La Paz (MNHN); S. laeta ( Bates, 1881) from Ecuador, Rio Morona. (MNHN); S. condei Melzer, 1931 from Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa (MZSP); S. invida Melzer, 1932 from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Serra da Bocaina (Fazenda Santa Rosa) (MZSP); S. albida Monné, 1993 from Brazil, Bahia: Encruzilhada (Estrada Rio-Bahia km 965, Motel da Divisa) (MNRJ); and S. obtusicarinata (Zajciw, 1962) , from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (Maromba) (MNRJ).