Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945: 12

Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Insecta Mundi 2011 (192), pp. 1-27 : 5-6

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5161227

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scientific name

Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945: 12
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Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945: 12 View in CoL

Type species. Lamia acromii Dalman, 1823 View in CoL (original designation).

The genus Lesbates View in CoL currently contains four described species. Nearns et al. (2011) provided color photographs of all species of this genus, including three type specimens. The following key was adapted from Dillon and Dillon (1945) and treats all currently known species of Lesbates View in CoL including one new species described herein.

1. Humeri with distinct crest ......................................................................................................... 2 — Humeri projecting but without distinct crest ............................................................................ 4

2(1). Integument dark brown or black; frons dark brown with two small, whitish spots between lower eye lobes; pronotum and elytra with large, distinct, whitish maculae ( Brazil) .......................... ................................................................................................. L. axillaris (Thomson, 1860) View in CoL

— Integument not dark brown or black; frons not dark brown or black; pronotum and elytra without large, distinct, whitish maculae .............................................................................................. 3

3(2). Eyes with lower lobes about as tall as genae or slightly shorter than genae ( Brazil) ................... ................................................................................. L. caviunas ( Dillon and Dillon, 1949) View in CoL

— Eyes with lower lobes distinctly small, between 1/2 to 1/3 as tall as genae ( Brazil) ..................... ..................................................................................................... L. acromii (Dalman, 1823) View in CoL

4(1). Basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface granulate-punctate; scape about 1/2 as long as III; sternites I-IV glabrous at center ( Brazil) ........... L. carissima Dillon and Dillon, 1945 View in CoL

— Basal 1/3 of elytra with moderate punctation, surface coarsely punctate; scape about 2/3 as long as III; sternites I-IV not glabrous at center ( Venezuela) .......................... L. milleri View in CoL , sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Loc

Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945: 12

Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P. 2011
2011
Loc

Lesbates

Dillon, L. S. & E. S. Dillon 1945: 12
1945
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