Pteroplatus, Buquet, 1840

Botero, Juan Pablo, Santos-Silva, Antonio & Bezark, Larry G., 2019, Revision of the genus Pteroplatus Buquet, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) and taxonomic notes in Pteroplatini, Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 69-100 : 73

Key to species of Pteroplatus

1. Posterior area of the elytra without small gibbosities......................................................... 2

- Posterior area of the elytra with small, subcircular gibbosities.................................................. 6

2(1). Elytra reticulated ( Figs. 10, 14, 15, 17). Bolivia........................................... P. anchora Belon, 1903

- Elytra not reticulated.................................................................................. 3

3(2). Antennomeres III–V with long tufts of setae ventrally, and antennomere VI with a long tuft along entire ventral surface ( Figs. 18–30). Mexico (Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua....... P. quadriscopulatus Bates, 1880

- Tuft of setae on ventral side of the antennomeres III–V moderately short, and antennomere VI with ventral tuft covering or not the entire ventral surface ( Figs. 31, 40, 68, 86).............................................................. 4

4(3). Antennomere VII slightly longer than IV ( Figs. 31–39). Colombia (Cesar), Ecuador (Loja)........... P. luculentus sp. nov.

- Antennomere VII distinctly longer than IV ( Figs. 40, 68, 86)................................................... 5

5(4). Elytra distinctly pubescent ( Figs. 40–42). Colombia (Magdalena), Venezuela.................... P. variabilis Sallé, 1850

- Elytra not pubescent, with decumbent setae very sparse ( Figs. 43–47). Peru......... P. pallidicolor Martins & Galileo, 2013

6(1). Small gibbosities of the elytra covering entire posterior half and, usually, following laterally toward anterior third or quarter ( Figs. 48–70). Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo), and Ecuador (Loja, Napo).............................................................................................. P. pulcher Buquet, 1840

- Small gibbosities of the elytra covering, at most, the posterior third of the elytra ( Figs. 71–96). Colombia (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Quindío, Santander), Peru (Junín)............................................... P. gracilis Buquet, 1840