Epimelitta rufiventris Bates, 1870

Monné, Marcela L., Monné, Miguel A., Souza, Diego de Santana & Carli, Camila da Silva, 2022, New distribution records of Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Brazilian Amazon, Zoologia (e 22009) 39, pp. 1-14 : 8

Epimelitta rufiventris Bates, 1870

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Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas). We add a new state record from Rondônia, Brazil.

New record. BRAZIL – Rondônia • Candeias do Jamari, UHE Samuel ; 8°56’51”S, 63°10’60”W; 17.VIII.2016; D.M.M. Mendes, F.F. Xavier, A.A. Agudelo and J.A. Rafael leg.; luminosa; 1 male; INPA .

Species diagnosis. This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: head, antennae, thorax, abdomen and legs black; and elytra short, the apex reaching the first urostergite, blackish, with an oblique whitish stripe ( Bates 1870a: 331).

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Figures 10–15. New records of Cerambycinae in the Amazon Region: (10) Lissonotus equestris, female, from Roraima; (11) Thoracibidion striatocolle, female, from Roraima; (12) Macroeme vittipennis, male, from Roraima; (13) Ocroeme tricolor, female, from Rondônia; (14) Deltosoma lacordairei, male, from Acre; (15) Epimelitta rufiventris, male, from Rondônia. Scale bar: 1 mm.