Macroeme vittipennis (Melzer, 1934)

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 : 7

Macroeme vittipennis (Melzer, 1934)

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Distribution. French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso). We add a new state record from Roraima, Brazil.

New record. BRAZIL – Roraima • Caracarai , PARNA Viruá ; 01°29’23.3”N, 61°00’08”W; 16–20.IV.2015; J.A. Rafael, R. Heleodoro, D.M.M. Mendes, D.W.A. Marques and C. Maldaner leg. ; luminosa; 1 male; INPA .

Species diagnosis. This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: prothorax constricted at base; elytra reddish, each with two dark brown longitudinal stripes, one at sutura and the other external ( Dalens and Touroult 2014: 6, fig. 9; Martins 1997: 56, fig. 58).

Figures

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.