Cnemoplites, Newman, 1842

Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong & Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), Annales Zoologici 70 (1), pp. 33-96 : 50

Key to Australian species of Cnemoplites

1. Antennal scape much longer than antennomere 3; metatarsomere 5 as long as 1–3 combined; meso- and metatibia without spines along lateral margin......................... C. cephalotes

–. Antennal scape as long as or shorter than antennomere 3; metatarsomere 5 shorter than 1–3 combined; meso- and metatibia at least with some spines along lateral margin;........................ 2

2. Elytron with apicosutural angle blunt; tarsomere 3 with large lobe....................... C. edulis

–. Elytron with apicosutural angle spinose; tarsomere 3 with small lobe............................ 4

3. Body relatively small, usually about 30–35 mm, dorsum dark brown to black; pronotum posterior angle acute, disc surface coarsely and densely punctate................................ C. argodi

–. Larger body, usually longer than 40 mm, never with the combination characters as above........... 4

4. Elytral surface with shiny irregular sculpture and with few weak costae; antennomere 3 as long as scape, posteriorly extends to mid pronotum; male with very extensive setal patches on abdomen ( Fig. 6L )................................ C. gahani

–. Elytral surface laterally with small and shiny nodules on rather matt background; antennomere 3 longer than scape, extends to posterior margin of pronotum; male without setal patches on abdomen................................... 5

5. Protibia very long, elytra 2–2.5 times of protibia length..................... C. cnemoplitoides

–. Protibia shorter, elytra at least 3 times of protibia length............................ C. australis

Figures

Figure 6. Cnemoplites spp. A–D: C. argodi Lameere; E–H: C. cephalotes (Pascoe); I–L: C. gahani Lameere; I, J: Lectotype, male; K: female syntype (BNHM–010799817), indentification uncertain. A, E, I: male, dorsal; B, F, J: male, ventral; C, G, K: female, dorsal; D, H, L: male, abdominal ventrites 3–5.