Nyssodrysina Casey, 1913

García, Kimberly P., Nascimento, Oe. De L. & Hernandez, Neis José Martínez, 2019, A new species, new distribution records, and taxonomic notes in Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4559 (2), pp. 363-372 : 365

Nyssodrysina Casey, 1913

Nyssodrysina cinerascens ( Bates, 1864)

Nyssodrys cinerascens Bates, 1864: 151 .

Remarks. Bates (1864: 151) described Nyssodrys cinerascens (currently Nyssodrysina cinerascens ) based on six specimens of both sexes. According to the author, it would be common in Pará, Brazil. Currently, the species is widely distributed in northern South America, in Amazonian regions. On the next page of the same work, Bates (1964: 152) described (in note) Nyssodrys lignaria (currently Nyssodrysina lignaria (Bates, 1864)) . This last species was described based on a couple specimens from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, this species occurs in the eastern littoral of Brazil (Atlantic Forest), in Paraguay and Argentina. Although the two species have disjunct distribution, they are extremely similar. Neither Bates (1984) nor other authors made any comparison between them, and in order to aid future identifications, we examined both species and we noticed some differences that we think are useful for separating them.

Nyssodrysina cinerascens differs from N. lignaria by the posterior margin of the pronotum without punctures or with these sparsely distributed; by the elytra without longitudinal carinae and by scutellum sparsely pubescent. In N. lignaria the posterior margin of pronotum has a row of punctures (closely distributed); the elytra have carinae (or longitudinal elevations) and the scutellum presents a central area of contrasting whitish pubescence.

Geographical distribution: Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará).

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Atlántico: Usiacurí, Reserva Campesina La Montaña , 260m, 10° 46′2,6′′ N 75° 0,2′34′′ W, 1 female, 15–16. II.2018, UV light-trap, García, K. col. ( UARC) ; Bolívar: San Jacinto, Reserva La Flecha , 324 m, 09° 51′ 12,4′′ N 75° 10′ 41,4′′ W, 1 male, 16. II.2018, white light-trap, García, K. col. ( UARC) . New country record.