Aegomorphus consentaneus ( Thomson, 1865 )

Bezark, Larry G. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, Description of two new species of Cerambycidae and new records and notes on American Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5351 (3), pp. 356-370 : 362

Aegomorphus consentaneus ( Thomson, 1865)

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Psapharochrus consentaneus Thomson, 1865: 544 .

Remarks. This species was described based on syntypes from Brazil (without detailed locality). Lameere (1884) was first to report a specific locality: near Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil, Rio de Janeiro). Currently it is known from Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) and Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz) (Monné 2023; Bezark 2023b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023).

The typical form of A. consentaneus has the outer apical angle of the elytra distinctly spiniform. However, we have already examined specimens with the apical spine short or just barely protruding, as in the specimen from Ecuador. Furthermore, the outer elytral apex is quite variable in A. jaspideus (Germar, 1823) , a species quite similar to A. consentaneus , of which we have examined hundreds of specimens.

Material examined. ECUADOR (new country record), Napo: Yasuní Scientific Station , 00º46’36”S 78º57’58”W, 210 m, 1 male, 15.IV.1998, K. Will leg. ( LGBC) .

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FIGURES 6–14. Acanthoderini spp. 6) Acanthoderes (Acanthoderes) giesberti Chemsak & Hovore, 2002, male from Mexico (San Luis Potosí), dorsal habitus. 7) Aegomorphus consentaneus (Thomson, 1865), male from Ecuador (Napo), dorsal habitus. 8) Aegomorphus maccartyi (Chemsak & Hovore, 2002), female from Mexico (Nayarit), dorsal habitus. 9–12) Aegomorphus cunninghami Heffern, Santos-Silva & Botero, 2022, female from Mexico (Colima): 9) Dorsal habitus; 10) Ventral habitus; 11) Head, frontal view; 12) Abdominal ventrite 5. 13) Aegomorphus polystictus (Bates, 1885), female from Costa Rica (San José), dorsal habitus. 14) Aegomorphus quadrigibbus (Say, 1831), female from Belize (Cayo), dorsal habitus.