Amethysphaerion guarani Martins & Napp, 1992

Valle, Néstor G., Monné, Marcela L., Damborsky, Miryam P. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, New records and geographic distribution of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Humid Chaco District, Argentina, Zootaxa 5254 (4), pp. 556-566 : 559

Amethysphaerion guarani Martins & Napp, 1992

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Distribution. Paraguay (Central).

New record. ARGENTINA: Chaco: Quintana, Department Sargento Cabral, 26°47′46′′S, 59°36′15′′W, 80 masl, 10.XII.2018, Riparian forest , Light trap, 1 male, N. G. Valle leg. (CARTROUNNE 9566) .

Species diagnosis. Head, antennae, legs, and elytral apex black; prothorax and rest of the elytra reddish; prothorax rounded laterally, constricted posteriorly and anteriorly; elytra punctate throughout ( Martins & Napp 1992: 468, fig. 12).

Remark. First record of the genus in Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES2–9.NewrecordsofCerambycinae inChacoprovince,Argentina:(2)Coleoxestiapubicornis, female;(3)Eburodacrys truncata, female; (4) Ectenessidia nigriventris, male; (5) Amethysphaerion guarani, male; (6) Apyrauna annulicornis, female; (7) Pronoplon rubriceps, male; (8) Gorybia apatheia, female; (9) Hemilissa sulcicollis, female. Scale bar: 1 mm.