Caperonotus, Napp, 1993

Napp, Dilma Solange & Monné, Miguel A., 2008, Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 1941 (1), pp. 25-30 : 26

Key to the species of Caperonotus

1. Elytra entirely black without metallic reflections ( Fig. 1 ). Brazil (Pará) ................. C. tucurui new species

- Elytra bicolored, orangish and metallic bluish-green to violaceus ( Figs 2, 3 )............................................2

2. Pronotum ( Fig. 5 ) plicate and punctate. Sides of prothorax and prosternum densely punctorugose. Elytra opaque, with contiguous, uniform punctures on the entire surface. Apical segments of maxillary and labial palps conical. ( Fig. 2 ) Peru, Brazil (Amazonas) ................................................ C. cardinalis ( Bates, 1870)

- Pronotum ( Fig. 6 ) entirely plicate without punctures. Sides of prothorax and prosternum finely, shallowly plicate. Elytra shining, with coarse punctures in the orangish area of the integument and very fine, shallow, sparse punctures in the metallic. Apical segments of maxillary and labial palps cylindrical. ( Fig. 3 ) Peru, Brasil (Amazonas) ............................................................................ C. superbus ( Aurivillius, 1897)

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. 1, 4, Caperonotus tucurui new species (holotype male); 2, 5, C. cardinalis, male; 3, 6, C. superbus, male.