Neoeme Gounelle, 1909

Santos-Silva, Antonio, Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de L. & Botero, Juan Pablo, 2023, Taxonomy of Oemini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), with key to American genera, notes and new taxa, Journal of Natural History 57 (41 - 44), pp. 1917-1948 : 1928

Neoeme Gounelle, 1909

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Neoeme Gounelle, 1909: 595 ; Martins et al. 1966: 217; Chemsak and Linsley 1967: 31; Gilmour 1968: 91; Martins 1978a: 46 (rev.); 1997: 37 (rev.); Monné 2005: 416 (cat.); 2012: 40 (cat.); 2023: 629 (cat.).

According to Martins (1997: 18) in the key to genera of American Oemini ( Oemina ) (translated): ′3(2). Prosternal process never laminiform, wider, subparallel-sided or narrowed toward apex̍, leading to Neoeme / ′Prosternal process laminiform or absent̍. In the redescription of Neoeme he reported (translated): ′Prosternal process present, surpassing posteriorly the procoxae, somewhat widened toward the apex or sublaminiform, very narrow between the procoxae ( N. annulicornis , N. quinquelineata )̍. However, in the key to species of Neoeme , the prosternal process in N. pallida (Buquet, 1859) was reported as narrow, not laminiform, that in N. annulicornis (Buquet, 1859) as laminiform, and that in N. opaca Zajciw, 1958 as not laminiform. In fact, the prosternal process in Neoeme is variable ( Figures 26–28, 31–32 , 34–35, 38, 40 , 42 ), and may or may not be laminiform with a small area of the apex expanded (sometimes slightly expanded), and may or may not surpass the posterior margins of the procoxae. Furthermore, both the prosternal process and mesoventral process are variable intraspecifically, at least in Neoeme annulicornis ( Figures 26–28 ). It is possible that the species currently included in Neoeme , in fact, belong to more than one genus. However, it is not within the scope of this work to deal with this problem. It is important to report that we are considering the prosternal process truly laminiform when it is not widened apically.

Figures

Figures 24–32. (24–25) Neoeme annulicornis (Buquet, 1859): (24) Oeme annulicornis var. dubia Melzer, 1928, holotype male, dorsal habitus; (25) female from Brazil (Goiás, Aruanã), dorsal habitus. (26–28) Prosternal and mesoventral processes of N. annulicornis: (26) female from Brazil (Goiás, Aruanã); (27) male from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro,Itatiaia); (28) male from Brazil (São Paulo, São Paulo).(29–30) Neoeme bouvieri Gounelle, 1909: (29) paralectotype male from Brazil (Goiás, Jataí), dorsal habitus; (30) female from Brazil (São Paulo, Botucatu), dorsal habitus. (31–32) Prosternal and mesoventral processes of N. bouvieri: (31) paralectotype male; (32) female.

Figures 33–41. (33–36) Neoeme huedepohli (Martins and Monné, 1975): (33) holotype male, dorsal habitus; (34) prosternal and mesoventral processes, holotype male; (35) prosternal and mesoventral processes, paratype female;(36) paratype female, dorsal habitus. (37–38) Neoeme opaca Zajciw, 1958, female from Brazil (Mato Grosso, Sinop): (37) dorsal habitus; (38) prosternal and mesoventral processes. (39–40) Neoeme pallida (Buquet, 1859), female from Brazil (Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa): (39) dorsal habitus; (40) prosternal and mesoventral processes. (41) Neoeme quinquelineata Zajciw, 1958, female from Brazil (Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa), dorsal habitus.

Figures 42–48. (42) Neoeme quinquelineata Zajciw, 1958, female from Brazil (Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa), prosternal and mesoventral processes. (43–48) Proeme bucki (Melzer, 1931), female from Espírito Santo: (43) dorsal habitus; (44) ventral habitus; (45) lateral habitus; (46) prosternal and mesoventral processes; (47) head, frontal view; (48) head, lateral view.