Charisia, Champion, 1892

Clarke, Robin O. S., Flora, Hotel, Fauna, Casilla, de, Santa Cruz, Sierra & Bolivia, 2016, Provisional revision of the genus Epimelitta Bates, 1870 and associated genera, with a brief synopsis of the genus Acorethra Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (504), pp. 1-43 : 21

Key to the species of Charisia

Note. For the reasons given above C. ornaticollis is not included in the key.

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— Prothorax urn-shaped (and weakly transverse); rather strongly convex (globate in female) ... 2 Prothorax more trapezoidal, not strongly convex (and disc usually somewhat flattened) ........ 3 2(1).

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Antennae crassate. Abdomen slightly shorter than forebody in male, 1.1 longer in female. Metatibiae without brushes. Brazil (GO, BA, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PA, SC) ( Fig. 25-28 ) ................................... .................................................................................................. C. melanaria Gounelle, 1911

Antennae subcrassate. Abdomen 1.3 longer than forebody in both sexes. Metatibiae with large brushes. French Guiana ( Fig. 29, 30 ) .......................................................................................... ........................................................ C. bleuzeni ( Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian, 2003)

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Figures

Figures 25-30. Genus Charisia revalidated. Fig. 25-28. Charisia melanaria Gounelle, 1911: 25) male, dorsal aspect; 26) male, ventral aspect; 27) female, dorsal aspect; 28) female, ventral aspect. Fig. 29-30. Charisia bleuzeni (Peñaherrera-Leiva and Tavakilian, 2003), dorsal aspect: 29) male;30) female holotype.