Exepimelitta nigerrima ( Bates, 1892 ), 2016

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 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5170799
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scientific name	Exepimelitta nigerrima ( Bates, 1892 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Exepimelitta nigerrima ( Bates, 1892) View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Fig. 7-10 View Figures 7-12 )

Charisia nigerrima Bates, 1892:160 View in CoL .

Epimelitta nigerrima View in CoL ; Aurivillius, 1912:284 (cat.); Monné 2016:812 (cat.).

Measurements (mm) 3 males / 2 females: total length, 8.30-9.90/12.10-12.60; length of pronotum, 1.55- 2.15/1.80-1.90; width of pronotum, 1.85-2.30/2.45-2.60; length of elytra, 2.55-2.9/3.25-3.35; width at humeri, 2.10-2.45/2.80-2.85.

Specimens analyzed: COSTA RICA, La Caja , bei San José, male, X.1930 ( MZSP) ; San José, female, V- VI.1925. I. Schmidt col. ( CMNH)

Specimens examined: COSTA RICA, San José, female, VI.1925. I. Schmidt col. ( CMNH) ; La Caja , bei San José, male, 20.X.1928, male, XII.1929, H. Schmidt leg. Nevermann collection ( USNM) .

References

Aurivillius, C. 1912. Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 39, Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae. W. Junk; Berlin. 574 p.

Bates, H. W. 1892. Additions to the Longicornia of Mexico and Central America, with remarks on some of the previously recorded species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1892: 143 - 183.

Monne, M. A. 2016. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. (Available at ~ http: // www. cerambyxcat. com / Part 1 Cerambycinae. pdf. Last accessed April 2016.)

Figures

Figures 7-12. Exepimelitta gen. nov. Fig. 7-10. Exepimelitta nigerrima (Bates, 1892): 7) male dorsal aspect; 8) male ventral aspect; 9) female holotype dorsal aspect; 10) Exepimelitta nigerrima var. flavipubescens (Fisher, 1947), female dorsal aspect. Fig. 11-12. Exepimelitta consobrina (Melzer, 1931), male paratype: 11) dorsal aspect; 12) ventral aspect.

Abbreviations

MZSP	Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo
CMNH	The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History