Megacyllene falsa ( Chevrolat, 1862 )

Olivier, Renan Da Silva, Santos-Silva, Antonio, Monné, Marcela Laura & Costa-Pinto, Paula Jéssica, 2024, Notes, new records, and transference in South American Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 451-499 : 456

Megacyllene falsa ( Chevrolat, 1862)

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Cyllene falsa Chevrolat, 1862: 51 .

Clytus falsus ; Gemminger, 1872: 2928.

Megacyllene falsa ; Costa Lima, 1955: 108.

Megacyllene (Megacyllene) falsa ; Di Iorio, 1997: 388.

Clytus acutus ; Laporte & Gory, 1836: 9 (misidentification).

Remarks. This species was described based on a single specimen from Brazil. Currently, it is known from Brazil (Goiás, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Formosa, and Entre Ríos), and Uruguay ( Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023). Viana (1972) listed the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and Martins et al. (2014) listed the Brazilian state of Ceará, both not reported by Monné (2024a).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul (new state record): Dourados, 22°14’23.2”S 54°59’13”W, 389 m, Malaise 1, 1 male (MNRJ-ENT-47308), 14.VIII-28.VIII.2012, T.S. Teles leg. ( MNRJ); Dourados, 22°13’30.9”S 55°00’32.2”W, 401 m, Malaise 8, 1 male (MNRJ-ENT-47309), 11.IX-25.IX.2012, T.S. Teles leg. ( MNRJ) .

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FIGURES 1–9. Dorsal habitus. 1) Ctenoscelis (Apotrophus) simplicicollis (Bates, 1875), male (MZSP 15391) from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Alegrete). 2) Macrodontia flavipennis Chevrolat, 1833, male (MZSP 16292) from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Viçosa). 3) Hovorodon subcancellatus (Thomson, 1867), male (MZSP 14357) from Brazil (Goiás, Vianópolis). 4) Polyoza lacordairei Audinet-Serville, 1832, male (MZSP 34618) from Brazil (São Paulo, Luiz Antônio). 5) Sphallotrichus bidens (Fabricius, 1802), female (MZSP 61220) from Brazil (Amazonas, Taracuá). 6) Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius, 1787), female (MZSP 61221) from Brazil (São Paulo, Atibaia). 7) Megacyllene falsa (Chevrolat, 1862), female (MZSP 61222) from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Serra do Caraça). 8) Nephalius spiniger (Blanchard, 1847), female from Argentina (Misiones, Campo Grande). 9) Stizocera meinerti (Aurivillius, 1900), male (MZSP 61223) from Brazil (Piauí, Canto do Buriti).