Elaphidiini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Caribbean region of Colombia: New species, taxonomic notes and new geographical records

Abstract

Two new species of Elaphidiini from Colombia are described: Sphaerion costae sp. nov., and Mephritus costae sp. nov. The keys to species of Sphaerion Audinet-Serville, 1834 and Mephritus Pascoe, 1866 are translated and modified to include the new species. Chromatic variations of Mephritus apicatus (Linsley, 1935) are reported. Moreover, the geographical distribution is expanded for 12 species of Elaphidiini.

A new species of Stizocera Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Colombia with an updated key to species of the genus and new geographical records in Cerambycinae

“…The tribe Elaphidiini Thomson, 1864 is remarkably diverse in the Cerambycidae family, represented by 634 species in 93 genera (Tavakilian & Chevillotte, 2020), with distribution in the Americas, mainly in the Atlantic and Amazon forest (Martins, 2005). Morphologically is characterized by the presence of antennal and tibial carinae, and abruptly rounded anterior margin of the mesonotum (Lingafelter, 1998;García & Nascimento, 2020).…”

“…Currently, seven species are recorded for Colombia (Martínez, 2000;Martins & Galileo, 2003;Botero, 2018;García & Nascimento, 2020;Monné, 2020): S. curacaoae Gilmour, 1968;S. elegantula (Perroud, 1855); S. geniculata (Pascoe, 1866); S. lissonota (Bates, 1870); S. plicicollis (Germar, 1823); S. poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) and S. rugicollis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844).…”