This paper includes a revision of the species considered up to now in the genus Lasiodera Gray, 1832 with a detailed study of external morphology as well as males external genitalia which made to propose the separation into two genera, Lasiodera Gray, 1832 and Philyra Laporte, 1836, beeing the second one revalidated, which is now constituted by the following species: Philyra basalis (Racca Filho & Santos, 1988) comb.n., P. helopioides Laporte, 1836 comb.n., P. jucunda (Schenkling, 1900) comb.n., P. quadrivittata (Peracchi, 1960) comb.n., P. stenochioides (Chevrolat, 1874) comb.n. and P. viridis (Pic, 1936) comb.n.. The male genital structures, showing specific differences, are illustrated and discussed. Lasiodera malleri (Pic, 1933) is considered a synonym of L. ruficollis (Gorham, 1877). Lasiodera ornata (Klug, 1842) and L. voluptuosa (Thomson, 1860) had not their external genitalia examinated because they are not represented in the collections studied. To identify the species of the genera, systematic keys are also presented.
Coleoptera; Cleridae; Lasiodera; Philyra