New South American genus and species of Cleomenini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

New South American genus and species of Cleomenini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)¹

Dilma Solange Napp; José Ricardo M. Mermudes

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Bolsista do CNPq

ABSTRACT

A new genus, Timabiara, and a new species, T. bahiensis, are described from Brazil (Bahia). The Cleomenini key for neotropical genera presented by Napp & Mermudes (2001) is herein modified in order to include this new genus.

Key words: Cerambycinae, Cleomenini, new genus, South America, Timabiara

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We are gratefull to Dr. Miguel A. Monné (MNRJ) for the loan of the specimens studied and to Dr. A. M. Sakakibara (DZUP) who kindly revised the english manuscript and took the photos.

Recebido em 28.IX.2000; aceito em 15.VI.2001.

• Mermudes, J.R.M. & D.S. Napp. 2000. Review of the genus Haenkea Tippmann (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cleomenini). Coleopts Bull. 54(4):511-519.
• ______. 2001. Revision of the genus Eupempelus Bates and its transference to the tribe Heteropsini Lacordaire (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae). Revta bras. Zool. 18(1):???-???.
• Monné, M.A. 1993. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Part IX. São Paulo, Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, 131p.
• Napp, D.S. & J.R.M. Mermudes. 2001. Revision of the genus Listroptera Audinet-Serville and description of Aguassay, new genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cleomenini). Coleopts. Bull. 55(1):1-9.

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Contribuição número 1230 do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  30 Apr 2009
• Date of issue
  July 2001

History

• Accepted
  15 June 2001
• Received
  28 Sept 2008