One new genus and three new species are described from Ecuador: Contractus setosus, gen. nov., sp. nov.; Contractus bicolor gen. nov., sp. nov.; and Rhopalophora rufipennis sp. nov. The new genus is included in a previous key of American Rhopalophorini. A key to South American species of Rhopalophora is provided. The shape of the scape of Rhopalophora pulverulenta Guérin-Méneville, 1844 and R. neivai Mendes, 1940 is discussed.
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24 January 2022
Description of a new genus and three new species of Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from Ecuador
Larry G. Bezark,
Antonio Santos-Silva
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The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Vol. 97 • No. 4
October 2021
Vol. 97 • No. 4
October 2021
longhorned beetles
Neotropical Region
South America
taxonomy