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Taxonomic notes on South American longhorned beetles, with the description of seven new species of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Ecuador

Abstract:

Summary: Seven new species of Cerambycidae from Ecuador, belonging to Acanthocinini, are described: Lepturges (Lepturges) onorein. sp., Nealcidion ghiaen. sp., Periestola mazain. sp., Tropanisopodus kozlovin. sp. (Colombia and Ecuador), Tropidozineus salazaraen. sp., Urgleptes keilin. sp., and Urgleptes navarretein. sp. The females of Nealcidion femoratum (Monné & Martins, 1976) (with two new province records) and Paranisopodus paradoxus Monné & Martins, 1976 are described. Considerations concerning Periestola Breuning, 1943 are presented. Periestola armata (Monné & Delfino, 1986) n. comb., previously placed in Nealcidion Monné, 1977, is proposed. Notes on Gracililamia ecuadorensis Breuning, 1961 (Parmenini) and the relationships to this genus are discussed. It is concluded that Huedepohlia pisciformis Martins & Galileo, 1989 is a junior synonym of Gracilimalia ecuadorensis and, consequently, Huedepohlia Martins & Galileo, 1989 becomes synonym of Gracililamia Breuning, 1961. Additionally, Gracililamia is transferred from Parmenini to Forsteriini.