University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 11-27-2020 New species of Trachyderini from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) James E. Wappes Antonio Santos-Silva Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. A journal of world insect systematics INSECTA MUNDI 0822 New species of Trachyderini from Mexico and Central America Page Count: 11 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) James E. 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Three new trachyderine species in the subtribe Trachyderina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Ceram- bycinae: Trachyderini) are described: Entomosterna kovariki Wappes and Santos-Silva, new species, from Belize; Gortonia sumideroensis Wappes and Santos-Silva, new species, from Mexico (Chiapas); and Sphaeno- thecus vandenberghei Wappes and Santos-Silva, new species, from Nicaragua. A new key to Entomosterna species, and a previous Sphaenothecus key by Chemsak and Noguera (1998) is modified to include the new species, with both provided herein. Key words. Longhorned beetles, taxonomy, Trachyderina. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:69CA91BF-7FF4-46AB-8663-53878056E696 Introduction Currently, the Trachyderini subtribe Trachyderina includes 144 genera, most of which are distributed in the Neotropical region (Tavakilian and Chevillotte 2020). The three genera included here are among them. Both Entomosterna Chevrolat, 1862 (previously just two species) and Gortonia Hovore, 1987 (previously just one spe- cies) are small in species numbers with Sphaenothecus Dupont, 1838 larger having seven species assigned to it. Only the latter has been recently reviewed (Chemsak and Noguera 1998) and in which three new species were described, others transferred into or out of the genus, resulting in new combinations. Additionally, they placed the genus Taranomis Casey, 1912 in synonymy with Sphaenothecus. Most of the species in the Trachyderina are diurnally active and typically found either feeding on the blos- soms or sitting on the foliage of fleshy plants or understory shrubs making them easily collected and often quite common. The new species described herein were collected in this manner but, obviously, they were not common. Many of the genera in Trachyderina are poorly characterized, making new species generic placement dif- ficult, thus pointing to the need for revisionary work at that level (but beyond the scope of this work). Materials and Methods Photographs were taken in the MZSP with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i DSLR camera, Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8 1–5× macro lens, controlled by Zerene Stacker AutoMontage software. Measurements were taken in mm using a measuring ocular Hensoldt/Wetzlar-Mess 10 in the Leica MZ6 stereomicroscope, also used in the study of the specimens. 2 · November 27, 2020 Wappes and Santos-Silva The acronyms used in the text are as follows: ACMT American Coleoptera Museum (James Wappes), San Antonio, Texas, USA FSCA Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, USA LGBC Larry G. Bezark Collection, Sacramento, California, USA MZSP Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Results Entomosterna kovariki Wappes and Santos-Silva, new species (Fig. 1–5) Description. Holotype female. Frons, postclypeus, mandibles, area behind upper eye lobes, genae, and antennae black; vertex mostly black, except dark reddish-brown area close to prothorax; area behind lower eye lobes black close to eye, dark reddish-brown close to prothorax; ventral surface of head reddish-brown laterally, gradually yellowish toward central area, except narrow brown anterior area; basal segments of mouthparts reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown on distal segments except mostly black palpi. Prothorax yellow with narrow orangish ante- rior and posterior margins, and area surrounding procoxal cavities. Mesoventrite yellow centrally, black on sides of central region, reddish-brown laterally and narrow anterior margin. Mesanepisternum black with reddish- brown margins; mesepimeron dark brown; metanepisternum black. Metaventrite black laterally, center yellowish for much of basal half, reddish-brown on center of posterior half, with dark brown infusion centrally near middle (extension from black area). Scutellum black. Elytra mostly black, except narrow dark reddish-brown macula on each side of scutellum. Procoxae mostly orangish, with blackish area close to trochanter; mesocoxae orangish anteriorly, black on remaining surface; metacoxae mostly black, except posterior region brown. Femora, tibiae, and tarsi black. Abdominal ventrites I–IV yellow, with apex orangish; abdominal ventrite V orangish basally, remaining surface black. Head. Frons tumid centrally; finely, densely punctate, except smooth central plate close to postclypeus (this plate slightly more elevated than remaining central area); with abundant dark brown pubescence (partially more yellowish-brown depending on light intensity), not obscuring integument, except glabrous central plate; with a few long, erect dark brown setae laterally. Area between antennal tubercles and beginning of upper eye