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Epimelitta postimelina Giesbert, 1996 and Odontocera apicula Bates, 1885 are transferred to the new genus Odontomelitta. Epimelitta postimelina, with closed procoxal cavities, cannot remain in Epimelittta Bates, 1870, a genus characterized by open procoxal cavities. The short elytra and tegmen (with caliper-shaped lateral lobes) of the aedeagus of both species excludes them from the genus Odontocera Audinet-Serville, 1833, with long elytra and tegmen (with strap-shaped lateral lobes). Both species are illustrated, and host plant and host flower records provided for O. apicula. Key words. Cerambycinae, host plants, new combinations, Taxonomy. Introduction This paper is the last in a series by Clarke (2014a, 2014b) and Clarke et al. (2015) dedicated to the removal of seven species (with closed coxal cavities or subulate elytra) from the genus Epimelitta Bates, 1870 (characterized by open procoxal cavities and short cuneate elytra); and two (with open coxal cavi- ties and subulate elytra) from the genus Phygopoda Thomson, 1864 (characterized by closed procoxal cavities and short cuneate elytra). It is also the first dedicated to the removal of species inappropriately placed in the genus Odontocera Audinet-Serville, 1833 as justified below. History Audinet-Serville (1833) described the genus Odontocera (for four species transferred from Stenopterus Illiger, 1804) with the following diagnosis [author’s translation from the original French]. Elytra as long as wings [author, or maybe, “long enough to cover wings”], subulate, abruptly narrowed towards middle; prothorax without tubercle laterally; femoral clave globose; antennae filiform, more or less setose, mod- erately long, 11-semented, from segments 5 or 6 thickened, widened and serrate; palps rather long, projecting, subequal; eyes large, rather convex, each lobe close together below the antennae; head pro- longed anteriorly, rostrate; mandibles straight and elongated; scutellum small; pro- and mesotarsi hav- ing the first three segments short and triangular, the fourth almost as long as the rest together; meta- tarsi larger than the others, the first segment cylindrical, and longer than the following two together. Bates (1870) described the genus Epimelitta with the following diagnosis [author’s translation from the original Latin]. Tomopterus-like, differing by: completely hirsute body and legs, elytra subacuminate to apex and widely dehiscent. Rostrum short and broad. Antennae slightly incrassate, serrate. Prothorax short, very transverse, convex, and hirsute. Metatibia very hairy. Bates (1885) described Odontocera apicula from San Félix, Panama from two males. He drew atten- tion to the similarity of his new species to Odontocera compressipes White, 1855. Giesbert (1996) described Epimelitta postimelina from Chiapas, Mexico from 6 males and 2 females; and included the following diagnosis of the genus Epimelitta. Robust form; short to moderately short, tapering elytra; and short, densely hairy legs. Clarke (2014a) transferred four species of Epimelitta [Epimelitta aglaia (Newman, 1840), Epimelitta longipennis Zajciw, 1963, Epimelitta triangularis Fuchs, 1961 and Epimelitta viridimicans Fisher, 1952] and two species of Phygopoda [Phygopoda albitarsis (Klug, 1825) and Phygopoda panamaensis Giesbert, 1996] to new genera. 1 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0461, February 2016 CLARKE Clarke (2014b) transferred Epimelitta barbicrus (Kirby, 1818) and Epimelitta manni (Fisher, 1930) with closed procoxal cavities and fissate elytra to the new genus Fissapoda. Clarke et al. (2015) transferred Epimelitta laticornis (Klug, 1825) with closed procoxal cavities to the new genus Klugiatragus. Material and Methods The material for this study is based on a male and female paratype of E. postimelina lent to the author by James Wappes (ACMT), collected by him in the State of Chiapas, Mexico; and 21 males and eight females of O. apicula collected by the author and Sonia Zamalloa in the humid tropical forest of the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The latter were supplemented by Larry Bezark’s web site (Bezark 2015) with photographs of Bates’ Panamanian male type of O. apicula and a female specimen from Panama (with helpful observations from him confirming the identification of Bolivian specimens as this species). One character, commonly used in descriptions of Rhinotragini is the point at which the prothorax is widest. In an attempt to reduce inconsistency this character is presented in numerical form; and referred to as the “prothoracic quotient”, the result of dividing the length of the prothorax by the distance from the front border to its widest point, as explained in Clarke (2015). The terminology used to describe the genitalia follow those