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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, dis- tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http:/ /creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 0168: 1-6 2011 Descriptions of females of Nothopleurus Lacordaire and Strongylaspis Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) with new distributional records James E. Wappes American Coleoptera Museum 8734 Paisano Pass San Antonio, TX 78255, USA [email protected] Antonio Santos-Silva Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo Caixa Postal 42494 04218-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil [email protected] Abstract. The female of Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) is described for the first time, and the female of Strongylaspis bullata Bates, 1872 is redescribed. Color photographs of the habitus of both, and key characters for the former are included. New distributional records within Mexico for N. subsulcatus and Strongylaspis championi Bates, 1884 are given. Keywords. Central America; description; longhorned woodboring beetles; Mexico; systematics. Resumo. A fêmea de Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) é descrita pela primeira vez e a de Strongylaspis bullata Bates, 1872 é redescrita. São adicionadas figuras coloridas para as duas espécies e chave parcial para a N. subsulcatus. São fornecidos novos registros no México para N. subsulcatus e Strongylaspis championi Bates, 1884. Palavras chave. América Central; cerambicídeos; descrição; México; sistemática. Introduction Recent comprehensive studies of Nothopleurus Lacordaire, 1869 (Santos-Silva et al. 2010) did not include the female of N. subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) nor was the female of Strongylaspis bullata Bates, 1872 included in a recent synopsis of the Strongylaspis Thomson, 1861 (Monné and Santos-Silva 2003). The purpose of this paper is to describe the female of N. subsulcatus, heretofore unknown, and to re- describe that of S. bullata. In addition, we report new Mexican distributional records for the former species as well as for Strongylaspis championi Bates, 1884. Materials Examined All specimens examined are deposited in the collection of James E. Wappes, American Coleoptera Museum (ACMT), San Antonio, TX, USA. DISCUSSION Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (Fig. 1 -5) Prionus subsulcatus Dalman, 1823: 63. Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (assigned by Waterhouse 1874: xxviii - as N. gnatho White, 1853); Monné 2006: 56; Santos-Silva et al. 2010: 11. 1 2 • I NSECTA M UNDI 0168, April 2011 WAPPES AND SANTOS-SILVA Mallodon gnatho White, 1853: 45 (syn. by Lameere 1902: 73). Nothopleurus ebeninus Lacordaire, 1868: 125 (syn. by Lameere 1902:100). Description. Female (Fig. 1). Length of head (Fig. 2), excluding mandibles, about 0.9 times that of prothorax; slightly elongated behind eyes. Central area between antennal tubercles and middle of upper ocular lobes with gibbosity on each side of longitudinal dorsal furrow. Dorsal face coarsely punctate, punctures coarser and more confluent between eyes, especially close to ocular carina (Fig. 2, arrow b); central area close to prothorax with irregular impunctate region on each side of longitudinal furrow (Fig. 2, arrow a). Area behind eyes coarsely punctate on basal half of upper ocular lobes, punctate-vermiculate on the remaining. Antennal tubercles rounded; area close to the scape microsculptured, texture differing markedly from that of adjacent areas. Labrum oblique, partially visible dorsally, length about 0.3 times width; distal margin projected centrally; basal portion almost flat, remaining concave; medially pilosity long, abundant. Eye large; distance between upper ocular lobes equal to 1.6 times length of scape; dis- tance between lower ocular lobes equal to 1.8 times length of scape. Apex of gena wide, bidentate. Hypostomal area (Fig. 3, arrows) tumid, very coarsely punctate-rugose from gula to anterior third (arrow b); anterior third (arrow a), vermiculate, distinctly depressed; anterior edge narrow, elevated; pilosity long, sparse (almost absent centrally), but abundant and longer on narrow band bordering hypostomal carina. Hypostomal carinae elevated (Fig. 3, arrow c). Maxillary palpomere I shorter than II; II longer than III; III about as long as IV. Apex of labial palpus attaining basal third of maxillary palpomere IV. Galea not reaching apex of maxillary palpomere II. Mandible (Fig. 2) 0.6 times length that of head; dorsal carina (Fig. 4) elevated, not distinctly separated from the outer face, forming tooth close to the base, but not strongly elevated as in male; inner margin with two large teeth together protracted; short sparse pilosity