Revision of the genus Carphontes Bates, with the proposal of a new genus, Paracleodoxus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)

Miguel A. Monné, Marcela L. Monné

Abstract


The genus Carphontes Bates, 1881 is redefined, and a new genus Paracleodoxus gen. nov. is described. Carphontes posticalis Bates, 1881 is redescribed. Three new species are described and illustrated: Carphontes paradoxus sp. nov. from Venezuela, Paracleodoxus cineraceus sp. nov. from Venezuela and Colombia, and Paracleodoxus simillimus sp. nov. from Venezuela.

Keywords


<i>Carphontes</i>; <i>Paracleodoxus</i>; Neotropical; new genus; new species

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