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Issue: Vol. 5701 No. 4: 6 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.4
Page range: 465-482
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 7

Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) biodiversity in French Guiana: description of a new genus and four new species in Acanthocinini (Lamiinae)

Museu de Zoologia; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo; SP; Brazil
521 46 Street; Sacramento; California; 95819; U.S.A.
Attaché Honoraire au Département de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité [ISYEB-UMR 7205]; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; 45bis; rue Buffon; F-75005 Paris
69 Rue du Tamarin; F85270 Saint Hilaire de Riez; France
Coleoptera Longhorned Beetles Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

One new genus and four new species of Acanthocinini are described from French Guiana: Baryssinus giuglarisi sp. nov.; Nyssodrysternum angulatum sp. nov.; Styloleptus flavomaculatus sp. nov.; and Sternacutoides albomaculatus, gen. nov., sp. nov. Notes on the definition of Styloleptus Dillon, 1956 are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Santos-Silva, A., Bezark, L.G., Tavakilian, G.L. & Audureau, A. (2025) Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) biodiversity in French Guiana: description of a new genus and four new species in Acanthocinini (Lamiinae). Zootaxa, 5701 (4), 465–482. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.4