Bolivian Rhinotragini IV: Paraeclipta gen. nov. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), new species and new combinations

• Main Author: Robin O. S. Clarke
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-01-01
• Series: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
• Subjects: Bolívia; Cerambycinae; Flores-hospedeiras; Taxonomia
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492011001500001&lng=en&tlng=en

Paraeclipta gen. nov. is described to allocate five new species, and ten transferred from Eclipta Bates, 1873: P. cabrujai sp. nov.; P. clementecruzi sp. nov.; P. melgarae sp. nov.; P. tomhacketti sp. nov.; P. moscosoi sp. nov.; P. bicoloripes (Zajciw, 1965), comb. nov.; P. croceicornis (Gounelle, 1911), comb. nov.; P. flavipes (Melzer, 1922), comb. nov.; P. jejuna (Gounelle, 1911), comb. nov.; P. kawensis (Peñaherrera-Leiva & Tavakilian, 2004), comb. nov.; P. longipennis (Fisher, 1947), comb. nov.; P. rectipennis (Zajciw, 1965), comb. nov.; P. soumourouensis (Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2003), comb. nov.; P. tenuis (Burmeister, 1865), comb. nov.; and P. unicoloripes (Zajciw, 1965), comb. nov. The Bolivian species are illustrated. A key to their identification and host flower records are provided.