Colobothea
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
name: Monné, Marcela L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Colobothea

description: Key to the Bolivian species of Colobothea
1. Pronotum predominantly black, in dorsal view with two longitudinal stripes of white pubescence ........................... 2
- Pronotum with other pattern of coloration.................................................................................................................... 4
2. Vertex with a single longitudinal stripe of white pubescence (Fig. 1). .............................. C. sublunulata Zajciw, 1962
- Vertex with two divergent stripes of white pubescence................................................................................................ 3
3. Basal ¾ of the elytra with two stripes of white pubescence, the dorsal one larger and parallel to the suture, and the lateral one very straight and situated on the epipleura (Fig. 2). ............................................... C. lunulata Lucas, 1857
- Elytra without longitudinal stripes, covered by minute spots of white pubescence (Fig. 3).......................................... ............................................................................................................................................... C. naevigera Bates, 1865
4. Pronotum black or dark-brown, in dorsal view with at least four longitudinal stripes of white or yellowish pubes- cence.............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
- Pronotum with other pattern of coloration.................................................................................................................. 14
5. Pronotum with six longitudinal stripes of yellowish pubescence, the outer stripes connected on the anterior margin (Fig. 4) ................................................................................................................................ C. sordida Aurivillius, 1902
- Pronotum with four, six, or seven longitudinal stripes of white pubescence ...............................................................6
6. Vertex with a single longitudinal stripe of white or yellowish pubescence..................................................................7
- Vertex with two stripes of white pubescence, diverging posteriorly .......................................................................... 11
7. Pronotum with seven longitudinal stripes of white pubescence, including a middle stripe (Fig. 5). ............................ ................................................................................................................................................. C. bisignata Bates, 1865
- Pronotum with four or six longitudinal stripes of white pubescence, without a middle stripe .................................... 8
8. Antenna of the male with an obtuse spine at the apex of antennomere VI; elytral pubescence dense, predominantly whitish-gray, with three large spots of black pubescence (Fig. 6) ............................................. C. brullei Gahan, 1889
- Antenna of the male without a spine on the antennomere VI; elytral pubescence white or yellowish, dense or sparse ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
9. Pronotum with four stripes; humeri oblique; yellowish pubescence of the elytra dense, with three spots of black pubescence (Fig. 7) ............................................................................................................... C. hirtipes (Degeer, 1775)
- Pronotum with six stripes of white or yellowish pubescence in dorsal view, the outer one latero-dorsal; humeri prominent .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
10. Elytral pubescence whitish, more or less concentrated in three linear spots (Fig. 8)..... C. emarginata (Olivier, 1795)
- Elytral pubescence yellowish, dispersed in minute maculae over the entire surface (Fig. 9) ........................................ ...................................................................................................................................... C. bicuspidata (Latreille, 1811)
11. Sides of the prothorax with a minute tubercle near the posterior margin................................................................... 12
- Sides of the prothorax without tubercles .................................................................................................................... 13
12. Pronotum with straight longitudinal white stripes; in male apex of the fifth urosternite projected in large latero-ven- tral lobe (Fig. 10) .................................................................................................... C. appendiculata Aurivillius, 1902
- Pronotum with curved longitudinal stripes; in male, apex of the fifth urosternite without lateral lobes (Fig. 11)......... ........................................................................................................................................... C. plebeja Aurivillius, 1902
13. Sides of the prothorax regularly rounded; each elytron has three spots of black pubescence with irregular margins (Fig. 12)........................................................................................................................... C. meleagrina Erichson, 1847
- Sides of the prothorax diverging posteriorly; each elytron has three spots of black pubescence, all clearly defined, mainly the middle one (Fig. 13) ....................................................................................................... C. berkovi sp. nov.
14. Pronotum with large median macula of velvety black pubescence, with rounded and regular sides......................... 15
- Pronotum with other pattern of coloration.................................................................................................................. 17
15. Prothorax with lateral post-median tubercle well developed (Fig. 14) ............................ C. assimilis Aurivillius, 1902
- Prothorax with a minute dorso-lateral tubercle near the posterior margin ................................................................. 16
16. Vertex with a single stripe of pubescence; each elytron with a velvety black patch post-scutellum (Fig. 15)............... .......................................................................................................................................... C. plagiata Aurivillius, 1902
- Vertex with two stripes of pubescence, diverging posteriorly; elytra without black spots post-scutellum (Fig. 16) ..... ........................................................................................................................................... C. macularis (Olivier, 1792)
17. Prothorax with lateral tubercle more or less developed and situated approximately at the beginning of the posterior third. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 18
- Prothorax without lateral tubercles.............................................................................................................................22
18. Pronotum with a narrow median longitudinal stripe of black pubescence ................................................................. 19
- Pronotum uniformly covered with maculae of brown, grayish, and orange pubescence ............................................. 2
19. Vertex with two lines of orange pubescence diverging posteriorly. ........................................................................... 20
- Vertex with the pubescence bordering the posterior part of the superior lobe of the eyes (Fig. 17) ............................. .......................................................................................................................................... C. rubroornata Zajciw, 1962
20. Lateral tubercle of the prothorax well developed; elytral pubescence predominantly grayish; male with fifth uroster- nite without lateral carina (Fig. 18) ....................................................................................... C. varia (Fabricius, 1787)
- Lateral tubercle of the prothorax reduced; elytral pubescence predominantly yellow and orange; male with fifth uro- sternite provided with an acute lateral carina (Fig. 19)................................................................ C. pictilis Bates, 1865
21. Vertex with two lines of orange pubescence diverging posteriorly (Fig. 20) .................. C. simillima Aurivillius,1902
- Vertex with the pubescence bordering the posterior part of the superior lobe of the eyes (Fig. 21) .............................. ........................................................................................................................................... C. passerina Erichson, 1848
22. Central part of the pronotum with at least 4 comma-like patches of yellow pubescence (Fig. 22)................................ ................................................................................................................................................. C. biguttata Bates, 1865
- Pronotum with other pattern of coloration.................................................................................................................. 23
23. Yellow lateral stripe of the pronotum projected posteriorly on the basal ¼ or 1/3 of the elytron; humeri projected, metasternum with a more or less developed patch of yellow pubescence (Fig. 23) .......... C. declivis Aurivillius, 1902
- Yellow lateral stripe of the pronotum not projected on the elytron, or projected by a minute patch; humeri oblique, metasternum without patches of yellow pubescence (Fig. 24) ..................................................... C. wappesi sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L., 2010, Synopsis of the genus Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Bolivia, with descriptions of two new species and new country records (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), pp. 33-47 in Zootaxa 2542 on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294457