Ameriphoderes Clarke 2015, new genus
Creators: name: Clarke, Robin O. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Ameriphoderes

description: Key to the Group 1 species of Ameriphoderes new genus based on males and females   
 1. Pronotum with distinct bands of dense, golden or creamy pubescence; in males metatarsomere I/ II+III 1.44-1.45, in females 1.35-1.52....................................................................................... 2   
 — Pronotum almost uniformly covered by inconspicuous ashy pubescence, basal and apical constrictions with band of denser, pale yellow or ashy pubescence; in males metatarsomere I/ II+III 1.04-1.23; in females 1.07-1.27....................................................................................... 3   
 2(1). Apical and basal constriction of pronotum with narrow band of golden pubescence; in male antennae reach metacoxae, in female do not pass apex of metasternum; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.24, in female 1.19; in male rostrum width/length 2.19, in female 2.44; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 1.4, in female 0.95; in male prothorax widest in front of middle (prothoracic quotient 2.36-2.38); in male base of prosternal process about one twelfth (0.08) width of coxal cavity, in female 0.12; in male lengths elytra/ forebody 1.17; in female 1.07; in male length of elytra/width humeri 3.20, in female 3.12; in male lengths mesosternum/metasternum 1.00; in female 0.76; in male widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 3.1, in female 2.5; in male abdomen subtype 1B, in female more fusiform (Fig. 70). Male 27.0 mm. Fig. 37). Female 23.9 mm. (Fig. 38). SW USA (Texas), Mexico-Costa Rica.........................................................  A. suavis (Bates, 1885) comb. nov  .   
 — Pronotum variably covered by golden pubescence, or furnished with isolated patches, but broad bands covering apical third and basal fifth (including all of constriction) densely pubescent; in male antennae reach urosternite I, in female reach metacoxae; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.24, in female 1.17; in male rostrum width/length 3.00, in female 2.82; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 2.0, in females 1.08; in male prothorax widest near middle (prothoracic quotient 2.17); in male base of prosternal process about one eighth (0.12) width of coxal cavity, in female 0.24; in male lengths elytra/forebody 0.87, in female 0.94; in male length of elytra/width of humeri 2.36, in female 2.23; in male lengths mesosternum/ metasternum 0.80, in female 0.78; in male widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 3.0, in female 2.4; abdomen similar in both sexes subtype 1B (Fig. 66). Male 16.2 mm. (Fig. 33). Female 15.9. (Fig. 34). W Mexico (Jalisco).............................................................................................................................  A. ayalai (Chemsak and Linsley, 1988) comb. nov  .   
 3(1). In males abdomen subtype 1Bb (Fig. 65, 68); urosternite IV not much wider than III and base of V much narrower than III, in females urosternite V almost quadrate.................................... 4   
 — In males abdomen subtype 1Ba (Fig. 63-64); urosternite IV distinctly wider than III and base of V as wide as III, in females urosternite V transverse.............................................................. 5   
 4(3). In male abdomen subtype 1Bb, but broad, and urosternite V transverse (Fig. 68), in female resembles subtype 1A (Fig. 69); pronotum almost uniformly covered by inconspicuous ashy or dusky pubescence; in male antennae reach metacoxae, in female reach apex metepisternum; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.20, in female 1.14; in male rostrum width/length 2.30, in female 2.25; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 1.77, in female 1.00; in male prothorax widest well before middle (prothoracic quotient 3.30), in female 2.81; in female base of prosternal process about one seventh (0.14) width of coxal cavity; in male lengths elytra/forebody 1.08, in female 1.12; in male length of elytra/width of humeri 2.70, in female 2.60; in male lengths mesosternum/metasternum 1.10, in female 0.77; in male widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 0.42, in female 0.60; in male metatarsomere I/II+III 1.04, in female 1.15. Male 20.7 mm. (Fig. 39). Female 21.8 mm. (Fig. 40). Guatemala, Honduras...........................................................................................  A. velutina (Bates, 1885) comb. nov.    
 — In male abdomen subtype 1Bb, but narrow, and urosternite V elongate (Fig. 65), in female resembles male, but broader; pronotum almost uniformly covered by inconspicuous ashy pubescence, basal constriction with band of denser pale yellow pubescence; antennae reach metacoxae in both sexes; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.47, in female 1.21; in male rostrum width/ length 2.31, in female 2.90; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 1.92, in female 1.21; in male prothorax widest before middle (prothoracic quotient 3.50), in female 3.55; in female base of prosternal process about one sixteenth (0.06) width of coxal cavity; in male lengths elytra/forebody 1.03, in female 1.08; in male length of elytra/width of humeri 2.49, in female 2.44; in male lengths mesosternum/metasternum 0.84, in female 0.91; in male widths of mesocoxal cavity/base of mesosternal process 2.4, in female 2.1; in male metatarsomere I/ II+III 1.13, in female 1.21. Male 15.9 mm. (Fig. 31). Female 22.1 mm. (Fig. 32). W and SE Mexico-Honduras..........................................  A. acutipennis (Thomson, 1860) comb. nov.    
 5(3). Pronotum almost uniformly covered by inconspicuous ashy pubescence, basal and apical constrictions with band of denser, pale yellow pubescence; in male antennae reach middle of urosternite I, in female reach metacoxae; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.32, in female 1.24; in male rostrum width/length 2.46, in female 2.53; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 1.70, in female 0.94; in male prothorax widest well before middle (prothoracic quotient 2.62), in female 2.86; in male base of prosternal process about one eighth (0.12) width of coxal cavity, in female 0.10; in male lengths elytra/forebody 0.84, in female 0.82; in male length of elytra/width of humeri 2.18, in female 2.10; in male lengths mesosternum/ metasternum 1.14, in female 0.84; in male metatarsomere I/II+ III 1.23, in female 1.27. Male 15.7 mm. (Fig. 41). Female 18.4 mm. (Fig. 42). S Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana-Roo, Yucatán)....................................................................  A. yucateca (Bates, 1892) comb. nov  .   
 — Pronotum almost uniformly covered by inconspicuous ashy pubescence, basal and apical constrictions with narrow band of denser, ashy pubescence; in male antennae reach middle of urosternite I, in female reach apex metasternum; in male lengths antennomere III/scape 1.33, in female 1.25; in male rostrum width/length 2.25, in female 2.57; in male width of one inferior lobe of eyes/interocular distance 1.58, in female 1.13; in male prothorax widest well before middle (prothoracic quotient 2.90), in female 2.50; in male base of prosternal process about one twelfth (0.08) width of coxal cavity, in female 0.10; in male lengths elytra/forebody 1.01, in female 1.07; in male length of elytra/width of humeri 2.70, in female 2.60; in male lengths mesosternum/metasternum 1.14, in female 1.00; in male metatarsomere I/II+ III 1.06, in female 1.07. Male 19.0 mm. (Fig. 35). Female 18.4 mm. (Fig. 36). W Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco)...............................................................  A. parva (Chemsak and Linsley, 1979) comb. nov  .
description: Published as part of Clarke, Robin O. S., 2015, Revision of the genus Acyphoderes Audinet-Serville, 1833, with a brief synopsis of the genus Bromiades Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), pp. 1-92 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (401) on pages 43-44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4531694