Hovorodon Santos-Silva, Swift & Nearns, 2010, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Santos-Silva, Antonio
name: Swift, Ian P.
name: Nearns, Eugenio H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Hovorodon

description: Key to the species of Hovorodon gen. nov.
1. Hypostomal area elevated or strongly elevated near of the gula; apex of ventrite V truncated or slightly emarginated. Male .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Hypostomal area not elevated near of the gula; apex of ventrite V distinctly emarginated. Female.......................... 5
2(1). Fore angle of gena distinctly projected laterally (Fig. 30) ............................................................... H. bituberculatum
- Fore angle of gena not or slightly projected laterally (Figs. 28, 32, 34) .................................................................... 3
3(2). Scape surpassing distinctly the posterior edge of eyes ..................................................................... H. santacruzensis
- Scape, at most, slightly surpassing the posterior edge of eyes....................................................................................4
4(3). Hypostomal area strongly vermiculated and not finely and abundantly punctate on the area elevated near of the gula ................................................................................................................................................................ H. maxillosum
- Hypostomal area, at most, slightly vermiculated on the area elevated near of the gula, and very finely and abun- dantly punctate throughout .............................................................................................................. H. subcancellatum
5(1). Fore angle of gena distinctly projected laterally (Fig. 31) ............................................................... H. bituberculatum
- Fore angle of gena not or slightly projected (Fig. 29, 33, 35) laterally....................................................................... 6
6(5). Elytra smooth; humerus, usually, with short and sparse hairs ............................................................... H. maxillosum
- Elytra usually finely punctate or finely rugose-punctate (rarely almost smooth); humerus without hairs ................. 7
7(6). Scape does not reach the posterior edge of eyes; anterior angles of prothorax somewhat rounded at apex, distinctly projected forward ............................................................................................................................. H. subcancellatum
- Scape reaching the posterior edge of eyes; anterior angles of prothorax somewhat acute at apex, not distinctly pro- jected forward .................................................................................................................................... H. santacruzensis
description: Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio, Swift, Ian P. & Nearns, Eugenio H., 2010, Division of the genus Nothopleurus Lacordaire, 1869 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 2643 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276171