Acanthocinini
Creators: name: Lingafelter, Steven W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae

description: Key to genera of Hispaniolan Acanthocinini
1. Each elytron with one or two pronounced tufts of black setae........................... 2 — Each elytron without one or two pronounced tufts of black setae........................ 4
2(1). Antennae, legs, and elytra covered in very long setae, as long as tufts of setae at elytral base; pronotum with narrow, short, acute lateral tubercles.................. Eneodes Fisher
— Antennae, legs, and elytra without long setae covering surface; pronotum with broad lateral tubercles........................................................................ 3
3(2). Each elytron with one pronounced tuft of setae at base; antennal scape not swollen at middle..................................... Luctithonus Lingafelter, new genus
— Each elytron with one pronounced tuft of setae at base and another at middle; antennal scape swollen at middle............................ Duocristala Lingafelter, new genus
4(1). Antennae much shorter than body; elytra deflexed at apical third..... Eugamandus Fisher
— Antennae extending to at least apex of elytra; elytra without distinct deflection at apical third........................................................................... 5
5(4). Pronotum with narrow, acute, posteriorly positioned and posteriorly angled lateral tubercles and with a transverse row of punctures along posterior margin............ Urgleptes Dillon
— Pronotum with lateral tubercles either absent, very broad and indistinct, or positioned at middle and extending laterally....................................................... 6
6(5). Elytra with scattered, erect bristles in addition to short, depressed setae; outer elytral apex produced into pronounced spine................................... Alcidion Sturm
— Elytra without scattered erect bristles; outer elytral apex sometimes sharply angled, but never produced into a long spine..................................................... 7
7(6). Robust, most longer than 1.5 cm.; inner margin of lower eye lobes with 3–6 setigerous punctures each bearing a single, long seta; lateral pronotal tubercle acute with a very broad base, centered, laterally projecting........................................................... 8
— Small, most less than 1.4 cm in length; inner margin of lower eye lobes with, at most, 1 setigerous puncture; lateral pronotal tubercles rounded or indistinct........................... 9
8(7). Mesosternal process with small central tubercle; disc of pronotum with pronounced tubercles; males with tuft of long setae at apex of sixth antennomere........ Lagocheirus Dejean
— Mesosternal process without tubercle between mesocoxae; disc of pronotum without tubercles or reduced tubercles; males lacking tuft of long setae on sixth antennomere..................................................................... Trypanidius Blanchard
9(7). Pronotal lateral margin evenly rounded, without lateral tubercle and constriction near base............................................................ Lethes Zayas — Pronotum with rounded lateral tubercle at middle or posterior to middle with constricted base.......................................................................... 10
10(9). Pronotal lateral margin broadly rounded around basal third with a small, rounded, posterolateral tubercle.................................................... Styloleptus Dillon
— Pronotal lateral margin with middle rounded tubercle.............. Leptostylopsis Dillon
description: Published as part of Lingafelter, Steven W., 2020, New genera, species, and records of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Hispaniola, pp. 1-23 in Insecta Mundi 754 on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3703003