Fernandez G., Ileana

Garcia R., Nayla

Nearns, Eugenio H.

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172 Volume 19, No. 3, September, 2005, INSECTA MUNDIFisher (1932) described Pentomacrus puncta-tus from eight specimens, the holotype of which isa male specimen deposited in the USNM, typelocality Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba (Fig. 1b).Giesbert (1985) synonymized Pentomacrus withPlectromerus.  Plectromerus punctatus (Fisher) islisted as endemic to Cuba (Fisher 1932, Monné2005, Monné and Hovore 2003, Peck 2005).The type genus for the tribe is Curius Newman,1840, which currently contains two species: thetype species for the genus C. dentatus Newman(Fig. 1a), known from southeastern United Statesand C. panamensis Bates, 1885, known from Pan-ama.During the senior author’s revisionary work onthe tribe Curiini LeConte, 1873, Plectromerus  punc-tatus (Fisher) was found to possess many of thecharacters listed by Linsley (1963) for the genusCurius, including depressed form, integumentopaque (shining in Plectromerus), antennae withfourth segment a little shorter than fifth (verymuch shorter than fifth in Plectromerus), prono-tum rounded at sides (nearly straight in Plec-tromerus), legs with femora gradually clavate (sud-denly clavate in Plectromerus), and abdomen withfirst segment as long as following two together (aslong as following three in Plectromerus).  Based onthese shared characteristics, a new combination,Curius punctatus (Fisher), is proposed.References citedChemsak, J. A., E. G. Linsley, and F. A. Nogu-era. 1992. Listados Faunísticos de México II.Los Cerambycidae y Disteniidae de Norteaméri-ca, Centroamérica y las Indias Occidentales.Univ. Nac. Autónoma de México, Instituto deBiología, México. 204 pp.Fisher, W. S. 1932. New West Indian cerambycidbeetles. Proceedings of the U.S. National Muse-um 80(22): 1-93.Giesbert, E. F. 1985. Two new species of Ceramby-cinae from Quintana Roo, Mexico. Coleopter-ists Bulletin 39(1):80–85.Curius punctatus (Fisher), new combination(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Curiini)Linsley, E. G.  1963. The Cerambycidae of NorthAmerica. Part IV. Taxonomy and classificationof the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Elaphid-ionini through Rhinotragini. University of Cal-ifornia Publications in Entomology, 21:1–165.Monné, M. A. 2005. Catalogue of the Ceramby-cidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region.Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Zootaxa 946:1-765.Monné, M. A., and F. T. Hovore. 2003. ElectronicChecklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidaeof the Western Hemisphere. (accessible at:www.hovore.com, Accessed October 24, 2005).Peck, S. B. 2005. A Checklist of the Beetles of Cubawith Data on Distributions and Bionomics (In-secta: Coleoptera). Arthropods of Florida andNeighboring Land Areas 18: 1-241.—Eugenio H. Nearns, Marc A. Branham, De-partment of Entomology and Nematology,University of Florida, P.O. Box 110620,Gainesville, FL  32611-0620,  Nayla Garcia R.,and Ileana Fernandez G., Instituto de Ecologíay Sistemática, CITMA, Carretera Varona, km3½, Boyeros, Ciudad de La Habana, CubaFIGURE 1.  a) Curius dentatus Newman, dorsal habitus; b) Curiuspunctatus (Fisher), new combination, dorsal habitus ofholotype.

Curius punctatus (Fisher) : new combination (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Curiini)

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