Morphological analysis of Mecosarthron Buquet and Xixuthrus Thomson and Reevaluation of Generic Assignment of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)

Authors

  • Antonio Santos-Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Museu de Zoologia
  • Steven W. Lingafelter National Museum of Natural History; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Plant Sciences Institute, Agriculture Research Service; Systematic Entomology Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492012002700001

Keywords:

Systematics, Hispaniola, South America, Longhorned beetles, Sexual dimorphism, Morphology

Abstract

The characters defining Mecosarthron Buquet, 1840 and Xixuthrus Thomson 1864 are discussed, along with a historical review of the literature that described and classified these taxa. Through morphological examination of these genera and most of the included species, we addressed the systematic placement of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher, 1932 that was placed in Mecosarthron by Ivie (1985). We restore its placement in the genus Xixuthrus. The first description of the female of X. domingoensis is provided, along with comparative redescriptions of Mecosarthron gounellei (Lameere, 1903), and M. buphagus Buquet, 1840. We include a key to the species currently in Mecosarthron.

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Published

2012-01-01

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 27 (2012)

Section

naodefinida

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Copyrights: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type CC-BY.

How to Cite

Santos-Silva, A., & Lingafelter, S. W. (2012). Morphological analysis of Mecosarthron Buquet and Xixuthrus Thomson and Reevaluation of Generic Assignment of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 52(27), 315-332. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492012002700001