Meringodes Wappes and Lingafelter, a monotypic new genus of Rhopalophorini, is described from Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Meringodes is most similar to Disaulax Audinet-Serville, although it also possesses characters of Thalusia Thomson and Cosmisoma Audinet-Serville. A diagnosis and description of the genus is given and a new species, Meringodes solangeae Wappes and Lingafelter, is described. Images of both Disaulax hirsuticornis (Kirby) and M. solangeae are included to facilitate identification.
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1 March 2011
Meringodes Wappes and Lingafelter (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), a New Genus of Rhopalophorini from Bolivia
James E. Wappes,
Steven W. Lingafelter
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longhorn beetle
morphology
Santa Cruz Department
taxonomy