New Ecuadorian species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.028Keywords:
Central America, Longhorned beetles, South America, TaxonomyAbstract
Three new species are described from Ecuador: Chrysoprasis gracilis sp. nov. (Cerambycinae, Dichophyiini); Trichillurges puncticollis sp. nov. (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini); and Estoloides setipes sp. nov. (Lamiinae, Desmiphorini). Notes on Trichillurges Gilmour, 1961 are provided. An updated key to species of the Chrysoprasis “hypocrita group” is provided.
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