title: Revision of the genus Ateralphus Restello, Iannuzzi & Marinoni, 2001 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
abstract: A revision of the genus Ateralphus Restello, Iannuzzi & Marinoni, 2001, based on the detailed study of the morphology of the type-species and on the external morphology and terminalia of the others species is presented. The genus and species are redescribed and three new species are described. The genus is composed of nine species: A. dejeani (Lane, 1973), A. javariensis (Lane, 1965), A. lacteus Galileo & Martins, 2006, A. senilis (Bates, 1862), A. subsellatus (White, 1855), A. variegatus (Mendes, 1938), A. auritarsus new species, A. lucianeae new species and A. tumidus new species. A key for identification of the species and maps of their geographical distribution are provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.; Email: diegosantanasouza@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Diego De S
authors.initials: Dde S
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Email: mlmonne@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Marcela L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Monné
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male