title: Nine new species of the genus Rosalba (Coleptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini) from South America.
abstract: New species of Rosalba Thomson, 1864 are described: from Venezuela, R. jolyi sp. nov. (Aragua); from Colombia, R. maculosa sp. nov. (Santander); from Ecuador, R. mediovittata sp. nov. (Manabi), R. cacapyra sp. nov. (Orellana) and R. parvula sp. nov. (province unknown); from Bolivia, R. tanimbuca sp. nov. (Santa Cruz); from Brazil, R. amazonica sp. nov. and R. gounellei sp. nov. (Amazonas) and R. vanini sp. nov. (Rondônia). R. malleri (Melzer, 1934) and R. digna (Melzer, 1934) are illustrated and new records are provided.
authors.affiliation: Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul. Av. Dr Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. galileo@fzb.rs.gov.br
authors.forename: Maria Helena M
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Galileo
authors.forename: Ubirajara R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013020:South America