title: New species and new distribution records in Rhinotragini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae).
abstract: The tribe Rhinotragini is a highly diverse assemblage of species; several of the genera that currently have a large number of species assigned to them are polyphyletic in nature and are in need of additional study and revisionary work. Because of this need for revisionary work, it is not currently possible to construct meaningful keys for the existing species or the ones described in the following pages. In 2010, Martins & Santos-Silva studied the large genus Ommata White, 1855, and elevated subgenera to generic rank, including assigning several species to the genus Eclipta Bates, 1873. Further study of that group necessitates the description of two new species from Central America. Odontocera Audinet-Serville, 1833 is a larger genus with 83 species from Central and South America currently assigned to it. To make the names available for a current revisionary study in progress, three new species from Costa Rica and Ecuador are described below. Study of material in the MZSP provided several new country and state records for various rhinotragine species. The work is divided in two parts: descriptions of new species, new records, and correction of geographical distribution by Martins, Bezark, and Santos-Silva; and a report of the first host plant records for Eclipta lucida sp. nov. by Berkov. The latter section also describes mtDNA sequence data (COI) used to evaluate the possibility that polymorphic females of E. lucida represent cryptic species.
authors: Larry G
authors: LG
authors: Bezark
authors: Ubirajara R
authors: UR
authors: Martins
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Santos-Silva
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Berkov
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010176:Panama; D013045:Species Specificity