title: New species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from South and Central America.
abstract: Three new species are described: Tropidion birai (Cerambycinae, Neoibidionini) from Bolivia; Chrysoprasis birai (Cerambycinae, Heteropsini) from Panama; and Recchia nearnsi (Lamiinae, Aerenicini) from Bolivia. The new species are included in amended versions of previously published keys to species of each genus.
authors.affiliation: PPG Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil (Fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico).
authors.forename: Maria Helena M
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Galileo
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.affiliation: Insectarium de Montréal, 4581 rue Sherbrooke est Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Stéphane Le
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tirant
keywords: Longhorned beetle; Tropidina; taxonomy