The Genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): First Record for Panama.
BACKGROUND
The Cerambycidae are one of the largest beetle families. Cerambycid beetles are found on all continents, but the tropics are extremely rich in this species. The genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) includes 13 species in the Neotropical Region, two of which occur in Central America. Panama has a high biodiversity, yet a small number of sites have been extensively studied. In this contribution, new distributional data are given for C. cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and C. tuberculatum Gahan, 1892.


CONCLUSIONS
Two species of the genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) are recorded for first time in Panama, Criodion cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and Criodion tuberculatum Gahan, 1892. Relevant details are presented for each species.
Universidad de Panamá, Centro Regional Universitario de Colón, Departamento de Zoología, Colon, Panama; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Punta Galeta Marine Laboratory 0843-03092, Panama, Panama.
Alfredo
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Lanuza-Garay
Universidad de Panamá, Centro Regional Universitario de Colón, Escuela de Biología, Colon, Panama; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Punta Galeta Marine Laboratory 0843-03092, Panama, Panama.
David Ezequiel
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Herrera
Universidad de Panamá, Centro Regional Universitario de Colón, Escuela de Biología, Colon, Panama.
Margarita
M
Marin
Universidad de Panamá; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Exactas y Tecnología, Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Departamento de Zoología, Panama, Panama.
Alonso
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Santos Murgas
Criodion; Sphallotrichina; cinereum; tuberculatum