A new species of Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Ecuador.
Colobotheini is a tribe of Lamiinae (Cerambycidae) which includes 189 species classified into 12 genera (Monné, 2016). This tribe is characterized by a trapezoidal frons, contiguous antennal tubercles, prothorax without lateral spines, elytra elongate with lateral carina, metatarsomere I elongate and tarsal claws divaricate (Galileo & Martins, 2006). Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 is the largest genus of Colobotheini, with 119 valid species distributed from Mexico to Southern South America, except Chile and latitudes below 35°S.
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D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002677:Chile; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D008800:Mexico; D009929:Organ Size