Abstract
Dihammaphora Chevrolat (Arc Nat 1:50–54, 1859) is one of the most diverse genera of Rhopalophorini, with 46 species. It is characterized mainly by species with antennae short and subserrated, with 10 or 11 antennomeres, prothorax cylindrical, and elytra punctuated. In this study, two new species of Dihammaphora are described and illustrated, new records are provided to 11 species, and taxonomic notes are given to six species of the genus. We examined 55 specimens and identified 16 species of the genus Dihammaphora, including Dihammaphora aurea sp. nov. from Honduras, and Dihammaphora cruzi sp. nov. from Brazil. The number of species of Dihammaphora is increased to 48, two of them in Central America, resulting in seven species for this region. In Brazil, 24 species are now recognized, being the country with the largest number of species of the genus. This study shows that there is still a deficit of knowledge about the diversity and distribution of Dihammaphora.
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We are grateful to the curators: Steve Lingafelter, Charyn Micheli (USNM), Luciano Moura (MCNZ), Marcela Monné (MNRJ), Márcio Felix (CEIOC), for the loan of the specimens used in this study. We thank Dr. Guilherme Muricy (MNRJ) to review English version of the manuscript. GSF was financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 (n° 88887.661071/2022-00). JRMM was funded by CNPq fellowship (nº 312786/2022-0). We thank anonymous reviewers for the valuable suggestions and comments on this manuscript.
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Dihammaphora aurea: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:033BD87D-6CC8-45BC-A99C-C68E53B8A061, Dihammaphora cruzi: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0025513D-2703-4908-89AD-70F7FB153F79
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Ferreira, G.S., Mermudes, J.R.M. Two New Species of Dihammaphora (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Rhopalophorini), with Taxonomical and Geographical Notes for the Genus. Neotrop Entomol 53, 372–382 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-023-01120-7
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