James
E.
Wappes
and
Steven
W.
Lingafelter
Meringoides Wappes and Lingafelter (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), a new genus of Rhopalophorini from Bolivia.
The
Coleopterists
Bulletin, 2011,
65(1): 33-38.
Abstract
Meringodes
Wappes
and
Lingafelter, a
monotypic
new
genus
of
Rhopalophorini,
is
described
from
Santa
Cruz
Department,
Bolivia.
Meringodes
is
most
similar
to
Disaulax
Audinet-Serville,
although
it
also
possesses
characters
of
Thalusia
Thomson
and
Cosmisoma
Audinet-Serville. A
diagnosis
and
description
of
the
genus
is
given
and a
new
species,
Meringodes
solangeae
Wappes
and
Lingafelter,
is
described.
Images
of
both
Disaulax
hirsuticornis
(Kirby)
and
M.
solangeae
are
included
to
facilitate
identification.