Ischioderes

Diagnostic Features

Description

Elongate-oblong, small to large-sized, ranging from about 11–26 mm in length. Integument generally ferrugineous with whitish and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons subquadrate, about as wide as width of three lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes oblong. Genae subquadrate to elongate, distinctly shorter than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; tubercles not armed at apex or armed with a small projection, or with a short, blunt horn. Antennae distinctly longer than overall body length, as much as twice as long; scape clavate, variable in length compared to antennomere IV; antennomere III nearly straight to curved, longer than scape and antennomere IV; antennomere XI shorter than X (females) or longer than X (males). Pronotum transverse, roughly cylindrical to conical, wider at base, without lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides roughly parallel; elytral apices jointly rounded; elytra generally uniform in coloration or speckled; base of elytra without tubercles or with two prominent tubercles at humeri. Basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface finely punctate to granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection or with distinct, curved hook. Mesosternal process with apex feebly emarginate. Metafemora moderate in length, about 1/3 as long as elytra.

Diagnosis

The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: widely separated eyes; frons subquadrate; antennae distinctly longer than overall body length, as much as twice as long; base of elytra with two prominent tubercles at humeri.

Similar genus/genera

Superficially resembles Lochmaeocles.

Geographic Distribution

South America (Brazil)

Host Plants/Trees

Unknown

Girdling Behavior

Unknown

Included Species

The genus Ischioderes currently contains two species: I. bahiensis Monné and Fragoso, 1984Monné and Fragoso, 1984:
Monné MA, Fragoso SA. 1984. Notas sobre Onciderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 19(8):925–933.
; I. oncideroides Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.
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More species images are available in the Gallery.

Taxonomy

Ischioderes Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.

subtribe: Onciderina
type species: Ischioderes oncideroides Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.

Selected References

Bezark and Monné (2013)Bezark and Monné (2013):
Bezark LG, Monné MA. 2013. Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae, (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere.
, Dillon and Dillon (1945)Dillon and Dillon (1945):
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.
, Monné (2005)Monné (2005):
Monné MA. 2005. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Zootaxa. 1023:1–759.
, Monné and Fragoso (1984)Monné and Fragoso (1984):
Monné MA, Fragoso SA. 1984. Notas sobre Onciderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 19(8):925–933.

 Ischioderes bahiensis,  male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
Ischioderes bahiensis, male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
 Ischioderes bahiensis,  male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
Ischioderes bahiensis, male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
 Ischioderes bahiensis,  male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
Ischioderes bahiensis, male specimen; © E.H. Nearns
 Ischioderes bahiensis , male; © E.H. Nearns
Ischioderes bahiensis, male; © E.H. Nearns