Elongate-ovate, small-sized, ranging from about 7–10 mm in length. Integument generally dark brown with whitish, ferrugineous, and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons elongate, about as wide as width of two lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes ovate. Genae elongate, taller 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 about as long as overall body length, or as much as 1 1/3 times as long; scape clavate, shorter than antennomere IV; antennomere III sinuate, longer than scape and antennomere IV. Pronotum transverse, roughly cylindrical to conical, wider at base, without lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides attenuate; elytral apices individually rounded; elytra generally uniform in coloration or speckled, or with distinct maculae; base of elytra with two prominent ridges at humeri. Basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface coarsely punctate to granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection. Mesosternal process with apex subtruncate to feebly emarginate. Metafemora moderate in length, about 1/3 as long as elytra.
The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: relatively small-sized; sinuate antennomere III; pronotum without lateral tubercles; and elytra with sides attenuate.
Strongly resembles Euthima but the elytral punctation is smaller and the pronotum is not as strongly conical.
South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela)
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The genus Lydipta currently contains four species: L. conspersa (Aurivillius, 1922Aurivillius, 1922:
Aurivillius C. 1922. Neue Cerambyciden aus der Sammlung G. van Roon. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 65:160–173.); L. humeralis Martins and Galileo, 1995Martins and Galileo, 1995:
Martins UR, Galileo MHM. 1995. Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. V. Onciderini (Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 9(1–2):1–5.; L. pumilio Thomson, 1868Thomson, 1868:
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.; L. senicula (Bates, 1865Bates, 1865:
Bates HW. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(15):213–225, 382–394; 3(16):101–113, 167–182, 308–314.).
More species images are available in the Gallery.
Lydipta Thomson, 1868Thomson, 1868:
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.
subtribe: Hypsiomina
type species: Lydipta pumilio Thomson, 1868Thomson, 1868:
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.
generic synonymies: Aenea 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.
Aurivillius (1922), Bates (1865)Bates (1865):
Bates HW. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(15):213–225, 382–394; 3(16):101–113, 167–182, 308–314., 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., Martins and Galileo (1995)Martins and Galileo (1995):
Martins UR, Galileo MHM. 1995. Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. V. Onciderini (Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 9(1–2):1–5., Monné (2005)Monné (2005):
Monné MA. 2005. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Zootaxa. 1023:1–759., Thomson (1868)Thomson (1868):
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.
