Elongate-oblong, moderate-sized, ranging from about 13–19 mm in length. Integument generally dark brown or ferrugineous with whitish, ferrugineous, and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons elongate, about as wide as width of two lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes oblong. Genae elongate, distinctly shorter than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, narrowly separated, contiguous at base; tubercles armed at apex with a small projection, or with a short, blunt horn. Antennae distinctly longer than body length, as much as twice as long; scape clavate, about as long or shorter than antennomere IV; antennomere III nearly straight or curved, longer than scape and antennomere IV, densely fimbriate beneath; antennomere XI shorter than X (females) or longer than X (males). Pronotum transverse, roughly cylindrical to conical, wider at base, with lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides roughly parallel to attenuate; elytral apices individually rounded; elytra with distinct maculae; base of elytra with two prominent tubercles at humeri. Basal 1/3 of elytra with moderate to dense punctation, surface coarsely punctate or granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection or with an obtuse tubercle. Mesosternal process with apex deeply emarginate. Metafemora moderate to short in length, about 1/3–1/4 as long as elytra.
The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: narrowly separated antennal tubercles, contiguous at base; roughly cylindrical to conical pronotum, with lateral tubercles; base of elytra with two prominent tubercles at humeri; and apex of mesosternal process deeply emarginate.
Superficially resembles Hesychotypa and Ischiocentra.
South America (Brazil)
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The genus Paratritania currently contains one species: P. alternans (Aurivillius, 1920Aurivillius, 1920:
Aurivillius C. 1920. Neue oder wenig bekannte Coleoptera Longicornia. 17. Arkiv för Zoologi. 13(9):361–403, 9 figs.).
More species images are available in the Gallery.
Paratritania Breuning, 1961
subtribe: Onciderina
type species: Paratritania ochritarsis Breuning, 1961 [synonym of Ischiocentra (?) alternans Aurivillius, 1920Aurivillius, 1920:
Aurivillius C. 1920. Neue oder wenig bekannte Coleoptera Longicornia. 17. Arkiv för Zoologi. 13(9):361–403, 9 figs.)
Aurivillius (1920)Aurivillius (1920):
Aurivillius C. 1920. Neue oder wenig bekannte Coleoptera Longicornia. 17. Arkiv för Zoologi. 13(9):361–403, 9 figs., 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., Breuning (1961a)Breuning (1961a):
Breuning S. 1961a. Nouvelles formes de Lamiaires (Treizieme partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie. 37(20):1–44., 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.
