Review of the genus Xenicotela Bates, 1884 (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini)

By

Xie, Guanglin
Barclay, Maxwell V. L.
Wang, Wenkai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1183

Pages

185--204

Subjects

Cerambycidae , Coleoptera , identification key , new combination , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1183.112490

 

Abstract

The species of the genus Xenicotela Bates, 1884 are reviewed. One new species, Xenicotela muchenisp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China. Monochamus binigricollis Breuning, 1965 and Monochamus villiersi Breuning, 1960 are transferred to Xenicotela as follows: Xenicotela villiersi (Breuning, 1960) comb. nov. and Xenicotela binigricollis (Breuning, 1965) comb. nov.Xenicotela distincta (Gahan, 1888) is newly reported from Myanmar and Xenicotela binigricollis is excluded from the fauna of China. All species are redescribed and illustrated. A key to the known Xenicotela species is provided.