Abstract
Four new species of Cymatodera are described from Mexico: Cymatodera tortuosa Burke & Rifkind, sp. n. from Hidalgo and Tamaulipas; Cymatodera ortegae Burke, sp. n. from Colima, Jalisco and Michoacan; Cymatodera gerstmeieri Burke & Rifkind, sp. n. from Chiapas; and Cymatodera mixteca Burke & Rifkind, sp. n. from Puebla and Guerrero. Male genitalia and other characters of taxonomic value are illustrated.
Highlights
As part of an ongoing effort to catalog the diversity of Mexican Cleridae, the present work describes four new species of Cymatodera Gray from the central and southern states of Mexico
Genitalia extraction and dissection procedures are similar to those outlined by Ekis (1977)
Most of the morphological terminology used follows the works of Ekis (1977), Rifkind (1996) and Opitz (2010)
Summary
As part of an ongoing effort to catalog the diversity of Mexican Cleridae, the present work describes four new species of Cymatodera Gray from the central and southern states of Mexico. Sixth tergite (Fig. 20) conspicuously longer than wide; subtriangular; surface strongly convex; rugulose; moderately, shallowly punctate; lateral margin oblique; posterior margin narrowly, moderately rounded, much surpassed by posterolateral extensions of the sixth ventrite.
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