The Genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): First Record for Panama.

David Herrera,Margarita Marin,Alonso Santos Murgas,Alfredo Lanuza-Garay

doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e7968

Abstract

BackgroundThe Cerambycidae are one of the largest beetle families. Cerambycid beetles are found on all continents, but the tropics are extremely rich in this species. The genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) includes 13 species in the Neotropical Region, two of which occur in Central America. Panama has a high biodiversity, yet a small number of sites have been extensively studied. In this contribution, new distributional data are given for C. cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and C. tuberculatum Gahan, 1892.New informationTwo species of the genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) are recorded for first time in Panama, Criodion cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and Criodion tuberculatum Gahan, 1892. Relevant details are presented for each species.

Highlights

BackgroundThe Cerambycidae are one of the largest beetle families
The Cerambycidae, commonly known as Longhorn beetles, comprise one of the largest and most varied families of the Coleoptera, and though they have been studied for a century, descriptions of new species and new distributional records have accelerated in recent decades (Bezark 2014, Monné 2015)
The genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) currently includes 13 described neotropical species that range from Guatemala to Argentina, eleven of which are distributed in South America, where some are endemics and others are widespread (Martins 2004)

Summary

Background

The Cerambycidae are one of the largest beetle families. Cerambycid beetles are found on all continents, but the tropics are extremely rich in this species. The genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) includes 13 species in the Neotropical Region, two of which occur in Central America. Panama has a high biodiversity, yet a small number of sites have been extensively studied. In this contribution, new distributional data are given for C. cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and C. tuberculatum Gahan, 1892. Two species of the genus Criodion (Audinet-Serville, 1833) are recorded for first time in Panama, Criodion cinereum (Olivier, 1795) and Criodion tuberculatum Gahan, 1892. Relevant details are presented for each species

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