Thursday 27 March 2014

N. 50: O. R. Di Iorio

G. it. Ent., 10 (50): 69-71
September 2002

A new species of the genus Callideriphus Blanchard in Gay, 1851
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callidiini)
from Patagonia, Argentina

by

OSVALDO R. DI IORIO

Abstract - Callideriphus nigerrimus n. sp. is described and illustrated. The larvae develop in dead branches of Anarthrophyllum rigidum (Gillies ex Hook. et Arn.) Hieronymus (Fabaceae), in the Central District of the Patagonia Province. Adult behaviour and emergence period are also presented.