Miguel A. Monné

Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Quixadá, Ceará State, Brazil: new records and new species

A checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Quixadá County, Ceará State, Brazil is presented. Fifty-six specimens were examined and 32 species were identified, distributed in 29 genera, 19 tribes and two subfamilies. Fifteen species are new distributional records for Ceará State. Nealcidion latipenne (Bates, 1863) is recorded by the first time in Caatinga Biome. Lathroeus immaculatus sp. nov. (Acanthocinini, Lamiinae) is described and figured.

Synopsis of the genus Volxemia Lameere, 1884 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

A synopsis of Volxemia is provided. A new species Volxemia solangeae sp. nov. from the state of São Paulo, Brazil is described and illustrated. A key for the known species is provided.

A new species, and a new distribution record for the genus Sympleurotis Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Mexico

A new species of the genus Sympleurotis Bates from Jalisco, Mexico is described and illustrated. Details of a new state record of Sympleurotis rudis Bates, 1881 from Chiapas, Mexico is also included.

An updated list of the type specimens of Caelifera (Orthoptera) in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

A checklist of the type specimens of 273 species of Caelifera (Orthoptera) deposited in the Museu Nacional, Universidade de Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is provided.