Hovorodon Santos-Silva, Swift & Nearns 2010

Hovorodon Santos-Silva, Swift & Nearns, 2010 Remarks. According to Santos-Silva et al. (2010) on Hovorodon: “ Etymology. We are pleased to name this genus in memory of the late Frank T. Hovore for his friendship and many contributions to the study of Cerambycidae. Masculine gender.” The name is from Hovore + the suffix “odon,” from the name of the genus Mallodon. “Odon” is fRom GReek “ὀδών” (odṓn), meanIng tooth, and Is mascuLIne gendeR. MIstakenLy, Santos-SILva et al. (2010) recorded the species of the genus with neuter ending. Therefore, the names of the species currently included in Hovorodon are: H. bituberculatus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805); H. maxillosus (Drury, 1773); H. santacruzensis (Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2004); and H. subcancellatus (Thomson, 1867).