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Issue: Vol. 1415 No. 1: 5 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1415.1.7
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new Tachygonidius species from the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Museu de Zoologia e Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, 05422- 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia, IB, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC, sala 516, Maracanã, CEP 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Coleoptera Brazil leaf miner Tachygonidius fluminensis sp. nov. Tachygonidius paulensis sp. nov. weevil

Abstract

Two species of Tachygonidius are described from the Atlantic coast of Brazil: T. fluminensis sp. nov. (type locality: Restinga da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro) and T. paulensis sp. nov. (type locality: Boa Esperança do Sul, São Paulo). The former species develops as a leaf miner in a species of Ochnaceae. Sexual dimorphism related to the form of the declivous portion of pygidium, deeper in male and less deep in female, is reported for the first time in T. fluminensis. A key for the four known species of Tachygonidius is provided.

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