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Issue: Vol. 4097 No. 4: 4 Apr. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.11
Page range: 585–588
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 4

First record and a new species of Metopiasoides Comellini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Peru

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367. CEP: 78060-900. Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT. Brazil.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae taxonomy Metopiasoides new species Peru

Abstract

Metopiasoides jefersoni Asenjo, a new species, of the Neotropical pselaphine tribe Metopiasini, is described from Urubamba Valley in southeastern Peru (Cusco state). Major diagnostic features are illustrated.

 

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    http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80147