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Issue: Vol. 4105 No. 5: 26 Apr. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-04-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.6
Page range: 497–499
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Falsocaenia Pic, 1922 from Amazonian Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with an updated key to the species

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Setor de Entomologia, Laboratório de Sistemática, Evolução e Bionomia de Coleoptera, Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP: 04263–000 São Paulo–SP, Brazil. Montana Entomology Collection, Marsh Labs, Room 50, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA (Current address).
Falsocaenia Coleoptera Lycidae Amazonian Rainforest

Abstract

While searching for Calochromini (Coleoptera: Lycidae) specimens in entomological collections and identifying other Lycidae, a new species of Falsocaenia Pic, 1922 was found in the collection of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). This genus is one of the smallest in the tribe Calopterini with 13 known species, two of which were recently described by Bocákova et al. (2012) in their revision of the genus, and can be found in Central and South America.

References

  1. Bocákova, M. (2003) Revision of the tribe Calopterini (Coleoptera, Lycidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 38 (3), 207–234.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/snfe.38.3.207.28169

    Bocákova, M., Barancikova, B. & Nascimento, E.A. (2012) Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae). Zootaxa, 3478, 282–296.