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Issue: Vol. 4286 No. 2: 30 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.2.2
Page range: 176–186
Abstract views: 51
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A new species of Neblinagena Spangler from Kukenán tepui and DNA barcoding of Neblinagena and related genera (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

Zoology Lab, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zoology Lab, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Coleoptera Elmidae Guiana shield Larainae riffle beetle South America tepui DNA barcoding

Abstract

We describe here a new species of the genus Neblinagena Spangler, 1985 from the foothills of the Kukenán tepui (Venezuela). Neblinagena mira sp. n. occurs sympatrically with Neblinagena doylei Kodada & Jäch, 1999, from which it differs mainly in the shape of thorax, shorter setae around eyes, pointed apices of elytra and shape of the male genitalia. We describe also the larva of the new species, which is the first description of a larva in the genus. Larva was assigned to the adults of N. mira sp. n. using mtDNA barcodes. Molecular data were also used to estimate relationships of the new species with congeneric larvae from Auyán tepui, N. doylei and related Larainae genera.

 

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