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Issue: Vol. 4365 No. 1: 15 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.1.2
Page range: 40–52
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New species of Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Mexico and Central America

Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad #1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C. P. 62209, México.
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad #1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C. P. 62209, México.
Coleoptera Brachiacanthini alae Hyperaspinae cusps Neotropical

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Brachiacantha Dejean (Coccinellidae) from Mexico and Central America are described and illustrated. The species B. angulata sp. nov., B. truncata sp. nov., B. brevicuspidata sp. nov. and B. robustihamata sp. nov. are consistent with the dentipes group. The species B. brevihamata sp. nov. is consistent with the fifth group of Leng (1911); the species shares some characteristics with South American species.

 

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