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Issue: Vol. 717 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.717.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 7

Two new Brazilian species of Cis Latreille, 1796 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)

Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva de Herbívoros de Dossel e Sucessão Natural, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, 35400-000, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Setor de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Coleoptera Neotropical Region Brazil Ciinae Ciini comptus group beetle male genitalia

Abstract

In this paper, we present the descriptions of two species of Cis Latreille, C. fiuzai sp. nov. and C. gumiercostai sp. nov., based on external morphology including male genitalia. We propose that these new species belong to the C. comptus group. These species are known from Araponga and Cardeal Mota (Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil), respectively. Cis gumiercostai is the fourth species of Ciidae reported from the Cerrado vegetation (Brazilian Savana).

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