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Issue: Vol. 4609 No. 1: 22 May 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.12
Page range: 191–195
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 35

A new species of Notaepytus Skelley, 2009 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini) from Dominican amber

University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32607, U.S.A.
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Cucujoidea Greater Antilles fossil checklist key Miocene

Abstract

Notaepytus quisqueya sp. nov. (Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini), is described here from Dominican amber and is the second amber fossil description for the family from the West Indies (Hispaniola). An emended key and a checklist to all known species of Notaepytus are presented.

 

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