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Issue: Vol. 4629 No. 2: 5 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.2.8
Page range: 263–270
Abstract views: 55
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Two new species and new records of Notomicrus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Caixa Postal BR-68044, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-971, Brasil. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas—Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Caixa Postal BR-68044, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-971, Brasil.
Coleoptera Notomicrinae burrowing water beetles taxonomy Neotropical Region Brazil new records

Abstract

Two new species of Notomicrus Sharp, 1882 from Brazil are described and illustrated: N. meizon sp. nov. from the state of Amazonas and N. teramnus sp. nov. from the state of Minas Gerais. The new species can be distinguished from all other members of Notomicrus mainly by their aedeagal features, especially for N. teramnus sp. nov., with a unique aedeagal structure. In addition, new records from Brazil are provided for N. brevicornis Sharp, 1882 (states of Amazonas and Pará), N. gracilipes Sharp, 1882 (Amazonas and Rio de Janeiro), N. malkini Young, 1978 (Amazonas, Pará and Rio de Janeiro), and N. traili Sharp, 1882 (Amazonas, Goiás and Paraná).

 

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