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Issue: Vol. 72 No. 2: 26 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-26
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.72.2.3
Page range: 50-61
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Five new species of Pilobalia Burmeister, 1875 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peruvian Andes

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Museo de Entomología Klaus Raven Büller, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima 12, Lima, Perú
taxonomy new species darkling beetles South America Peru

Abstract

Five new species of darkling beetles, Pilobalia distopica sp. nov., Pilobalia vallejoi sp. nov., Pilobalia carrioni sp. nov., Pilobalia erythrura sp. nov. and Pilobalia bicarinata sp. nov. (Pimeliinae: Nycteliini) are described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected in Peruvian regions of Cajamarca, La Libertad, Pasco, Lima and Apurimac respectively. Morphological comparisons are made with similar species recorded in neighboring localities. Descriptions, diagnosis, illustrations and distribution maps are provided for the new species.

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