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Issue: Vol. 1704 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1704.1.3
Page range: 42–46
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae) from Peru

Santiago, Chile
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19030, 81581-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Coleoptera Chilocorini descrição Neotropical taxonomia

Abstract

A new species from Peru, Harpasus quadrifolium González, Corrêa & Almeida sp.nov. is described and illustrated (type locality: Chanchamayo, Peru).

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