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Issue: Vol. 1773 No. 1: 21 May. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1773.1.5
Page range: 55–62
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 25

The species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr of coastal Chile and Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4, Canada
Coleoptera Pandeleteius taxonomy

Abstract

The taxonomy and biology of Pandeleteius variegatus (Pierce) and Pandeleteius baccharis Kuschel living along the arid coast of Peru and Chile is reviewed. Genitalia of both species are illustrated. Another two species recorded from this area are known only from their descriptions.

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