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Issue: Vol. 3568 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3568.1.3
Page range: 53–64
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 7

New species of Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Mexico with a key to species

Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D. F.
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D. F.
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D. F.
Coleoptera Elateridae Agriotes Mexico new species

Abstract

Four new species of Agriotes from Mexico are described and illustrated: Agriotes minutus, A. pedregalensis, A. rhombus, and A. trinotatus.

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