A new species of <i>Brasilycus</i> (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Peru

MILADA BOCAKOVA; ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3637.5.7

Issue: Vol. 3637 No. 5: 15 Apr. 2013

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2013-04-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.5.7

Page range: 597–599

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A new species of Brasilycus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Peru

MILADA BOCAKOVA⁺⁻
ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO⁺⁻

Taxonomy Brasilycus new species Neotropical Region

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Abstract

Brasilycus peruanus sp. nov. is proposed as new to science. Photographs of the habitus, antenna, pronotum, and aedeagus of the single specimen are presented. This new species represents the first record of the genus Brasilycus from Peru and is the fourth species in the genus recorded from South America.