A new species of Acroleptus Bourgeois (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest, with a note on its homonymy with Acroleptus Cabanis (Aves)

VINICIUS S. FERREIRA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.10

Issue: Vol. 3949 No. 2: 24 Apr. 2015

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2015-04-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.10

Page range: 297–300

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**A new species of Acroleptus Bourgeois (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest, with a note on its homonymy with Acroleptus Cabanis (Aves)**

VINICIUS S. FERREIRA⁺⁻

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Setor de Entomologia, Laboratório de Sistemática, Evolução e Bionomia de Coleoptera, Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP: 04263–000 São Paulo–SP, Brazil.

taxonomy Lycinae Calopterini Neotropical Region Amazonian forest

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Abstract

Acroleptus costae sp. nov. is described from the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest, raising the diversity of the formerly monotypic genus to two known species. The validity of Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886 (Insecta) is maintained while Acroleptus Cabanis, 1861 (Aves) is considered to be an incorrect subsequent spelling.