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Issue: Vol. 3986 No. 4: 20 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.5
Page range: 461–471
Abstract views: 92
PDF downloaded: 6

Pumiliofossorum: A new genus of Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
with two new species from Peru, and a revised key for the genera of the tribe

IBBEA-CONICET, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Museo de Entomología Klaus Raven Büller, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima 12, Lima, Perú.
CONICET, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA, CCT CONICET Mendoza), Casilla de correo 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina;.
taxonomy Tenebrioninae Scotobiini dune adapted Peruvian species

Abstract

A new genus, Pumiliofossorum Silvestro & Giraldo gen. nov. (Tenebrioninae: Scotobiini) and two new Peruvian species, Pumiliofossorum moche Silvestro & Flores sp. nov. and P. sechurae Giraldo & Flores sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Distributional data, habitat records, photographs, and SEM images are included. A revised key for the six genera of Scotobiini is provided. Morphology of the newly described genus is discussed in reference to the other genera of Scotobiini. Dome-shaped placoid sensoria are imaged for the first time in Scotobiini.

 

How to Cite

Silvestro, V.A., Mendoza, A.E.G. & Flores, G.E. (2015)

Pumiliofossorum: A new genus of Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
with two new species from Peru, and a revised key for the genera of the tribe

. Zootaxa, 3986 (4), 461–471. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.5