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Issue: Vol. 4577 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.1.7
Page range: 117–130
Abstract views: 64
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Mecomera Audinet-Serville, 1839 (Dermaptera: Spongiphoridae): proposal of new diagnosis, descriptions and illustrations of all three-known species

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis. CEP 69067-375. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis. CEP 69067-375. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis. CEP 69067-375. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Dermaptera earwigs Insecta Neotropical region Sparattinae

Abstract

Mecomera Audinet-Serville, 1839 (Spongiphoridae: Sparattinae) is a neotropical genus with three species: M. brunnea Audinet-Serville, M. chacoensis (Borelli) and M. reichardti Brindle. By comparing specimens of the three Mecomera species (types and ordinary material) to their respective original descriptions and drawings, it was determined that the descriptions are over-simplified and the drawings are not fully accurate. To prevent future identification problems, new diagnosis, descriptions and images of the external body and male genitalia of the three Mecomera species are provided.

 

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