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Issue: Vol. 5323 No. 4: 3 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.4.4
Page range: 524-534
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PDF downloaded: 37

A new species of Jurasai Rosa et al., 2020 and the first record of the family Jurasaidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in the northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; João Pessoa; PB; Brazil;
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; João Pessoa; PB; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Rio Tinto; PB; Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; João Pessoa; PB; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Rio Tinto; PB; Brazil
Coleoptera Elateroidea endemism Paraíba taxonomy ultraviolet light trap

Abstract

A new species, Jurasai parahybanum sp. nov., from the recently discovered elateroid family Jurasaidae is described. This is the first record of the family to Paraíba state and the Northern Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Photographs and drawings of the important morphological characters of the new species are provided. An updated key and distribution map to the known species of the family are provided.

 

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