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Issue: Vol. 5799 No. 2: 28 Apr. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5799.2.11
Page range: 394-398
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of Rhysodinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae) from Peru, with description of a new species of Clinidium Kirby, 1835

Departamento de Entomología; Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos; Avenida Arenales 1256; Jesús María; 15072 Lima; Perú; Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas; Biomédicas y Medioambientales (CIBTM); Bella Vista; Callao; Perú
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Calle Germán Amézaga 375; Ciudad Universitaria; Apartado Postal 11-0058; Lima 11; Perú
Departamento de Entomología; Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos; Avenida Arenales 1256; Jesús María; 15072 Lima; Perú
Coleoptera Rhysodinae Clinidium Peru

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  2. Bell, R.T. & Bell, J.R. (1985) Rhysodini of the world. Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes Fairmaire and Clinidium Kirby, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 21 (1), 1–172.
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How to Cite

Figueroa, L., Megna, Y.S. & Alvarado, M. (2026) First record of Rhysodinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae) from Peru, with description of a new species of Clinidium Kirby, 1835. Zootaxa, 5799 (2), 394–398. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.2.11