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Issue: Vol. 1059 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1059.1.4
Page range: 49–59
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann (Coleoptera:  Dytiscidae) from Peru

Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 USA
Coleoptera Neotropical diving beetle phylogeny rain forest

Abstract

Two new species in the genus Agaporomorphus Zimmermann are described from Madre de Dios, Peru, A. tambopatensis Miller, n. sp. and A. silvaticus Miller, n. sp. A key to males of all the species in the genus is provided. A cladistic analysis is presented including the new species. Agaporomorphus is arranged into three species groups; the A. dolichodactylus-group (A. dolichodactylus Miller, A. mecolobus Miller and A. grandisinuatus Miller); the A. knischi-group (A. knischi Zimmermann, A. tambopatensis and A. silvaticus); and the A. pereirai-group with a single species, A. pereirai Guignot. Taxonomically and phylogenetically important characters are discussed and illustrated.

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